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CLAIM YOUR WINNING

11th November 2004

please forward any scams you've received to spoof@millersmiles.co.uk

Report Summary
Date Reported
11th November
Apparent Sender
Eric Jones
Return Address
Eric Jones <er_jones4@yahoo.com>
Subject
CLAIM YOUR WINNING
Format
Text
Method

A another lottery variant of the 419 style of scam - uses the fake promise of a lottery win to eventually lure victim and trick them into giving away their bank details, or by requesting payments for 'administration costs'.

Bogus Web Content?
No
URL of web content

N/A

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. A lottery variant of the 419 style of scam. Correspondance will simply result in requests for 'administration fees' to cover various costs, but you'll never actually get any money back!

2. 'Eric Jones' does not appear to give any details of how you won your supposed prize, or even who you have won it from!

3. Notice that the sender uses a free, web based email address. A real company would almost certainly use their own.

 

" Dear Sir/Madam, Congratulations,I am the one your to contact for your Winning, AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT LOTTERY DRAWS HELD on the 15th of October 2004."...

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

 

The Spoof Email ...

Dear Sir/Madam, Congratulations,I am the one your to contact for your
Winning, AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT LOTTERY DRAWS HELD
on the 15th of October 2004. Your e-mail address was
short listed in a lottery raffle draw attached to
ticket number: 27511465896-6410 with serial number
4204-777 drew lucky numbers 5-21-23-34-61-72 which
consequently won in the 1st category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
2,500,000 (EUROS)which when converted at prevailing
market exchange rates is about US$3M.please reconfirm
to me your winning Batch number,as well as providing
me with the following information to enable us process
your winnings.
1 Full names
2 Contact address
3 Country of abode
4 Contact telephone/Fax numbers
5 Occupation
6 Date of Birth Once the following details are received you will be
instructed on what next step to follow. I await your prompt compliance. Yours faithfully, Eric Jones.
(Claims Agent)






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