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2007-03-27 19:13:51 -
I constantly get emails claiming that i have won the yahoo lottery or some other form of international lottery, and i don't even know why i get them, I never signd up for anything and i can't get the emails to stop. I have spamed every single one of them and put them on my blocked address list but they just keep comming. Does anyone know if these are real? They seem to be fake why would they need all my personal info? Does anyone have any ideas on how to make them stop.
2007-03-27 15:26:11 -
Igot an offical grand slam winner for locked bag32
they wanted me to send money to clam my prize.
they call the money an acceptance fee to be refunded.
so why should I have to send any money anyway?
2007-03-27 12:50:42 -
Hi, I have recieved the following message and have no idea if it has validity:
MANAGING PARTNER
RONALD BAKER SOLICITORS
101 NEW BRIDGE STREET
LONDON EC4V 6JA ENGLAND.
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr. Lurther Schultz, I wish to notify you that Late Engr. Lurther Schultz made you a beneficiary to his WILL.
This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true. Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were recommended to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you well.
Late Engr. Lurther Schultz died on the 13th day of December, 2004 at the age of 80 years, and his WILL is now ready for execution.
According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society.
I hope to hear from you in no distant time to enable me conclude my job.
Please get back to me on [email protected].
Sincerely yours,
BARR. RONALD BAKER (ESQ).
MANAGING PARTNERS/SOLICITORS
ENGLAND.
2007-03-27 11:59:40 -
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! YOUR E-MAIL ID HAS WON.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION /PRIZE AWARD.
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
STAATLOTERIJ EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag:
NOTIFICATION
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First
Category draws of STAATLOTERIJ EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. We are happy to
inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is
part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced
today 18th January 2007. Participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and
companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and
Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.
Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 64032715606-941, with serial
number 5892-32 drew the lucky numbers 9-6-17-90-31-72 and consequently won
in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay of
850,000.00 Euros (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros), which is the
winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money
from 3,400,000.00 shared among the 4 winners in this category
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to
avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the
entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process
of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to
your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants of this program. Please
contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of
your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent.
***********************************************
Name: Mr. James Hakfort.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA AGENCY B.V
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Please,inform me is this a legal organization?
2007-03-27 11:55:04 -
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! YOUR E-MAIL ID HAS WON.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION /PRIZE AWARD.
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
STAATLOTERIJ EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag:
NOTIFICATION
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First
Category draws of STAATLOTERIJ EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. We are happy to
inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is
part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced
today 18th January 2007. Participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and
companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and
Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.
Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 64032715606-941, with serial
number 5892-32 drew the lucky numbers 9-6-17-90-31-72 and consequently won
in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay of
850,000.00 Euros (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros), which is the
winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money
from 3,400,000.00 shared among the 4 winners in this category
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to
avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the
entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process
of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to
your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants of this program. Please
contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of
your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent.
***********************************************
Name: Mr. James Hakfort.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA AGENCY B.V
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Is this legel organization?
2007-03-27 11:43:18 -
Dear Mr.Adams: I received a E-Mail from you that I have been confirmed to be the actural winner in the lottery in the second category and to contact you to receive detailson how my funds will be transferred to me in my country. Please call me at: U.S., State of Florida, area code-813-754-3914 or E-mail me at [email protected]. Thank you:Susan D. Kowal
2007-03-26 22:29:31 -
I recieved same email :
from : "MasterCard® / Microsoft® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT"
MasterCard® / Microsoft® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT
BARCLAYS BANK PLATINUM VISA CARD
BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP
MICROSOFT OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM
DIRECTOR; MR. Dennes Vandergate
PHONE: +44 207 060 1031 EXT 009
REGISTRATION NO: 9027640
INSURANCE NO: MSTC006
TAX CLEARANCE NO: 28456
AMOUNT WON: £6,600,000.00
Finally,this email address has brought you an unexpected luck,
please read through this message. Your e-mail address was selected
and confirmed by our co-sponsor Microsoft International, through
their latest internet software. You are therefore been approved by
MasterCard Int. /Microsoft UK the sum of £6,600,000.00 (SIX MILLION,
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS). Equivalent to $11,064,000 USD. (Eleven
Million, sixty four thousand US Dollars). In cash, Credited to a
valid cashier's check, With winning Reg. No. MCIMJ: 5148/4178. Be
informed that your prize has been insured and ready for pay out.
Claims Requirements:
1. Full Name:.......2. Address:.......................................
3. Nationality:...................................4. Age:..........
Date of Birth:......
5. Occupation:.........6. Phone:................Fax:......7. State of
Origin:...........Country:............
Claims Administrator
Name: Mr. Rogar Foster
Phone: +447045717050
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
Secretary
Mr. Macwell Hunt @
2007-03-26 21:30:51 -
YAHOO, collects all the E MAIL I D of the people that subscribes to yahoomail, gmail, msn, hotmail, aol, altavista, and others online, among the billions that subscribe to us only Fifty people will be merge for winnings. we only select fifty people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for having been one of the lucky people that won for this month..
you are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim, Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and retrieved .
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in UK as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your won prize will be released to you by any of our payment Banks in Africa or it's correspndence Bank in UK .Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him through the email address or telephone numbers as directed below.
Oversea Payment and Release Order Department,
OSA CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT
Contact Person: Prof. Desmond O'Connor.
Email: [email protected]
+447045707189
SECURITY
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed otherwise the funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of YAHOO! Thank you for being part of this promotional email lottery program.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr Mrs. Darryn Clarke
Yahoo! 2007 Lottery program
Barley House Harold Road
Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te United Kingdom.
Security Advice :At The Yahoo International Lottery we understand the importance of security. That's why we've created highly secure facilities to give you confidence during our promotions programs or when you play our games online, on TV via Sky Active or using your mobile phone to play by text.
Warning: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be using Yahoo International Lottery addresses, but are not from us. If you receive similar email that is not from us, kindly disregard/discard it immediately. Do NOT reply any such email but genuine email from us via this email address. Our security pages that will give you more information about current scams and what measures you can take to protect yourself.
NOTICE: You have received this message from Yahoo International Lotto Lottery prize dept. because you have visited one of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from their sponsors. If you wish to be taken out of this list do not reply to this mail, reply to the agent with the words remove. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail.
Thank you.
MANAGEMENT.
YAHOO LOTTERY.
2007-03-26 20:25:06 -
Фуджа...)
2007-03-26 17:43:51 -
I received an email from a mr ronald baker yelling me that I was the sole MANAGING PARTNER
> RONALD BAKER SOLICITORS
> ENGLAND.
> NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST
> On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.
> Lurther
> Schultz, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter returned
his email address is Barr.Ronald Baker
E-mail Address(es):
[email protected]
2007-03-26 12:24:53 -
here is what I recieved in my e-mail. and when I did a search on MSN for MAstercard/Microsoft International Mega Jackpot- it brought me to a list of scam sites and this mastercard was a scam.
MasterCard® / Microsoft® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT
BARCLAYS BANK PLATINUM VISA CARD
BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP
MICROSOFT OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM
DIRECTOR; MR. Dennes Vandergate
PHONE: +44 207 060 1031 EXT 009
REGISTRATION NO: 9027640
INSURANCE NO: MSTC006
TAX CLEARANCE NO: 28456
AMOUNT WON: £6,600,000.00
Finally,this email address has brought you an unexpected luck, please read through this message. Your e-mail address was selected and confirmed by our co-sponsor Microsoft International, through their latest internet software. You are therefore been approved by MasterCard Int. /Microsoft UK the sum of £6,600,000.00 (SIX MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS). Equivalent to $11,064,000 USD. (Eleven Million, sixty four thousand US Dollars). In cash, Credited to a valid cashier's check, With winning Reg. No. MCIMJ: 5148/4178. Be informed that your prize has been insured and ready for pay out. All the 10 winners were selected through the Microsoft computer ballot system (MCBS) drawn from each continent and from each ISP, by the most powerful Microsoft Software Incorporation, as part of our International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, to promote the use of MasterCard’s and the use of Microsoft Offices all over the World. Further more, to promote the use of E-mails and cards for online payments. Send the claims requirements to your claims administrator for further instructions see the email addresses below.
Claims Requirements:
1. Full Name:.....................................
2. Address:.......................................
3. Nationality:...................................
4. Age:.......... Date of Birth:.................
5. Occupation:.........
6. Phone:................Fax:.....................
7. State of Origin:...........Country:............
MasterCard® / Microsoft® Claims Administrator
Claims Administrator
Name: Mr. Rogar Foster
Phone: +447045717050
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
PROCEEDURES / RIGHTS AND PRECAUTIONS.
Contact the Claims Administrator with all your claims requirements well filled. Your claims Administrator will give you all the guide lines on how to process your claims. If you need more Information, then tell your Claims Administrator. Your claims administrator, has the due right to disqualify you for misconduct. Any mail received of such should be reported to the claims Administrator above. This will help fight scam. You will need a Legal Adviser (An Attorney) to help you sign all the necessary documents.
Secretary
Mr. Macwell Hunt @
MasterCard® / Microsoft® Mega Jackpot.
WARNING!!!
ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY; THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.
2007-03-26 07:42:44 -
I WON ?500,000.00GBP
2007-03-26 06:04:54 -
Good day!
Dear sirs, help me please in the next question: what does it mean "UK ONLINE NATIONAL LOTTERY"? Two weeks I receiving e-mail from this organization and don't understanding absolutly nothing. What is this?
Please, consult me.
Yours Sincerely, Maxim A.Syrin
2007-03-26 04:58:47 -
Why is there no effort to bring the authors of these scams to Court. A few prosecutions would save many people from being victimized.
2007-03-26 04:10:18 -
i am shahzad from pakistan
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