Have you received an email from a bank official, "Thomas Hendricks" at "LLOYDS TSB BANK",
claiming that he has a "credit advice" in your favor, from the UK
National Lottery Headquarters? Apparently, you won the big lottery... without
buying a ticket. Maybe you were sleepwalking and overnight went to London
and bought a ticket?
Odd, that you have no recollection of this, don't you
think? And since when does a bank write to customers... from a free HOTMAIL
account! They even misspell "advice" in the subject line.
We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but there is no Lottery Banking
Fairy who is going to email you to say they owe you millions! It is a scam!
See the example below, an actual email from the scammer, sent to a victim.
The scammer intends to to get hold of your money instead, by conning you into sending money for various "fees" to free the
"funds in escrow".
If you would like a step by step
explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Note some of the obvious scam clues that we have
highlighted in the email below,
such as excessive/incorrect use of CAPITAL letters, terrible spelling, grammar
and punctuation, the use of free email accounts rather than a domain and website that
matches the company's name, etc.
CREDIT ADVISE IN YOUR FAVOUR!!!
From: LLOYDS TSB BANK (
llydstsb@hotmail.com )
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:16:08 AM
Lloyds TSB Bank.
2-4 Bank Street
Braintree,
Essex, CM7 1UN
Tel: +44-700-580-4825
Fax: +44-870-974-7002
Opening Hours:9.00 - 5.00 PM
Mondays-Fridays
Our ref: UKLLS/02-J/1065/NL
Your ref: LLTBS/46/47-0012
CREDIT ADVISE IN YOUR FAVOUR.
Attn: Peter McNish,
This is to inform you that we have received
a credit
advice from THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS for the sum of £1,000,
000.00 to be credited to your account.
Since you do not have an operational account with
this bank, your funds have been lodged in a suspense account pending the
activation of an account.
The Accounts department is now processing your
account Opening. You are hereby required to make an initial deposit based on
the type of account you wish to hold with Lloyds TSB Bank.
The category of account and the initial deposit
available in Lloyds TSB Bank are stated below:
1. Regular Account, the initial deposit is £1,000
($1,980.30 USD) ,The Maximum transfer possible within a month is £550,
000.00 ($1,100,000.00 USD) 2. Daily Account, the initial deposit is £1,500
(2,970.44 USD),The Maximum transfer possible within a month is £620,000.00
($1,242,000.00 USD).
3. Premium Account, the initial deposit is £2,000
(3,960.59 USD), The Maximum transfer possible within a month from this
account is £700, 000.00 ($1,402,000.00 USD).
4. Platinum Account, the initial deposit is £3,000
(5,940.89 USD),The Maximum transfer possible from this account within a
month is £870,000.00 ($1,742,000.00 USD) and above.
Also take note that you don't need to be physically
present for the signature cards as all transactions for the Account Set up
will be done online and your account will be activated immediately we
receive the initial deposit as requested.
For your account to be activated immediately,
you
are required to transfer the initial deposit which will be deposited in your
account to activate the account before your claims can be transferred out of
the suspense account into a normal operative account.
Note that funds lodged in suspense account are
NON-DEDUCTIBLE until it has been transferred to your operative account.
Once your account is opened you will have an account
number and a pin code which you will use to access your account through our
website for online transfer.
Advise us on when payment can be made in order for
us to inform you of payment modality.
For verbal clarifications please call Tel: +44
-703-196-4007
We look forward for your prompt response.
Thank you for banking with us!.
Yours in service,
Thomas Hendricks
Account Officer Incharge,
Direct Line: +44 -703-196-4270
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securities institutions within the Supervision of the Securities Trade 1995
an affiliate of Group Investments AG.
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