Winning Alert … Contact Williams Brown (williamsbrown.ukm@live.com), Earl Spencer
December 29, 2008
Filed under Email Scams
National Lottery Promo Office
Tel; +44-701-115-1309
Fax: +44-7006-062-478
Ref LSUK/2031/8161/05
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of Our On-line Promo Programme held on Friday 17th of November 2008.The draw was done electronically with several email addresses provided to this office by webmail providers to enhance the utilization of the internet.Your email address attached to Reference Number UK/2031/8161/05 was picked as one of the ten winning email addresses. This has qualified you to claim the total cash prize Of 590,983 Pounds Sterling in cash.
To file for your claims and due remittance of funds contact Mr. Willams Brown with the following details:
Name;……………..
Age;………………
Address;…………..
Occupation; ………..
Telephone;………….
via Email; williamsbrown.ukm@live.com
**Note: All replies and queries or questions concerning your claims should be sent to Mr. Williams Brown.
Congratulations once more and from all members and staff of this program.
Sir. Earl Spencer
On-line Co-ordinato
Winning Alert…Contact Williams Brown (williamsbrown.ukne@live.com)
This post was submitted by Jennifer.
may i ask how is this a scam and what bad things will happen to us if we give him them details
First, did you sign up for this specific lottery? If not, that should be a first sign that it’s a scam. Next, shouldn’t they know who you are, if you won their lottery? If not, then it’s another sign that they just sent the email to a random group of people — hoping at least a few of them will fall for it.
Here’s how the scam works, generally. They try to get creative sometimes, and change it a little bit, but the format is similar:
They will send you your prize check (but it’s fake). They will ask you to pay a fee, and you can deduct that fee to your total claim prize and send it to them via Western Union, Money Gram, or other similar methods. You are happy with the big amount of money that you received, so you’re whistling joyfully all the way to the bank to deposit your “winnings”. Since the check you receive from them is fake, it bounces and doesn’t clear the bank. By that time, you would have already sent REAL MONEY to the scammers… and you would have ended up with nothing, and even get in trouble with your bank and with law enforcement.
This scam is nothing new, but a lot of people still fall for it — especially with the way the economy is right now. Save yourself!
I would’ve given them fake info and lead them on!