On May 2nd of I was sent an email through my &- account on the internet that told me of a drawing held annually in London, England. I was told that my &- account was drawn 3rd and I was to win $525, 000.
After 2 weeks of writing email to the point of contact or agent and not getting any kind of response back, I decided to search the internet for other people this had happened to and to find out more about the company itself. Everything I got from yahoo and google all said "Scam Emails". I relized that I had been scammed into thinking I had won a huge lottery and nothing was going to happen.
Why on God's green earth do people do things like this? I can give you the email I have been sent as an example of what people might see.
WINNING APPROVAL
Antonio &-
WINNING APPROVAL
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
%%%__(CUSTOMER SERVICES)
REF: %%%%%_
BATCH: %%%%%
DEAR SIR / MADAM,
WINNING NOTIFICATION.
CONGRATULATIONS, IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON ON THE ANNUAL EMAIL GLOBAL LIBERTY LOTTERY (LOTTO) INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM (GLLIPP) HELD IN LONDON ON 2ND MAY. A GLOBAL EMAIL RANDOM ACCESS SELECTION SHOT ON MICROSOFT, GENERATED YOUR &- BLOG AS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING :
1.%%%%%%__
2.SERIAL NUMBER %%%_
3.BATCH NUMBER %%%%__
4.LOTTERY REF NUMBER %%%%%_
AND DREW LUCKY NUMBERS
%%%%%%__
WHICH WON ON THE 3RD CATEGORY USA $ 525, 000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND USA DOLLARS) YOUR TICKET, SERIAL, BATCH, LOTTERY REF NUMBER, WILL BE CONFIDENTIALLY INCLUDED IN YOUR PAYMENT APPROVAL - TAKE NOTE.
THIS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM TAKES PLACE ANNUALLY, PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY EMINENT PERSONALITIES - THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI, BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT INC, MULTI CHOICE, ECHINA SITE AND OTHER CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.
FOR SECURITY PURPOSE AND CLARITY, WE ADVISE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATIONS CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOUR CLAIMS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED.THIS IS PART OF GLLIPP SECURITY SYSTEM TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY SCAM IMPOSTORS.
PLEASE NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAY AND COMPLICATIONS. REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS AND BATCH NUMBERS IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE. FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESSES, DO INFORM OUR AGENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. APPLY FOR YOUR PRIZE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE PROCESSED WITHIN THE TIME OF CLAIM.
CONTACT THE GWCOL AGENT: %%%%%_
CONTACT MAIL:%%%%%%__
TEL/FAX: %%%%%_
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE
PASTOR VIKS WILL
So if anyone has seen any emails simular to this one, don't be victim and fall into the trap. This email is a SCAM and you'll be lucky to get an email response from these people at all.
Brad
APO AP
South Korea
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