Here is the email I got:
"***View The E-Mail Attachment And Contact Us For Your Claim***"
The email was sent from : powerball757@gmail.com ... I was to respond to : ukpowerball2012@gmail.com .... I did not open this attachment
I researched the email: powerball757@gmail.com and found nothing.
I researched email: ukpowerball2012@gmail.com and I got sent to the website below, including it in one of their many scams that have been outed.
Below is a QUOTE from a website article that contains 100's of emails and names of companies involved in this...It was way too much to incorporate into this post...PLEASE GO TO: www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian_lottery.htm to find all of this info...It is not in English, but you can get the gist and see the fake business names and scammers and email addresses. THIS SCAM IS BIG and a lot of people have been taken by it.
"The Lottery Fraud. How could you win - you never bought a ticket!
(As they say in Russia: "You get free cheese only in a rat's trap".)
Be warned, they promise millions but first you have to pay...
These pages carry a sizeable list of the names and titles attached to some of the criminally motivated junk mail you may have received. The criminals invent new identities every day but many of them use the techniques described here. Well done, you were right to be suspicious!
This page: The lottery fraud, see also Internet fraud update , The money laundering fraud, Fraudsters haunting dating/matchmaking websites, The fake job offer fraud , The fake loan offer fraud and the bank accounts and the Western Union addresses they use.
A painful duty - Exposing the British (and Irish) connection.
Forged identity card. Don't bank with this scoundrel!
This forgery carries the name Hamilton Bank. Spot the spelling mistake!
"British International Lottery" forged cheque. In circulation August '05.
If a fake lottery cheque arrives - beware. Do not send money via Western Union or MoneyGram after receiving such a cheque. Remember, it can take more than a month for a foreign cheque to properly clear.
On a general note, if you receive "lottery winner" mail and a follow up asking for payment (via Western Union) to a real or invented courier company , you will know that you have been a target of the advance fee fraud criminals."
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DO NOT FALL FOR THIS!!!!
"***View The E-Mail Attachment And Contact Us For Your Claim***"
The email was sent from : powerball757@gmail.com ... I was to respond to : ukpowerball2012@gmail.com .... I did not open this attachment
I researched the email: powerball757@gmail.com and found nothing.
I researched email: ukpowerball2012@gmail.com and I got sent to the website below, including it in one of their many scams that have been outed.
Below is a QUOTE from a website article that contains 100's of emails and names of companies involved in this...It was way too much to incorporate into this post...PLEASE GO TO: www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian_lottery.htm to find all of this info...It is not in English, but you can get the gist and see the fake business names and scammers and email addresses. THIS SCAM IS BIG and a lot of people have been taken by it.
"The Lottery Fraud. How could you win - you never bought a ticket!
(As they say in Russia: "You get free cheese only in a rat's trap".)
Be warned, they promise millions but first you have to pay...
These pages carry a sizeable list of the names and titles attached to some of the criminally motivated junk mail you may have received. The criminals invent new identities every day but many of them use the techniques described here. Well done, you were right to be suspicious!
This page: The lottery fraud, see also Internet fraud update , The money laundering fraud, Fraudsters haunting dating/matchmaking websites, The fake job offer fraud , The fake loan offer fraud and the bank accounts and the Western Union addresses they use.
A painful duty - Exposing the British (and Irish) connection.
Forged identity card. Don't bank with this scoundrel!
This forgery carries the name Hamilton Bank. Spot the spelling mistake!
"British International Lottery" forged cheque. In circulation August '05.
If a fake lottery cheque arrives - beware. Do not send money via Western Union or MoneyGram after receiving such a cheque. Remember, it can take more than a month for a foreign cheque to properly clear.
On a general note, if you receive "lottery winner" mail and a follow up asking for payment (via Western Union) to a real or invented courier company , you will know that you have been a target of the advance fee fraud criminals."
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DO NOT FALL FOR THIS!!!!