WINNER OF THE SCIENTIFIC GAME LOTTERY PROMO
30th September 2004
please forward any scams you've received to
spoof@millersmiles.co.uk
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Report Summary
Date Reported |
30th September 2004 |
Apparent Sender |
SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY
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Return Address |
bveronica <bveronica1@europe.com>
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Subject |
WINNER OF THE SCIENTIFIC GAME LOTTERY PROMO |
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Method |
A another lottery variant of the 419 style of scam - uses the fake promise of a lottery win to eventually lure victim and trick them into giving away their bank details, or by requesting payments for 'administration costs'.
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Bogus Web Content? |
No |
URL of web content |
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RISK LEVEL |
MEDIUM |
WARNINGS |
1. A lottery variant of the 419 style of scam. Correspondance will simply result in requests for 'administration fees' to cover various costs, but you'll never actually get any money back!
2.
SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY
almost certainly do not exist, and did you actually enter this lottery? An almost universal rule is that if you haven't entered a competition, you haven't won it! And even if you have the prize is likely is likely to be a fraction of that promised.
3. Notice that the sender and the 'claims agent' use free, impossible to trace web based email addresses, a little strange for a lottery company dealing in millions!
4. The email style is typical of this type of scam, blasting you with numbers and technical terms to hide its lack of real substance. Notice the reference to this being backed by Bill Gates. I've seen this a lot of times, using a well known, RICH figure to make the large sums being offered seem more plausible.
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" We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 23th September,2004 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE NETHERLANDS / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 30th of March, 2004."...
If you have received this email, please remember that it is very
common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly
different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different
provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common
place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first,
although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.
The Spoof Email ...
POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL BV PROMO/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
ADDRESS: KRUISLAAN 408, 1098 SJ , AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS.
REF:EAASL/94/OY1/02
BATCH: 12/25/0034
ATTENTION:
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSMENT ADVICE: BBG
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 23th September,2004 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE NETHERLANDS / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 30th of March, 2004. Your email address attached to ticket number 56475600545188, with serial number 5388/02 , and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in credited to file REF NO. SGIL/763276/03. This is from total prize money of U $4,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in 1st-3rdcategories.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
form 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America
and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now in custody of a financial Security company insured in
your FILE REFERENCE. 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. This lottery program
was promoted by our group of philanthropist headed by Mr. Bill Gates.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes US$10,000,000 million Dollars International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your file/claim officer:
Mr. martins taylor OF POWERBALL. INTERNATIONAL BV. (AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS).
On TEL: 0031-621-987-260
Email.martin_taylor@mail2world.com
Please be adviced that non-residence of the NETHERLAND will be required to funished this organization with affidavit of lotto clam/court clerance certificate there in the NETHERLAND pro to the NETHERLAND gaming board regulatory payment policy.
please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly
upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by our
processing Agent; that would be designated to your file. For due
processment and remittance of your winning prize to your designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later than 10th October, 2004. After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: 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.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED.
Sincerely,
Veronica Van Bosch (Mrs.)
(Lottery Coordinator)
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