Scam Email from "Eric Smith, UK National Lottery" - Beware!
A Wide-spread Fraudulent Email. Educate Yourself Today!
This scam email was received today in my spam inbox. As I continue to educate the online community about email fraud and email scams, I am finding that more and more fake emails are arriving in my inbox. I have posted this latest email here, for you, the concerned reader, to use as an educational tool about the latest attempts to steal your identity and hard earned money.
Don't let crooks like this "Eric Smith" or the "UK National Lottery" make you the latest victim of identity theft. Take the time to educate yourself about email scams, then run as fast as you can in the opposite direction!
The offending email has been copied in its entirety below. Please do NOT contact the person nor click on any links. Doing so may open yourself up to a barrage of fraud attempts.
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Subject: Dear Winner
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 6:01 PM From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD" Add seTo: undisclosed-recipients
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Victoria Square House
Birmingham B2 4BP
Ref:ZA/144132/1211
BATCH:15/623/UK
Dear Winner,
We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on the 30 October 2010 to declare the winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. This lottery scheme was created to bring awareness to the world being that United Kingdom is hosting the next Olympics in 2012.
Yourself, attached to Ticket number 356-00098-3211-222, with Serial number 818-09 drew the lucky numbers 67-99-777963, and consequently won the lottery through a computer ballot system and your email address was gotten through United Kingdom Information Network Online (U.K.I.N.O) which is affiliated
with the internet.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of £1,000,000.00 (i.e One Million United Kingdom Pounds), out in cash credited to file Ref:ZA/144132/1211 this is from total prize money of £20,000,000.00(Twenty
Million Pounds Sterling) shared among the 20 international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe and Middle East and Asia as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted monthly.
To begin your claim process, please contact your claims agent with details below and also provide him with the requested information so that he can Expedite the processing of your claims.
NAME ..........................
COUNTRY..........................
ADDRESS..............................
STATE/PROV/CITY..........................
ZIP/POSTAL/CODE.................................
CELL PHONE...................................
OCCUPATION & AGE..........................
EMAIL............................
REFERENCE NUMBER..............................
BATCH NUMBER................................
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers to any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Thank You for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Eric Smith
Email:ukclaimagent2010*******@yahoo.co.uk
CPA On-line Ltd.
CPA House,London W6 0RX, (registered no.2096020)
Claims Verification Department.
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END SCAM EMAIL
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Please note that there are ways that you can determine whether or not an email is legitimate. These ways, which are generally common sense, can be detailed further in the educational link regarding phishing / scam emails listed below.
An exact copy of this email can be found in numerous locations across the web. By entering the term "UK National Lottery" in parenthesis in the search bar, then hitting the 'enter' button, you will find hundreds of websites regarding this crook. The only difference between this email and the others is that the name of the person's organization or affiliation, phone number, or return email address has changed.
Generally speaking, we can know that this is a fake offer because:
1. They have no clue who you are (ask for 'verification')
2. Massive amounts of money are being offered
3. They want your "occupation' - which has nothing to do with winning a legitimate lottery
4. Located o
If you would like to educate yourself further about how to avoid scam emails, email fraud, identity theft via email, or foreign money scams, please see my in-depth article at the following location:
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