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Lottery Scam Email:
CONSOLATION WINNER NOTICE
"Mrs Nelly White", "Mr. Kelly Martins"
Have you received an email from "Mrs Nelly White" from
no company name, just "CONSOLATION WINNER NOTICE" telling you that "your
email coupon number won a consolation prize" or something similar, and to
contact "Mr. Kelly Martins" 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 another example of a fake lottery; this email claims to
be from the "CONSOLATION WINNER NOTICE".
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.
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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.
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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 its own email, its 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!"
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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!):
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Winner,
CONSOLATION WINNER NOTICE
We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon
number which was selected among the 6 lucky consolation prize winners Your email
ID identified with coupon No. PBL2348974321 was selected by our
E-games Random Selection System (ERSS)
with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.
You have won a consultation cash prize of Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling
only
You are to contact the claims agent with the following details for the
release of your winnings.
Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full:
2.Home Address:
3.Age:
4.Occupation:
5.Phone Number:
6.Present Country:
7.Sex:
For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU. With the
following details for the release of your winnings.
Mr. Kelly Martins.
Contact E-mail:
info_claimagent99@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-701-113-3957
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Regards
Mrs Nelly White
(Group Coordinator)
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
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