Lottery Scam of The Day!

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From: REMINDER TO YOUR WINNING PRIZE <thailotto0o32@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Subject: THAI INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION!!!
To:

 

THAI INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION! CONGRATULATIONS!
Thailand International Lottery Organization
Bangkok Branch Office
Address: 3 Rajdamnern Avenue
Bangkok 10200 Thailand.

Congratulations from our members of staff. We are THAILAND LOTTERY AGENCY, You don't have to purchase or buy any ticket to enter this lottery, your email indicating you as a winner in the lottery programs held by the Thai Lottery Organization.

Following official publication results of the Email electronic on line Sweepstakes organized by the Thai lottery corporation, the Slide circular award and in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.) 2008.

All 20 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 25.000,00 international emails each from Canada, Australia, United States Scotland Romania, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS( $1.000.000.00 USD). Will be released to you from this regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Bangkok representative office in Bangkok Thailand, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS( $1.000.000.00 USD). Will be released to you from this regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand .

Your fund is now deposited with our Bank/Security Company Bangkok Thailand and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed to avoid double claim, and you are advice to come to Thailand to pick up your claim in person, as this is part of our security protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage of this program by participants, as has happened in the past.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your confidential identification numbers.

Ticket number.....................7805-12233077-09
Serial number.......................67100-1
Lucky number...................177-030-111-09
Ref number...................N.EGS/3662367005/15

To begin your lottery claims, Please call to contact our Thai Lottery Co-ordinator as follows Mr. Collins Gorge.

Name: MR. COLLINS GORGE.
Email: mrcollins_g2008@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: + (66)875022479.

You are to send the completed verification form below to the co-ordinator whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!

1. Full name:
2. Home Address  / contact Teleph number:
2. Private Telephone:
3. Occupation:
4. Age:
5. Sex:
6. Nationality:
7. Email:
Country of Origin:
Country of Residence/work:

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th of JANUARY 2009. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HIS MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of our International Promotions program. We wish you continued good fortunes.

DR. RAYMOND HISASHI.
VICE PRESIDENT THAI! LOTTO ORG!

 

MRS. TINA AKIRA.

VICE PRESIDENT THAI! LOTTO ORG!

 

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Latest e-mail hoaxes and how to avoid being scammed.

Got something phishy in your mailbox lately?

A recent survey conducted by ClearMyMail revealed that spam has increased significantly during the second quarter of 2008, the shocking numbers behind the spam e-mail threat indicate a troubling time for Internet users. The following are nine of the most prolific dangers.


Phishing
Is the process to acquire user data both criminally and fraudulently – often by masquerading as a trusted source or business. The user will unwittingly reveal financial information, memorable dates and passwords in response to a legitimate-looking e-mail or phone call. In the case of e-mail, the most telling sign of a phishing attack will be a link referencing a bogus URL.  In the past couple of years Phishers have spoofed a variety of different services – these have included online banking sites, online auctions and social networking groups.

Nigerian Money Scams
This is also known as the 419 scam (the Nigerian penal code for this type of crime). It is a confidence trick that encourages you to invest small sums of money with the promise of a larger payoff.  The e-mail is usually made to look like it was sent on behalf of a Government or an individual, who for some ridiculous reason are sitting on a vast sum of money. These scammers are an imaginative bunch, the stories range from rich foreign-nationals killed in plane crashes to corrupt government officials who have embezzled funds. If you agree to assist in retrieving the funds you are promised a share of the haul, which is jolly nice of them – isn't it?

Lottery Scams
Everybody dreams of winning big at least once in their life – millions of pounds are spent each year in the search for that elusive golden ticket. But what happens when you receive an e-mail claiming you're a winner when you haven't spent a penny? Lottery tricks are on the rise - but as long as you remember a few simple facts you can win too.

Like a lot of these scams the sender's identity will always be assumed or false - they might pretend to be a  representative of a global lottery organisation, or,  a recent trend is to imitate a big company like Microsoft. This is done in the hope of gaining your trust and to appear credible, but don't be fooled, the lure of the prize fund is merely a hook. The aim of the scam is the extraction of your personal information and you will never see a penny of the alleged prize-fund.

Withdrawal of 'free services'
This is a particularly popular e-mail trick. How often have you received "[Company Name] is withdrawing their free service". A list of popular products that have knowingly been targeted by such poisonous e-mails have included Hotmail, Messenger, Facebook, Myspace and Yahoo. And while such messages are designed to fool the user, the overriding aim is to tarnish the reputation of the service provider. The notice was once circulated to Hotmail users, and it is of course totally bogus.

"You must send this message to X number of friends to keep the service free!" This particular e-mail is engineered to cause panic among users. It is probably wise to point out that many services require you to log on once in every 90 days to ensure your account is not marked for deletion.

E-mail Petitions
I must admit that I am guilty of participating in the odd petition. But while their interference and damage is minimal they must also be included in our list of offenders. Signing and circulating such a petition fails to influence the higher powers or benefit the greater good. It would be lovely to make a real change with little effort but sadly this is the stuff of fantasy. As such the major short-coming of the e-petition is the lack of paper and ink it is written on – and in the eyes of many, this electronic version carries little substance.

Chain Mail
Not the stuff of knights and horses but those annoying e-mails that we love to forward on. By participating in such practices we are helping the spread of misinformation. These chains are often disguised with helpful warnings against a made-up danger or offer to reveal "your secret crush" if you press a combination of keys on your keyboard. Chains are becoming increasingly popular on social networking websites.

Virus Warning
The warning conceals an empty threat; a cleverly crafted virus hoax is almost as damaging as the real deal. Frightened individuals forward this very warning to family members, colleagues and friends alike. The fallout causes chaos and often brings mail servers to their knees. The effect can sometimes stretch even further and lead to some users becoming blasé about some threats - thereby ignoring all future virus warning messages. The bottom line is, don't rely on e-mails to tell you about the latest threats. Instead, invest in some decent virus protection and routinely scan for dangers.

Sympathy Scams
Even the most sensitive of subject matter cannot escape the pranksters reach. Whether it be September 11 and an e-mail advertising the last photo from the World Trade Center deck, or the plea to help find a missing child. Such attempts pray upon our empathy and take advantage of our good nature. Such examples promise to extend your support when you forward the message on to others, but obviously you know better than that?

Social Network Scams
Unsurprisingly hoaxers have now begun turning their attention to social networking websites and such attacks are on the rise. One of the more notorious threats is a worm that goes by the moniker 'Koobface'. This has been known to attack users of Facebook and other social networks by posting comments on your profile (posing as one of your friends). These comments will contain veiled links to external websites that in turn compromise your security. My advice would be to delete any suspicious messages and ask questions later! Always be on your guard, these days you can never be too careful.


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SCAM ALERT: LOTTERY SCAM of the day. 

 

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From: <morganleej@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Subject: (ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION) -[Wed, 3 Dec 2008 01:25:03 +0000]
To: ****


(TOYOTA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY)

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AND ON-LINE CO-ORDINATOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION.

Customer Service Department Affiliate of Toyota Japan
#28 Kanashiwa Road Tokyo Japan.


  (ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION)


Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the release on August 21st, 2008, from TOYOTA INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM, which is fully base on an electronic selection winners using their email addresses from some site, participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business promotions program. as a result of your visiting various website we are running the e-business promotions for .You/Your company email address, attached to ticket number 719-226-1319, with the serial number 902-66,draw the lucky number 5,12,30,11,17,43.and bonus number,25,your insurance number:fls433/453l/ consequently you won in the second category of the TOYOTA FURTUNE LOTTO DRAW.

You have therefore been approved for the payment of sum of $600,000. (Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) In cash is the winning present/amount for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of $6,000.000.Shared among the ten lucky international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS! Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Asia  booklet representative in China as indicated in your play coupon in view of this your ($ 600,000,) (Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) will be release to you by any of our payment office in china.

Please be in formed that your winning fund of ($600,000) (Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) is now with our payee center in china. To file for your claim, contact our claims agent below with the following information. To enable them re-ensure your winning under your full name and together with your award certificate.

To begin your claim, please call your claim agent or send email immediately.

Toyota Claim security Agent
Mr. Morgan Lee,
+86 1355 677 5623.
Email: morganleej@gmail.com

NOTE: IN order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please quote your

Full Name
Postal Address
Contact phone number
Country of origin
Occupation
Sex/Age

Send above information in your correspondences to your claims agent.

Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Yours faithfully,
Morgan Lee.

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