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Sample Promotion Prize Scam Email:
HEINEKEN WEBSTORE/DRAUGHT MONTHLY PROGRAMME
"Mr.Caroline Neill", "Larry Kevin"
Have you received an email from "Mr.Caroline Neill" at "HEINEKEN WEBSTORE/DRAUGHT MONTHLY PROGRAMME" saying you won
their promotion or lottery promo and to contact "Larry Kevin" to collect your winnings?
AH, those gender-bending Dutch! It is a scam. Did you notice the "Mr." Caroline?And don't get too excited if the names are different; the scammers
make many versions of this scam!
The scam looks authentic, well, with a few mistakes. But
there is a link to the real Heineken's website, and real photos...
Nevertheless, it is actually a very simple scam. They claim you won a
promotion, which is giving away millions of dollars based on a randomly selected
email address. The scam is obvious: it's simply preposterous to think that
any company would randomly give away money to encourage you to buy their product. That would be self-defeating.
Although the most important clue is that no legitimate lottery,
and almost no legitimate sweepstakes or promotions will 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.
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Using free email account: The scammer is writing to
you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.). Don't you think a real organization
would use its own email, its own domain and website? Wouldn't they want to
promote that?
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What are they promoting? No one promotes "world
peace" or "use of the internet" by handing out millions to random strangers.
And if they are promoting a product, then
this must be the world's worst promotion, because no one has heard of it,
outside of the email you just received.
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Pay a fee to collect the prize: Nope, it is illegal
for free sweepstakes and promotions to charge you ANYTHING! Of course, in a
scam, that is the whole point: to get you to send money to the scammer.
It is a typical scam promotion sweepstakes winning notification. Also
see these pages:
Sample scam email
HEINEKEN® (WORLDWIDE)
32 Mendy Street High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 2NZ.
Tel: +447045714909
ATTENTION: WINNER!
FILE #:
2752246896
CODE: 652-662
HEINEKEN® AUGUST ONLINE USERS PRIZE DRAW:
We
are pleased to inform you of the release of the
long online results of the HEINEKEN WEBSTORE/DRAUGHT
MONTHLY PROGRAMME held on the 6TH OF MARCH 2007.You were
entered as a dependent client with; Reference Serial
Number: 652-662 and Batch number AT-040SB06-03.
Your email address
attached to the ticket number:
2752246896 that drew the lucky
winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in
the first category, in four parts. You have been
approved for a payment of £250,000.00
Pounds Sterling (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS
STERLINGS)
in cash credited to FILE #:
2752246896. This is from a total
cash prize of Twenty Million Pounds Sterling shared
amongst the Seventy-Two (72) international winners.
All participants were selected through a
computer
ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty
thousand) names of email users around the world, as
part of our compensation for the frequent use and
consumption of our product worldwide. Due to mix up
of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep
this award personal, till your claims has been
processed and your funds remitted to you.
This
Programme was commissioned by a one time president
of the
United States Of America in an
indoor lecture held on the 6TH OF MARCH
2007. HEINEKEN is proud to be associated
with (former) President
Bill Clinton. The
President commended HEINEKEN for it's great
contribution to the growth and development of our
society at large and he sited our Football
sponsored league as an example.
HEINEKEN® COMPANY SECURITY AGENCY.
Please contact the Agent below
via email for further instructions on what next to
do to claim your winnings.
Agents Name: Larry Kevin
Phone Number:+44-704-571-1924
NOTE: Winnings must be claimed before the end of each month. Any information that is been provided by winners must be correct as provision of wrong information by winners may lead to disqualification of a winner, be warned!
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Caroline Neill
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