fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days |
 |
|
|
joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet |
|
|
|
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
Click here to report a problem with this page.
Fraud email example:
From: "MRS ANITA COLLINS" <mrsanitacollins@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: robert_james2005@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 08:59:09 +0000
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION
FROM THE DESK: VICE PRESIDENT
WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT
Ref No: WINLP/7581871432/90 Batch No:
19/07420/WINLP/AILP
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.
The WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS focuses on health,
education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the
promotion ofeconomic development. It is dedicated to improving living
conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to
theirfaith, origin or gender.Many small charity organizations today are
struggling
to collect money for their worthy causes.Smallorganizations are very
interesting to support because they pass on a very large portion of the
money they receive.Most recently WINLPPROMO set up the WINLPPROMO to
give out prizes based on the computer ballot system. The motive is to get a
wide ranging awareness campaign to a wider spectrum of people in order to
get them to participate in this program. To propagate awareness for the use
of the internet as a means of problem solving an raise funds for our
course.We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today ,
of winners of the promotional WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 21ST MARCH 2005 as part of our yearly
bonanza.
Your email address attached to ticket number 0987-234-8906-880, with serial
number 7890-04 drew the lucky numbers 67-90-43-37-09-67, and consequently
won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay out of GBP10,000,000.00 (Ten Million, Pounds Sterling only)
in cash credited to file REF NO.WINLP/7581871432/90. This is from total
prize money of GBP70,000,000.00
shared among the seven international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA
and North America as part of our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually. All participants in this Lottery Program have been
selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over
200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual emails address from all search
engines and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year.Due
to
the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money
remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.We
hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high
stakes GBP50 million International Lottery.
ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is
open to all persons from age 18 years and abovewith a valid email address
and who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This promotion is void
in
all other countries and is alsoVoid where prohibited.Principals and
employees of the WINLPPROM and the WINLPPROMO and its respective parents,
subsidiaries and their immediate family members are not eligible.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the
processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas
winners.
To begin your claimstherefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to
contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the
processing of your prize awards winning.Please contact the clearing
house (through your claims agent) the body assigned with the verification of
all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be
followed to facilitate your claims;
CONTACT: MR ROBERT JAMES,
CUSTOMER SUPPORT UNIT - CSU,
WORLD INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
Direct Telephone # :+44-704-0106498
Direct FAX: 44-870-120-8752
EMAIL: robert_james2005@hotmail.com
Also find all other relevant winning lottery
Information below:
Ref No: WINLP/7581871432/90
Batch No: 19/07420/WINLP/AILP
Zonal Draw No:WINLP2-05
Grand Draw No: 07643
IMPORTANCE NOTICE:
(a) Note that you must contact your claims agent not later than 15TH
august 2005. As there exist a periodic condition to your claims processing,
failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings forfeiture.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrants full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions
of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your grand
prize awards winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning
details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of
this
confidentiality on the part of the winners will be borne solely by such
winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.
(d) By this lottery prize awards winning, you acknowledge your
acceptance to be added to our lottery master playerdatabase.
(e) By this prize winning, you agree to receive our periodic mailings
which will include, but are not limited to;Newsletters, Invitations to Play,
Announcements, Adverts and Offers we feel would be of interest to our master
players.
(f) By this winning, you understand that you reserve the discretion to
be removed from any such mailing list which automatically disqualifies you
from subsequent lottery entries.Removal instructions are on every mail.
(f) We hereby do solemnly pledge to maintain the privacy of our master
players/lucky winners database and shall not make WINLPROMO liable for
sale, rent, lease or the illegal use of information about our
players/winners.
(g) In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.
(i) Should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims
agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you
forbeing part of our Promotions program.
PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS MAIL. Contact the claims
Director to process your claims.
Sincerely,
MRS ANITA COLLINS
NB: ALWAYS QUOTE THE REF/BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT,
WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
Anti-fraud resources: