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All of these companies are regularly misused for lottery scams. Basically the crooks are using the brand names to try and achieve a higher trust factor.
Trust is a very hard thing to gain online. And as the crooks are not in a position to provide their own trust factor, they use the names of well know companies and public persons to lull potential victims into believing what they are offering is an honest offer or, as in this case lottery company.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: MSN AWARD TEAM <paulsmiths_uk@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:59 PM Subject: MSN AWARD TEAM To:
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Msn Award Team Baley House, Har Road Sutton, Greater London SM1 4te United Kingdom. Batch: 12/25/0340 Ref:MSN-Y/101OXI/02
Hello Winner
Congratulations to you, we bring to your notice the result of YAHOO LOTTERY WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS. We are happy to inform you that your your email address in addition to millions of company and individual email addresses were extracted with a software and the addresses were scrutinized with a ballot system and after the process, 100 email addresses were selected and they were shared into 5 categories respectively and which you are a winner in the 3rd category of (500.000.00GBP) .Be informed that your cash donation has a hardcover insurance policy that makes it impossible to make any deduction of any kind, until the sum is finally credited into your designated account.
NOTE: Please contact the claims department With the following information. 1.Full name………… 2.Country………….. 3.Contact Address…….. 4.Telephone Number……. 5.Marital Status……… 6.Occupation…………. 7.Age………………..
Mr. Daniel Moore (VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER) PHONE:+44 794 679 1342 EMAIL:msnawardteam12@jmail.co.za Technorati-Tags: MSN, Microsoft, Yahoo, lottery scam
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Learn how the 419 and Lottery Scams works
The Internet has brought a whole host of new products and services in to our world. It has also enables us to contact people and friends almost instantly.
Unfortunately all of the innovations which we like to use are also used by unscrupulous people who make a living out of cheating us out of our money.
It is important that ordinary people over the world are able to recognise these messages and how the scams work. Armed with this kind of knowledge you do not fall for these stories.
All of the e-mails posted here are fraudulent or scam e-mails. If you get one, delete it. Believe me, it’s not worth the trouble answering it.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Michael Holdcroft
18. April 2008
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This caught my eye this morning. It looks as though someone is trying this to see what results they will get.
Obviously the world wide “Sub Prime” catastrophy, which has hit lenders and banks really hard, may be the idea behind this. Which means it could be a start into a new scam market. The lottery scams, which started with a few test e-mails about 5 years ago, are a good example of how this could develop.
If you have had experience with this or anything similar please post a comment on this.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: danielle@maine.rr.com
Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:32 AM
Subject: Real And Legitimate Loan Offer
To:
Good Day,
I am a private investor i give out unsecured guarantee loans to Business Men and women who are into Business transaction, automobile purchase, house purchase loan and other personal loans E.T.C. we give out long term loan for five to fifty years maximum with 3% interest rate in this you can as well tell us the amount you need so that we will send to you the terms and condition that is if you are really interested in getting a loan from us, Loans are given out in Great British Pounds and United States Dollar the maximum I give is 20,000,000 both in pounds and $USD and the minimum 5,000 pounds and USD$.
I also render Collateral And Non- Collateral Loans For Your Business Startup. If you are interested you Fill out the application details below so that we can start the processing of your loan sum.
APPLICATION DETAILS
First Name:_________________________ __
Last Name:_________________________ ___
Gender:_______________________ ________
Marital status:_______________________
Contact Address:______________________
City/Zip code:________________________
Country:______________________ ________
Date of Birth:________________________
Amount Needed as Loan:________________
Loan Duration:_____________________ ___
Monthly Income/Yearly Income:_________
Occupation:___________________ ________
Purpose for Loan:_____________________
Phone:________________________ ________
Fax:__________________________ ________
In acknowledgment to these details, I will send you a well calculated Terms and Condition which will include the agreement.
Furthermore be informed that you will also need a form of Identification which can be either a Driver’s License or your working Identity card. For
more informations send your application to hipsonfinancialservices@gmail.com
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