Another fake lottery win has hit my mailbox.
This time the scammer does not even bother to get his details right.
In digits he says that I have won 100K Euros, in words he says it is a million.
The spelling and grammar are a disaster area as well. These guys really ought to learn to write English before they attempt to con me out of money.
Pathetic!
Adresgegevens
 Bezoekadres
 Laan van hoornwijck 55
Â
2289 DG Rijswijk
 postadres
 postbus 3059
 2280 GB Rijswijk
Â
website www.zomerloterij.nl
                                         Â
AWARD/WINNING FINALÂ NOTIFICATION
_____________________________________________________________________________
                               FROM ZOMERLOTERIJ DE NETHERLAND
 Â
   Â
   We are pleased to inform you the release of the result of the
ZOMERLOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION held on 24th sept 2005. You were
entered as an independent client with: Reference Number: AD921245/75LT,
and Batch Number IP/10161/TLP. Your email address attached to the
ticket number: 34002 that drew the lucky winning number, which
consequently won the sweepstakes in the second category. You have been
approved for a payment of( 100.000,Euros)ONE MILLIONÂ EUROS. in cash
credited to file with reference number: AD921245/75LT. This is from a
total cash prize of (TEN MILLION EUROS) Shared among the ten lucky
winners. All participants were selected through a random computer
ballot system drawn from 91,000 (Ninety One thousand) names of email
users around the world, as part of our international promotion
programme to promote the use of internet thereby increasing the market
share of computer soft wears.
   Â
    Due to mix up of some names
and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal discreet, till
your claim has been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is
part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted
taking advantage by other participants or impersonators. To begin your
claim, do file for the release of your winning by contacting your
accredited agent:
     Â
MR David Bright
Tel
E-
mail address
website w
   Â
YOUR SECURITY NUMBER IS V 6772/G9 (KEEP PERSONAL) . Remember,
your winning must be claimed not latter than 15th of october 2005,
failure to claim your winning prize , it will be added to the next
international lottery promotion .Do not forget to send your phone
number to your agent for easy comunication.
 Furthermore ,should
there be any change in your address endevour to inform your cliam agent
as soon as possible and if you are below 18 years ,you are
autormatically disquolified. thanks.
 Â
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ONECE
AGAINÂ !!!!!!!!!!
Yours faithfully
ADAMS SMITH
DIRECTOR OF
PROMOTION.
Friday, September 30, 2005
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
PHISH WARNING
Another fake email, allegedly from PayPal, is doing the rounds.
It is not from them, but from a scammer who wishes to "phish" your passcodes from you.
If you receive one of these, do not click on the link but report it to PayPal.
Dear PayPal customer,
We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance, and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification pages.
Protecting the security of your PayPal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
You are receiving this message as a result of our regular accounts verification process. Because we had some problems with our data base, we now need to check identity of our all customers. This account verification process will increase security of our customers account.
In order to verify your identity, we ernestly ask you to visit the following link and to confirm your PayPal account information.
Click here to confirm your account records
Thank you for using PayPal Services.
Copyright © 1999-2005 PayPal. All rights reserved
Another fake email, allegedly from PayPal, is doing the rounds.
It is not from them, but from a scammer who wishes to "phish" your passcodes from you.
If you receive one of these, do not click on the link but report it to PayPal.
Dear PayPal customer,
We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance, and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification pages.
Protecting the security of your PayPal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
You are receiving this message as a result of our regular accounts verification process. Because we had some problems with our data base, we now need to check identity of our all customers. This account verification process will increase security of our customers account.
In order to verify your identity, we ernestly ask you to visit the following link and to confirm your PayPal account information.
Click here to confirm your account records
Thank you for using PayPal Services.
Copyright © 1999-2005 PayPal. All rights reserved
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
PHISH WARNING
There is a mail doing the rounds, purportedly from the Halifax.
It claims that there is in fact a fake email being sent out, asking people to give their passcodes etc.
The mail then says that people should not be taken in by it, and that in order to ensure the Halifax has the correct details the recipient is asked to click on a link and enter his/her passcodes etc.
This is a double bluff.
It lulls the recipient into a false sense of security, by warning of other fake emails.
Do not fall for this.
The mail is a fake.
No legitimate financial organisation will ever send you an email asking you to click through on a link and reveal your passcodes.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Halifax Bank PLC. always maintains the highest security for our clients. Some customers have been receiving an email claiming to be from Halifax, stating that their account has been accessed by an unauthorized third party. It then advises them to follow a link to what appears to be a Halifax web site, where they are prompted to enter their personal Online Banking details. Halifax is not involved with this email and the web site does not belong to us. If you receive one of these emails please contact Halifax direct at .
Halifax is proud to announce their new updated security system. We have updated our new SSL servers to prevent fraud and give our customers a securer online banking service, where there is no risk of fraud and your account details are kept encrypted at all times.
Due to the recent update of the servers, you are requested update and verify your account info at the following link.
Yours,
Technical Support Team
(Security & Fraud Update)
Halifax Online Banking Ltd.
There is a mail doing the rounds, purportedly from the Halifax.
It claims that there is in fact a fake email being sent out, asking people to give their passcodes etc.
The mail then says that people should not be taken in by it, and that in order to ensure the Halifax has the correct details the recipient is asked to click on a link and enter his/her passcodes etc.
This is a double bluff.
It lulls the recipient into a false sense of security, by warning of other fake emails.
Do not fall for this.
The mail is a fake.
No legitimate financial organisation will ever send you an email asking you to click through on a link and reveal your passcodes.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Halifax Bank PLC. always maintains the highest security for our clients. Some customers have been receiving an email claiming to be from Halifax, stating that their account has been accessed by an unauthorized third party. It then advises them to follow a link to what appears to be a Halifax web site, where they are prompted to enter their personal Online Banking details. Halifax is not involved with this email and the web site does not belong to us. If you receive one of these emails please contact Halifax direct at .
Halifax is proud to announce their new updated security system. We have updated our new SSL servers to prevent fraud and give our customers a securer online banking service, where there is no risk of fraud and your account details are kept encrypted at all times.
Due to the recent update of the servers, you are requested update and verify your account info at the following link.
Yours,
Technical Support Team
(Security & Fraud Update)
Halifax Online Banking Ltd.
Monday, September 26, 2005
This fake lottery email was sent to me by one of the visitors to this site.
As with all the other fake lotteries, there is no prize money; just a scammer trying to trick you out of a "processing fee" and your id.
Do not fall for it.
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD.
REF Nº: 475061725
BATCH Nº:7056490902/188
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear Sir/Ma,
The National Australian Lottery Incorporated are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the 20th September,2005 from the Australian International Lottery programme, Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from some site.Your email address was attached to ticket number; 17212, serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 8382-42bonus number 17,which consequently won
the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of (US$270,000.00} TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS . in cash credit
file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. This results is now released to you on 20 september, 2005. and your email address attached in the second Category. All emai l addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners. Your lucky number is:- .and bonus ball number .To view your result click on this link http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do.
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted
annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Furthermore, your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$270,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in NIGERIA. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial
agent, REV. BENSON G. JUDE AT
To file for your claim, Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 28th of September, 2005; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organisations. Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
Nancy Viduka
(co-ordinator Australian Lottery Inc.)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
As with all the other fake lotteries, there is no prize money; just a scammer trying to trick you out of a "processing fee" and your id.
Do not fall for it.
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD.
REF Nº: 475061725
BATCH Nº:7056490902/188
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear Sir/Ma,
The National Australian Lottery Incorporated are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the 20th September,2005 from the Australian International Lottery programme, Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from some site.Your email address was attached to ticket number; 17212, serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 8382-42bonus number 17,which consequently won
the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of (US$270,000.00} TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS . in cash credit
file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. This results is now released to you on 20 september, 2005. and your email address attached in the second Category. All emai l addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners. Your lucky number is:- .and bonus ball number .To view your result click on this link http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do.
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted
annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Furthermore, your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$270,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in NIGERIA. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial
agent, REV. BENSON G. JUDE AT
To file for your claim, Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 28th of September, 2005; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organisations. Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
Nancy Viduka
(co-ordinator Australian Lottery Inc.)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Another fake, pathetic lottery scam email hit my mailbox today.
In fact the writer was so enthusiastic to con me, that he sent me the same mail 5 times!
What a prat!
DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL
UK OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com
Dear Winner,
http://by5fd.bay5.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/premail#
On the behalf of DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL OF UNITED KINGDOM, I
wish to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the FreeLotto
draw held on the 22nd June 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international emails.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a
2nd category winner in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.
Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
£1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand GBP only).
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
Note that the DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL will remit prize payout to
only winners who officially file in for their prize
claims. You are to choose one out of the listed option by which you
want your prize remitted to you:
(1) A certified Cheque will be issued in your name and couriered to
your resident address.
(2) Traveling to our office in London for personal collection of
winning prize.
Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:
PRINCIPAL CONSULT
14 BRIDGE ROAD
STOKESLEY
MIDDLESBOROUGH
CLEVELAND
TS9 5AA
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL\FAX: +
FAX: +
EMAIL:
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
GROUP PRESIDENT - DLG
This email notification is auto-generated its contents are valid for
only two weeks and it is unmonitored so do not reply.
***********************************************************************
*************
The FreeLotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers,Mackintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies.The freelotto
internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage
the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say
that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide. We also encourage you to visit our website at
www.freelotto.com and take your chance to play and become part of our
daily winners. Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's
most famous free lotto sDERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL
UK OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com
In fact the writer was so enthusiastic to con me, that he sent me the same mail 5 times!
What a prat!
DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL
UK OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com
Dear Winner,
http://by5fd.bay5.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/premail#
On the behalf of DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL OF UNITED KINGDOM, I
wish to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the FreeLotto
draw held on the 22nd June 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international emails.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a
2nd category winner in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.
Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
£1,500,000 (One million five hundred thousand GBP only).
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
Note that the DERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL will remit prize payout to
only winners who officially file in for their prize
claims. You are to choose one out of the listed option by which you
want your prize remitted to you:
(1) A certified Cheque will be issued in your name and couriered to
your resident address.
(2) Traveling to our office in London for personal collection of
winning prize.
Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:
PRINCIPAL CONSULT
14 BRIDGE ROAD
STOKESLEY
MIDDLESBOROUGH
CLEVELAND
TS9 5AA
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL\FAX: +
FAX: +
EMAIL:
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
GROUP PRESIDENT - DLG
This email notification is auto-generated its contents are valid for
only two weeks and it is unmonitored so do not reply.
***********************************************************************
*************
The FreeLotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers,Mackintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies.The freelotto
internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage
the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say
that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide. We also encourage you to visit our website at
www.freelotto.com and take your chance to play and become part of our
daily winners. Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's
most famous free lotto sDERBYLOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL
UK OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com
Friday, September 23, 2005
PHISH WARNING
Be warned there is yet another fake PayPal email doing the rounds.
This one, like all the others, invites you to click on the link and enter your passcodes.
Do not fall for this.
It is a phish, designed to trick you into revealing your passcodes.
If you receive one of these, report it to PayPal.
We added an additional email address to your PayPal account.
But we are not done yet!
You must click the link below and enter your old email adress and your
password on the following page to confirm this email address.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=add-email
Case ID Number: PP-072-838-482
You can also confirm your email address by logging into your PayPal account at
http://www.paypal.com Click on the "Confirm email" link in the Activate Account box
and then enter this confirmation number: 0756-7515-8945-8936-3223
This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User Agreement, either PayPal Inc or PayPal (Europe) Limited.
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
PayPal Email ID PP059
Be warned there is yet another fake PayPal email doing the rounds.
This one, like all the others, invites you to click on the link and enter your passcodes.
Do not fall for this.
It is a phish, designed to trick you into revealing your passcodes.
If you receive one of these, report it to PayPal.
We added an additional email address to your PayPal account.
But we are not done yet!
You must click the link below and enter your old email adress and your
password on the following page to confirm this email address.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=add-email
Case ID Number: PP-072-838-482
You can also confirm your email address by logging into your PayPal account at
http://www.paypal.com Click on the "Confirm email" link in the Activate Account box
and then enter this confirmation number: 0756-7515-8945-8936-3223
This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User Agreement, either PayPal Inc or PayPal (Europe) Limited.
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
PayPal Email ID PP059
Thursday, September 22, 2005
This bunch of conmen have written to me before, claiming that I have won their non existent lottery.
In the event that your receive one of these scam mails, throw it away; it is worthless.
FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT
Ref: FER/4690/6103/24
Batch:245-379-482
Winning No:701/RMD123
Attn: We happily announce to you the draw of the Bono Lottery International
Program held on the 18th of August, 2005. Your name "email address" was
attached
to ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows 2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 5, which consequently
won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of? 1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION
EUROS)file
Ref: FER/8309/1209/26 from the total cash prize of ?15,000,000.00 shared
amongst ten lucky winners based on their category.
All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia,United
States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our
international
promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as
part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where
they have operational base.
To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the appointed agent
below with your Full Name, Contact Home and Office Address Tel & Fax Number
for easy communication.
MR.NELSON SMITH
VINETAGE AGENCIA SPAIN
Email:
Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found
on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and
address to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential
from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and
unwarranted
taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings must be claimed before 30th of September, 2005 otherwise
your
prize will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
Angela Sanchez
Co-ordinator
BONO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL SPAIN.
In the event that your receive one of these scam mails, throw it away; it is worthless.
FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT
Ref: FER/4690/6103/24
Batch:245-379-482
Winning No:701/RMD123
Attn: We happily announce to you the draw of the Bono Lottery International
Program held on the 18th of August, 2005. Your name "email address" was
attached
to ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows 2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 5, which consequently
won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of? 1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION
EUROS)file
Ref: FER/8309/1209/26 from the total cash prize of ?15,000,000.00 shared
amongst ten lucky winners based on their category.
All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia,United
States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our
international
promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as
part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where
they have operational base.
To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the appointed agent
below with your Full Name, Contact Home and Office Address Tel & Fax Number
for easy communication.
MR.NELSON SMITH
VINETAGE AGENCIA SPAIN
Email:
Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found
on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and
address to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential
from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and
unwarranted
taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings must be claimed before 30th of September, 2005 otherwise
your
prize will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
Angela Sanchez
Co-ordinator
BONO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL SPAIN.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Phish Warning
Beware emails supposedly from PayPal alerting you to a security breach.
These are phishes, designed to trick you into revealing your passcodes.
Report them to PayPal.
I received this one today.
Security Center Advisory!
We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you.
If you are the rightful holder of the account you must click the link below and then complete all steps from the following page as we try to verify your identity.
Click here to verify your account
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account.
Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page.
To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here.
PayPal Email ID
Beware emails supposedly from PayPal alerting you to a security breach.
These are phishes, designed to trick you into revealing your passcodes.
Report them to PayPal.
I received this one today.
Security Center Advisory!
We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you.
If you are the rightful holder of the account you must click the link below and then complete all steps from the following page as we try to verify your identity.
Click here to verify your account
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account.
Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team
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Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page.
To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here.
PayPal Email ID
Friday, September 16, 2005
I don't think that Bill Gates will be too pleased to see his company's good name dragged through the mud with this particular scam.
Needless to say there is no such lottery, and there most certainly is no prize money awaiting the mugs who fall for this one.
You have been warned!
MICROSOFT LOTTERY AGENCY
THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT
Reply to this email address:
REF NO: TLOT/542372452560/05
BATCH NO:234984/AIS763564/Bacc
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the GLOBAL SOFTWARE GROUP
MICROSOFT LOTTERY which was held on the 15th september,2005. Your name
attached to a ticket number 025164-1464992-750 with serial number 2113-05
drew the lucky numbers 1-10-24-30-38-45 which consequently won the
lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum payout of US$500,000.00(Five hundred thousand US Dollars) in cash
credited to the file reference number: TLOT/3372452560/04. This is from
a total cash prize of US$14.000,000.00 (Fourteen Million US Dollars)
shared among twelve (28) international winners in this grand category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your funds is now deposited in a suspense account
with our paying Bank insured to your name waiting remittance into your
bank account.
Due to the privacy policy guiding this lottery promtional programme, we
advice that you keep your award from public notice until your claims has
been processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank account
as this is this is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by the general public.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names and E-mail addresses from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Europe and North America as part of our international lottery program
which we conduct twice every year. We hope that with part of your prize,
you will part-take next year in our high stakes US$1.3billion
International Lottery. To claim your Prize, please contact your claims
agent
**********************************************************
MR.Larry Jones.
TEL:
E-mail:
Alternative Email:
Foreign Services Manager, Payment Process and Release Order Department,
**********************************************************
for processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated
bank account.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 30th september,
2005. After this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed for the
next sweepstake. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please endeavor to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with us or your claims agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from all
members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotions program.
Regards,
Mrs. Becky Adams.
(Lottery Co-ordinator)
Needless to say there is no such lottery, and there most certainly is no prize money awaiting the mugs who fall for this one.
You have been warned!
MICROSOFT LOTTERY AGENCY
THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT
Reply to this email address:
REF NO: TLOT/542372452560/05
BATCH NO:234984/AIS763564/Bacc
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the GLOBAL SOFTWARE GROUP
MICROSOFT LOTTERY which was held on the 15th september,2005. Your name
attached to a ticket number 025164-1464992-750 with serial number 2113-05
drew the lucky numbers 1-10-24-30-38-45 which consequently won the
lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum payout of US$500,000.00(Five hundred thousand US Dollars) in cash
credited to the file reference number: TLOT/3372452560/04. This is from
a total cash prize of US$14.000,000.00 (Fourteen Million US Dollars)
shared among twelve (28) international winners in this grand category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your funds is now deposited in a suspense account
with our paying Bank insured to your name waiting remittance into your
bank account.
Due to the privacy policy guiding this lottery promtional programme, we
advice that you keep your award from public notice until your claims has
been processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank account
as this is this is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by the general public.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names and E-mail addresses from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Europe and North America as part of our international lottery program
which we conduct twice every year. We hope that with part of your prize,
you will part-take next year in our high stakes US$1.3billion
International Lottery. To claim your Prize, please contact your claims
agent
**********************************************************
MR.Larry Jones.
TEL:
E-mail:
Alternative Email:
Foreign Services Manager, Payment Process and Release Order Department,
**********************************************************
for processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated
bank account.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 30th september,
2005. After this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed for the
next sweepstake. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please endeavor to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with us or your claims agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from all
members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotions program.
Regards,
Mrs. Becky Adams.
(Lottery Co-ordinator)
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Another pathetic attempt to con me out of my money arrived in my mail box today.
I am afraid that these guys really need to change their story.
I have lost count as to how many times I have read this one, it is more repetitive than a TV reality show.
Attn: Please,
I am Mr Yousf Ahmed from Cote-Ivory Abijan.I am 25years old and presently
residing in Dakar-Senegal because of the political crisis in my Country. I got
your contact in strict confidence through Senegal Chamber of Commerce.
I would Honestly want to seek for an immediate assistance from you, I have $12.5
Million US dollars belonging to my late Father Mr MUSA AHMED, who was held
bondage by the Rebels during the crisis and was letter killed.
I ran to Senegal refugee Camp when I Discovered danger to my life and that of my
only sister.My late father has deposited the above mentioned Amount as a
consignment with a FINANCE COMPANY for safe keeping before his death
and i have every Documents regards the transaction I have contacted the FINANCE
COMPANY and confirmed the safety of the money/ inheritance.
As it is, I have the intention of investing the money oversees and however
needed a Foreigner who is capable of giving adequate assistance to me by the way
of clearing the money from the FINANCE COMPANY and the reafter
forwarding it to your Account for investments.
I have map out 35% percentage of the fund for you.My Althernative EMAIL:
) If Necessary, Please do feel free to ask me questions on
this as I wait for your reply soonest.
Thanks.
Mr Yousf Ahmed.
I am afraid that these guys really need to change their story.
I have lost count as to how many times I have read this one, it is more repetitive than a TV reality show.
Attn: Please,
I am Mr Yousf Ahmed from Cote-Ivory Abijan.I am 25years old and presently
residing in Dakar-Senegal because of the political crisis in my Country. I got
your contact in strict confidence through Senegal Chamber of Commerce.
I would Honestly want to seek for an immediate assistance from you, I have $12.5
Million US dollars belonging to my late Father Mr MUSA AHMED, who was held
bondage by the Rebels during the crisis and was letter killed.
I ran to Senegal refugee Camp when I Discovered danger to my life and that of my
only sister.My late father has deposited the above mentioned Amount as a
consignment with a FINANCE COMPANY for safe keeping before his death
and i have every Documents regards the transaction I have contacted the FINANCE
COMPANY and confirmed the safety of the money/ inheritance.
As it is, I have the intention of investing the money oversees and however
needed a Foreigner who is capable of giving adequate assistance to me by the way
of clearing the money from the FINANCE COMPANY and the reafter
forwarding it to your Account for investments.
I have map out 35% percentage of the fund for you.My Althernative EMAIL:
) If Necessary, Please do feel free to ask me questions on
this as I wait for your reply soonest.
Thanks.
Mr Yousf Ahmed.
Monday, September 12, 2005
Another fake lottery win.
This time a poxy 850K Euros.
Please don't be fooled by these emails, if you receive one; the winnings do not exist, all the scammer is trying to do is to extract a "processing fee" from you.
Pay this over, and you will never hear from them again.
DEPARTMENT OF PAYMENT
STANDARD TRUST, MADRID SPAIN
23, CALLE DEVELI 28930,
MADRID- SPAIN.
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the NATIONAL JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS, Your company or your personal e-mail address was selected through a computer ballot system.
You have been sent a payment order by The STANDARD TRUST, here is your payment information:
PAYMENT NO : 09672316
PAYMENT DATE: 20/05/2005
PAYMENT VALUE: 850,000,00 euros (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS)In order to receive your payment please kindly send the following details to your payment verification officer Mrs Rebecca Rangler to forward your payment to the bank that will transfer your prize money to the designated account of your choice.
PAYMENT INFORMATION
************************
1,PAYMENT NUMBER:
2,PAYMENT VALUE:
3,FULL NAME:
4,CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:
5,FAX NUMBER:
Your payment will be transfered to the account of your choice immediately we recieve your PAYMENT INFORMATION to the below emails.
NAME: MRS . REBECCA RANGLER
PAYMENT VERIFICATION OFFICER(P.V.O)
Email:
Email:
Your Sincerely,
Rebecca Rangler
This time a poxy 850K Euros.
Please don't be fooled by these emails, if you receive one; the winnings do not exist, all the scammer is trying to do is to extract a "processing fee" from you.
Pay this over, and you will never hear from them again.
DEPARTMENT OF PAYMENT
STANDARD TRUST, MADRID SPAIN
23, CALLE DEVELI 28930,
MADRID- SPAIN.
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the NATIONAL JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS, Your company or your personal e-mail address was selected through a computer ballot system.
You have been sent a payment order by The STANDARD TRUST, here is your payment information:
PAYMENT NO : 09672316
PAYMENT DATE: 20/05/2005
PAYMENT VALUE: 850,000,00 euros (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS)In order to receive your payment please kindly send the following details to your payment verification officer Mrs Rebecca Rangler to forward your payment to the bank that will transfer your prize money to the designated account of your choice.
PAYMENT INFORMATION
************************
1,PAYMENT NUMBER:
2,PAYMENT VALUE:
3,FULL NAME:
4,CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:
5,FAX NUMBER:
Your payment will be transfered to the account of your choice immediately we recieve your PAYMENT INFORMATION to the below emails.
NAME: MRS . REBECCA RANGLER
PAYMENT VERIFICATION OFFICER(P.V.O)
Email:
Email:
Your Sincerely,
Rebecca Rangler
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Another scam "out of Africa".
If you receive one of these, throw it away; it is worse than worthless.
Dear Managing Director.
Good day
This is to acknowledge the good report I received about your personality through a good contact I made from the SOUTH AFRICAN Chamber of Commerce. Where a long list of foreign addresses was presented to me. And my intuition told me to contact you in this regard.
First I must introduce myself to you. I am WILLIAMS ZUMA the son of Chief ROBORT ZUMA of Lupane village in Zimbabwe. Your assistance is needed in the family of Chief ROBORT ZUMA of LUPANE village. Last Two years my father was the chief of Lupane village, he sold some plots of land to the white’s farmers companies, in our country and the money that was paid was divided into three parts by him and two parts of the money was used for development in our village Lupane and one of the remaining parts of the money is what my father gained as the chief of Lupane village,
THE AMOUNT IS U$9.1 MILLION (NINE MILLIOM, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), due to the FARMER'S CRISIS in our country Zimbabwe the government began investigating about the lands that was sold to the white farmers and the government asked my father about the lands he sold in the year 2000 and he explained to the government that the land he sold to the white farmers companies is legal and he also explained to the government how all the money was used for the development of the village. but the government lead by President Mugabe was not satisfied.one day while we were in our house a group of unknown men came to our house requesting my father to attend an important meeting,as a chife,he got dressed and went with them and never come back again.the same story were told about other chiefs and some white men who attended the same meeting .
Actually,some money were withheld and shared by the chiefs.before this incident my father had taken me to south africa to deposite the sum of U$9.1 Million United States dollars in a private security company and all the document to this fund is right here with me.this is the purpose of this letter.please I will like you to assist me in transfering this money into your account for a profitable investment in your country.
Rigth now I, my mother and two of my younger ones are now living in south africa as asylum seekers better than staying in my country where live and property are not saved.this money will be useless as long as we remain in south africa because of the south african financial laws which does not give an asylum seekers the right to investment or a banking transaction.
please we have made up our mind to give you 25% of the money and 5% for any expenses that may occure in the process of this transfer.please consider this as a help to a family in dare need of your assistance and do it believing that GOD's reward is worth than that of man.these are the areas I need you most.
(I)TO HELP ME TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND IN YOUR COUNTRY.(2)TO HELP ME INVEST THIS MONEY SUCCESSFULLY IN A PROFIT MAKING BUSINESS.TO ASSIST IN FURTHERING MY EDUCATION IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I must make it clear to you that this is a risk free transaction hence all the documents are here with me in south africa, please consider me and do this thing for me.your country may not be suitable for me but i have made up my mind to stay in your country and with you.
From the above, you will understand that my life and that of the entire family depends on this amount, as such I shall be very grateful if you can assist me. Kindly contact me using the above phone number or my email address. Also send to me your private fax and phone numbers for easier communication and confidentiality of this transaction.
Yours Sincerely
MR.WILLIAMS ZUMA
If you receive one of these, throw it away; it is worse than worthless.
Dear Managing Director.
Good day
This is to acknowledge the good report I received about your personality through a good contact I made from the SOUTH AFRICAN Chamber of Commerce. Where a long list of foreign addresses was presented to me. And my intuition told me to contact you in this regard.
First I must introduce myself to you. I am WILLIAMS ZUMA the son of Chief ROBORT ZUMA of Lupane village in Zimbabwe. Your assistance is needed in the family of Chief ROBORT ZUMA of LUPANE village. Last Two years my father was the chief of Lupane village, he sold some plots of land to the white’s farmers companies, in our country and the money that was paid was divided into three parts by him and two parts of the money was used for development in our village Lupane and one of the remaining parts of the money is what my father gained as the chief of Lupane village,
THE AMOUNT IS U$9.1 MILLION (NINE MILLIOM, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), due to the FARMER'S CRISIS in our country Zimbabwe the government began investigating about the lands that was sold to the white farmers and the government asked my father about the lands he sold in the year 2000 and he explained to the government that the land he sold to the white farmers companies is legal and he also explained to the government how all the money was used for the development of the village. but the government lead by President Mugabe was not satisfied.one day while we were in our house a group of unknown men came to our house requesting my father to attend an important meeting,as a chife,he got dressed and went with them and never come back again.the same story were told about other chiefs and some white men who attended the same meeting .
Actually,some money were withheld and shared by the chiefs.before this incident my father had taken me to south africa to deposite the sum of U$9.1 Million United States dollars in a private security company and all the document to this fund is right here with me.this is the purpose of this letter.please I will like you to assist me in transfering this money into your account for a profitable investment in your country.
Rigth now I, my mother and two of my younger ones are now living in south africa as asylum seekers better than staying in my country where live and property are not saved.this money will be useless as long as we remain in south africa because of the south african financial laws which does not give an asylum seekers the right to investment or a banking transaction.
please we have made up our mind to give you 25% of the money and 5% for any expenses that may occure in the process of this transfer.please consider this as a help to a family in dare need of your assistance and do it believing that GOD's reward is worth than that of man.these are the areas I need you most.
(I)TO HELP ME TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND IN YOUR COUNTRY.(2)TO HELP ME INVEST THIS MONEY SUCCESSFULLY IN A PROFIT MAKING BUSINESS.TO ASSIST IN FURTHERING MY EDUCATION IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I must make it clear to you that this is a risk free transaction hence all the documents are here with me in south africa, please consider me and do this thing for me.your country may not be suitable for me but i have made up my mind to stay in your country and with you.
From the above, you will understand that my life and that of the entire family depends on this amount, as such I shall be very grateful if you can assist me. Kindly contact me using the above phone number or my email address. Also send to me your private fax and phone numbers for easier communication and confidentiality of this transaction.
Yours Sincerely
MR.WILLIAMS ZUMA
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