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Lottery Scam Email:
MICROSOFT OFFICE UK
"Mr John Jeftha", WINDOS
VISTA LAUNCH BONANZA WINNER "NET DESPATCH COURIER SERVICE LTD"
Have you received an email from "Mr John Jeftha" at "MICROSOFT OFFICE UK" telling you that "your
email address won WINDOS
VISTA LAUNCH BONANZA WINNER" or something similar, and to
contact "NET DESPATCH COURIER SERVICE LTD" to collect your winnings? It is a
scam. No legitimate, legal lottery notifies winners via email (see footnote) The scammers may
change the names and details, but it is still a scam!
Below is the example of the fake lottery scam claiming to
be from the "MICROSOFT OFFICE UK".
Although the most important clue is that no legitimate
lottery will ever email a winner, there are many other signs that this is a fraud.
We have
highlighted some of these in the email below, not the least
of which are:
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Email address ballot: There is no such thing as a
"computer ballot system" or "computer email draw". No one, not even
Microsoft has a database of email addresses of the type or magnitude they
suggest.
-
"No tickets were sold": You care to explain where the
money comes from? Perhaps the lottery money fairy? Why would a lottery
give away money to "email address randomly selected by a computer ballot
draw system"? This is CLEARLY nonsense: you MUST, repeat MUST buy a
ticket to have a chance of winning any lottery!
-
Terrible spelling, punctuation, syntax and grammar - Scammers
apparently don't know how to use spell checkers. We assume they
dropped out of school before that class. They use almost excessive and random CapItaLiZAtion.
They often can't even spell "February" or know that "22th" ought to
be "22nd". These scammers usually write at the 3rd grade level.
Being non-native English speakers, they also often get first names and
surnames (last names reversed), so you will frequently see names like "Mr.
SMITH JAMES.", instead of "Mr. James Smith", along with the peculiar usage
of periods (full stops) and spaces or the lack thereof. Real lotteries also proofread their emails
and look and read more professional.
-
Using free email account: The scammer is writing to
you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.). Don't you think a real organization
would use it's own email, it's own domain and website?
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Keep Confidential - Real lotteries THRIVE on
publicity - they don't want you to keep anything secret - the publicity
causes people to buy more tickets. there is NO risk of "double claiming"
because they can validate where the ticket numbers were sold. The scammer
want you to keep quiet because they don't want the police or
ConsumerFraudreporting to hear about them! It should read: "For our own security, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential until we have
finished scamming you!"
-
Email notification: NO REAL LOTTERY SENDS AN EMAIL TO
NOTIFY WINNERS. Period. Full-stop. End of story. There mere fact
ALONE that you received an email saying you won a lottery is proof that it
is a scam.
Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification.
Actual scam email (One example - the scammers constantly change
names, dates and addresses!):
FROM THE DESK OF:
MICROSOFT OFFICE UK
(NASDAQ GS: MSFT)
BALEY HOUSE, HOUSE HAR ROAD
SUTTON AREA 1, GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON SMT 4TE UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL: +(44) 703-189-6556
FAX: +(44) 705-448-3014
WINDOS
VISTA LAUNCH BONANZA WINNER
PAYMENT APPROVAL NOTICE
Dear Winner
Your email is received and the contents noted.To proceed
on the processing of your winnings, You are to contact net
despatch courier our affiliate
courier service for courier delivery of your winning cheque Find below the
contact information.You are also adviced
to follow up the emails with phone calls. You would also be awarded your lottery
winning certificate when you meet up the courier requirements.
Contact Net
despatch couirer service
ltd with a scanned copy of a form of identification of yourself like your
international passport or drivers license .Find below the contact details :
Discharge officer: Mr. Ray Terry
EMAIL:
customerservice_netdespatch@yahoo.co.uk
Address: 8th floor, sea container house 20 upper
grounds, EC4A2BB London, UK
TEL: +44 704 571 4437
FAX: + 44 44 845 280 0391
NOTE: You shall
be totally responsible for the courier delivery charges and Services
rendered by NET DESPATCH COURIER SERVICE LTD is to be paid by you and not the
lottery board as the case may be.
Congratulations once again.
Regards,
Mr John Jeftha
Phone: +44
703 189 6556
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
Click here for the huge list of the names of the currently identified lottery
scams companies
* Re: emails of winnings. We know of only ONE exception in the world to this rule
- and if you bought a ticket from them, you would know it, and would not be
questioning it.
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