Another Phoney Lottery Scam

trisontana

I have just received this email. You can tell by the excellent standard of English that this must be genuine ! Honestly though , how do these people think they can get away with scams such as this. Just for a an experiment I have tried ringing the number quoted in the email , but it is "not available" :-

"Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/07
Batch: 509878E


Dear Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The prestigious Microsoft and aol has set out and sucessfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the new year 2007 anniversary, we rolled out over 5,000.000.00 (Five million Great Britain Pounds) for our end of year the Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.
The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/07 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 2nd January, 2007. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent

Mr Glen Johnson
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Email:microsoftawardspromoagent01@yahoo.co.uk
Phone:+447024031034

You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications: :
Your Full Names
Your Phone Number
Age
Sex
Occupation
Scanned copy of your Identity
Country
Ticket Numbers
Batch Number
Serial Number
Lucky Numbers
as indicated in this winning Notification and Phone numbers.Thank you for being part of this promotional award program.

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish you the
best of luck as you spend your good fortune.Thank you for being part of our commemorative new year Anniversary Draws.

Sincerely,
Dr. Bryan McDonald
Microsoft Promotion Team"

hollydays

I love the "if you ignore it you will regret it later"!!

eyelinerprincess

I got one of them as well.

moonrakerz

trisontana wrote: »

Sincerely,
Dr. Bryan McDonald
Microsoft Promotion Team"

Ronald's brother ??

Butlers1982

I get these emails every day but i dont bother to look into them or even open them.
I dont feel sorry for people who get sucked into these scams at all to be honnest. I mean come on, who wins something that they havent entered!

hazzie123

I quite liked the fact that it was a Yahoo email address,surely it would of been an AOL one?

rramalho

FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION;

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Sir/Madam,

We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the o!nline Sweepstakes
International program held on 7th of January,2007.

Your e-mail address attached to TICKET NUMBER: 1416-4612-750 with SERIAL
NUMBER:3187-17 drew the LUCKY DREW NUMBERS:31-17-8-28-55 (bonus no.25), which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim total sum of US$300,000.00 (THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credited to your file .This is from a total
cash prize of US$300,000.00 shared amongst the o!ne Hundred (100) lucky
winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

Our West Africa agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your
claim,Please contact our claims agent :

***********************************************************************************

MR.ROLAND
EMAIL aus.lotteryagent2007@yahoo.com)+234 8064252870
*************************************************************************************

Endeavour to contact him with the following informations:
1. Full Names
2. Contact Address
3. Telephone Number
4. Age
5. Sex
6. Nationality
7. Occupation
8.BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER.:
9.BANK NAME
10.BANK ADDRESS
11.State/Province
12. Winning information i,e ticket number, batch number, reference number,
serial number e.t.c.

Yours faithfully,
(Mr).Edward Barnes

rramalho

FROM MR. SENA ANTHONY
DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDITING
AND ACCOUNTING SECTION
SOCIETE GENERALE DE BANQUE
TOGOLAISE LOME-TOGO

Dear

Permit me to use this medium to first introduce mysel to you before getting
you acquinted with the transaction for which i am contacting you. I am Mr
Sena Anthony, the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of
SOCIETE GENERALE DE BANQUE
TOGOLAISE LOME-TOGO in west Africa.


With due respect and regard. I have decided to contact you on a business
transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the
transaction.

During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on
31st October 1999 in a plane crash;flight number 990 en route from new york
to cairo which crashed into the
Atlantic Ocean killing the 217 passengers and crew members on board and the
fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the
fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery
to this development.
Although personally, I keep this information secret within myself and
partners to enable the whole plans and idea be Profitable and successful
during the time of execution. The said amount was us$14M (fourteen million
united states dollars).

As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information from the
web directory of my country when searching for a reliable and trustworthy
foreign partner who could help me champion a business proposal of such
magnitude without any problem. Meanwhile all
the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of
kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a
foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed information
will be relayed to you as soon as
you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit
your self to this great business opportunity.

In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this
country as a civil servant, we are not allowed to operate a foreign account
and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of
transfer because I work in this bank. This is
the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will
forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the
Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be
re-transferred into on his request as it may be
after due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the
bank where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation
bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On
smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 20% of the
total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of
expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
bills, while 75% will be for me and my partners.

Please, you have been adviced to keep top secret as we are still in active
service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with
you. I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you
confirm the money in your account and
ask us to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund
according to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either
in your country or any country you advice us to invest in.

All other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from you. I
suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your wish in this
deal on my
confidential email address.
Yours faithfully,
MR.SENA ANTHONY
PRIVATE TEL:+228-92326-44

rramalho

Hello,

I am Mr. Michael Kalis Esq. One of my clients is one of the managers at Investec Bank of South Africa Ltd; I am in search of an agent to assist us in the transfer of (USD10.5M) belonging to one Mr. Chow Liu a Chinese national businessman based in Johannesburg South Africa who is now late.

If interested please furnish me on (michaelkalisza@hotmail.com) with the following for further details: Your name in full, Office or residential address, Telephone and fax numbers, a copy of your international passport or driver?s license. Also your share in participating on this exercise will be 30% of the total sum of USD10.5 Million

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Michael Kalis. Esq

rramalho

Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL


From office of the Director,
Project Implementation Unit
Eskom,Republic of South Africa


DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I KNOW THAT THIS PROPOSAL MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE, ESPECIALY HAVING TO
COME FROM SOMEONE YOU HAVE NOT MET BEFORE, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
CO-OPERATE WITH ME SO THAT THIS US$35M USD WILL BE RELEASED AND TRANSFERRED
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

MY NAME IS MR J.P.WILLIAMS,THE CHAIRMAN OF CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE OF
ESKOM PTY LTD SOUTH AFRICA. IT IS MY PROFOUND INTENTION TO CONTACT YOU FOR
THIS VERY IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION FOR THE TRANSFER OF
US$35,000,000,00 INTO YOUR ACCOUNT .

THE US$35,000,000,00 WAS THE OVER ESTIMATED BALANCE FROM THE CONTRACTS
AWARDED TO BOTH FOREIGN AND LOCAL CONTRACTORS, THE REAL CONTRACT VALUE WAS
$120 MILLION DOLLARS BUT IT WAS OVER ESTIMATED TO US$155,000,000,00 (ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY).

THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULY EXECUTED BY THE CONTRACTORS AND THEIR
CONTRACT SUM OF (US$120M) HAS BEEN PAID TO THEM,LEAVING OUR OVER ESTIMATED
BALANCE OF (US$35,000,000,00) THIRTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
STILL PENDING AT THE BANK.

RIGHT NOW,WE ARE LEFT WITH THIS OVER ESTIMATED BALANCE OF (US$35M) WHICH IS
STILL FLOATING AT THE ESCROW ACCOUNT IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK,
AWAITING FINAL PAYMENT TO ANY RELIABLE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT YOU MAY
PROVIDE.I AM THEREFORE ASKING YOU TO CO-OPERATE WITH ME SO THAT THE FUND
WILL BE RELEASED AND TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROPOSAL, REPLY ME SO THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE
YOUR PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE PROCEED.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE FUND IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT OVER THERE, I SHALL
OBTAIN VISA AND TRAVEL WITH MY FAMILY OVER THERE FOR MY OWN SHARE OF THIS
MONEY IN THIS REGARD,I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEND ME THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS:

YOUR NAME:

---

YOUR OCCUPATION:

---

YOUR ADDRESS:

---

YOUR PRIVATE PHONE / FAX NUMBERS:

---

REGARDS,

MR J.P WILLIAMS.

rramalho

As you can see this e-mails come in on a weekly basis... I've been forwarding the e-mails to "fraud.alert@met.police.uk" but I never had a reply so I don't think anything is been done about it.

What to do to fight back this scams?