Sample Scams Emails Involving the Irish National Lottery
How to
Recognize Them and What To Do If You Receive One
"The Irish National Lottery
Maureen Fred (Mrs).,
Braint Clark, Mr. Dustin Menny, PEGASUS COURIER SERVICES
If you received an email from "Maureen Fred (Mrs).", claining to be from the Irish National
Lottery or the Irish National Lottery Online, and to contact Braint Clark to receive your
winnings, beware!
Next, you'll hear from "Dustin Menny" at "Pegasus Courier"! Where do the
scammers come up with these nonsensical names? Why does anyone believe
them? Why do scammers almost always end the names with a period (full
stop)?
This scam claims that there is a free online version of the Irish Lottery that
selects winners, randomly, just because they have an email address. Obviously,
this is just another scam. If you really believe that there is ANY organization,
anywhere in the world, that is going to give away millions of dollars weekly to
people who are selected at random from email addresses, then we will question
your sanity. And do you suppose that there is someone in Ireland named "Braint"?
Also notice the pathetic follow-up emails the scammers sent to the potential
victim!
We've
highlighted some of the obvious
clues that it is a fraud. Notice the the use of free yahoo email accounts (not
likely for a professional lottery!), gibberish phrases, many typos and
misspellings, etc. Note that they have even included the real logo, from the
Irish Lottery website.
See this page for much more
information.
Irish Lottery Scam Email Received:
The Irish Lottery Inc,
P O Box 1010.
11 G Lower Dorset Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
(Customer Services)
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/06
Batch: R3/A312-59
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the
IRISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:56-475-600-545-188 with Serial number 5368/06 drew the lucky numbers:21,
Bonus 01, which subsequently won you the lottery cash prize in the first
category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved Authority of The
Irish Lottery Inc, to claim a total sum of 1,200.000.00 GBP(One Million, Two
Hundred ThousandBritishPounds Sterling).
To file for your claim, contact our fiduciary agent:
Name: Braint Clark.
Email: irishfiduciaryegent@yahoo.se
Tel: +447045719618
Endeavour to email him with the following details
for verification to further substantiate your winning:
FULL NAME:
...........................................
PHONE NO:.................. MOBILE
...................
COUNTRY:..............................................
ADDRESS:..............................................
SEX:..................................................
AGE:..................................................
OCCUPATION:...........................................
DATE OF
BIRTH:........................................
AMOUNT
WON:...........................................
Due to frenquent impersonation cases often
experienced in this lottery programme, The Management Board of this
Corporation, have made it very necessary/important that, winners must send a
scanned copy of either driver's license or any other official identity,
along with the above information, to your fiduciary agent in order to
confirm that,they are indeed the bearer of the name who actually won the
lottery.
Please note that, your winning will not be processed
further with sending your complete information and identification to your
fiduciary agent, Mr. Braint Clark.
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE
IRISH LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Maureen Fred (Mrs).
Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International Program.
Copyright 2006 Irish lottery! Inc. All rights
reserved.
Follow-up email from the scammer (calling himself "Braint Clark", but
probably the same person) after the victim replied:
The Irish Lottery Inc,
P O Box 1010.
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland.
(Customer Services)
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/06
Batch: R3/A312-59
LOTTERY CLAIM DEPARTMENT
Attn: < victim's name removed>,
I am glad to inform you that the Lottery
Verifications and Claim Department has cleared you as a bonafide winner of
the IRISH LOTTERY PRIZE. The next step would be for your winning Documents
which consist of the original copies of your Winning Certificate, Letter of
Affidavit of Claims,Tax Clearance Certificate and Money Laundering
Protection Document, to be couriered to you as well as your Certified Cheque
as soon as you meet with the terms and conditions of the delivery company.
Below is the contact details of the affiliate
Courier Company responsible for the courier of your won prize to you:
Contact Person: Mr. Dustin Menny
Email:
pgscourierexp@yahoo.co.uk
Phone number: +44-704-571-9618
Fax: +44-7005921641
Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be
deducted from, this is because the total amount has been insured to the real
value and has an insurance policy on it. This is in accordance with section
13(1)(n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD
July 1996 by the institutional Assembly.
This is to protect Winners and to avoid
misappropriation of funds. It's imperative that you add your IDENTIFICATION
NUMBERS {SWC/OWN/9876} as the subject of any correspondence with the above
paying Courier Company to ensure they respond in a timely manner. If you
have any questions don't forget to get back to us. And I do hope you will
consider me for a little compensation after you have received your winnings.
Yours Respectfully,
Mr.Braint Clark.
Now the scammer tells our victim that he must contact "Mr. Dustin Menny" at
"Pegasus Courier Services", which our placid victim dutifully does, and then
receives this response:
ATTN: < victim's name removed>,
27day of febuary, 2008.
Thank you for contacting PEGASUS COURIER COMPANY
LTD.
This is to inform you that you have been officially
cleared for payment by the Verifications Department at the headquarters of
the IRISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL INC.
The original copy of this certificate, together with
a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for
Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained
legally through their international Lotto and the documents will be sent to
you as soon as you meet with any of the option selected as you deem fit and
your winnings will be couriered or transferred to you immediately.
You can now begin the final step of the claiming
process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards
to this, there are two options open to you, you are required to select the
most convenient of the two.
We will send your winning draft to you via any of
this channel listed below
Option 1:
Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this
channel listed below:
(48 hours Delivery)
Mailing...................................£359.00
Insurance.................................£247.00
Vat (5%)..................................£92.99
TOTAL.....................................£698.99
(72 hours Delivery)
Mailing &n bsp;..........................£290.00
Insurance................................£170.00
Vat (5%).................................£110.99
TOTAL....................................£570.99
(72 Hours Delivery)
Mailing ;.................................£211.00
Insurance.................................£120.00
Vat (5%)..................................£44.99
TOTAL.....................................£375.99
The insurance company declined reverse payment for
the courier, stating that it is against their professional policy towards
ensuring the safe delivery of the draft to you.
That if a reverse payment is made, and something
goes wrong, that you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to
recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the draft since payment
for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.
With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out.
Forward the cost of mailing your draft with any of
the courier channel cost you choose above to us.
Option 2 :
The said amount 1,200,000.00 POUNDS will be wired
to your bank account via Bank transfer.
Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer)
being charged by our transferring bank, which is 0.8% (i.e £1200.99) of the
cash being transferred will be paid by you.
Note that your prize is protected by a
hardcover
insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the
money before it has been remitted to you.
This means that the above charges cannot be deducted
from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your prize is
transferred to you.
Please respond to this email by making a selection
from the two options above.
Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's
license, international passport (photo page) or any other legally
identifying document.
Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming
of winnings is exactly four weeks after the receipt of this email.
After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to
have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next
edition of the lottery
Regards
Mr. Dustin Menny.
PEGASUS COURIER SERVICES.
Now, our would-be victim finally begins to smell a rat,
and challenges the scammers about having to pay to receive money from a lottery
(doesn't make much sense, does it, to have to pay money to receive money you
won?) The scammers reply:
Attn: < victim's name removed>,
With receipt to your mail, We are unable to send you
your won check right now, because it is confidential, and can only be given
to you after you have successfully claim your prize, for security purpose
for to secure your won details.
But due to your complains, I have been instructed to
send you your Won Certificate, for your preview, Attached to this mail is
your Won Certificate.
Endeavour to effect the payment for the Cost of
Delivery as soon as possible, to enable us commence with the courier of your
prize to you.
Thanks for your Co-operation.
Mr. Dustin Menny
Pegasus Courier Service.
Reputation For Services and Savings is Our Most
Valued Asset
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