Email Fraud Alert received from: Septic
I recently received an email with this subject line: Happy new year? and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Do fill out the claim form and forward it to
this email address: claimdepartment491@yahoo.com.hk
Contact:Mr. Glen Mark
F k / C O / 0 8 / 1 2
F I F A / C O C A – C O L A L O T T E R Y / E M A I L D R A W U N I T E D K I N G D O M 4 9 ,
M i c r o s o f t L o n d o n ( C a r d i n a l P l a c e ) ,
O f f i c e : 1 0 0 V i c t o r i a S t r e e t , L o n d o n U n i t e d K i n g d o m
Congratulations
! You are
£2,000,000.00
WINNING NUMBERS: FK/CO/655 8709 1570
REF NUMBER: CLO6/315116127/82
BATCH: 8254297104
Dear Winner,
richer !
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
We are very happy to announce to you the draw result of the Fifa/Coca-Cola world Cup International Lottery. The FIFA/COCA-
COLA® online Sweepstakes International / FIFA program was held in United Kingdom and your E-mail address have won
£2,000,000.00 (Two Million Great British Pounds Only) from Fifa World Cup lottery draw 2014. This is from a total cash prize
shared among the other first six (6) lucky winners in this category. Your E-mail ID was one of the selected emails all over the
world in the lottery draw and It comes out one of the lucky winning numbers.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our UNITED KINGDOM booklet representative office in London as
indicated in your play coupon, because this particular draw was selected to promote FIFA /COCA-COLA National Lottery,In just
concluded 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL after FIFA meeting .
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over
100,000.00 companies and personal e-mails. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a matter of
urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited online paying bank that operate 24 hours , for the Processing of your prize awards
winning and payment to your designated bank account after all statutory Obligations have been concluded satisfactorily.
You have 7(seven) working days to file for claims from the day of receipt of this email.
To file for your claim, Please Contact your fiduciary agent:
NAME: MR.GLEN MARK
Lombard Finance Bank United Kingdom, England.
Tel: 44-703-174-8782
Email: lombard_f@mail.com
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You are advised to contact our fiduciary paying bank with the above details to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications:
FULL NAME: ——————————————————————- SEX/AGE: ———————————————-
YOUR ADDRESS: ——————————————————————— COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ———————————–
HOME PHONE/- MOBILE PHONE & FAX NUMBER: ———————————————–
OCCUPATION: ——————————————————————— SCAN COPY OF YOUR VALID ID PROOF………………………………………….
YOUR LUCKY WINNING NUMBER:.—————————–AMOUNT: ———————————————-
WINNING E-MAIL:—– ———————————– REF NUMBER: ———————————————- BATCH: —————————————–
WARNING!!
Hold onto this Prize Award to your self (Secret) until your money is successfully handed over to you and to avoid disqualification that may arise from double
claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or FIFA Company. This is solely to collect your personal information
from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to this notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your
mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body. FIFA shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned
Mr. A. Martins
The above email was sent by “FRANK ARMSTRONG” from this email address: f.00armstrong@outlook.com
I, Septic, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “FRANK ARMSTRONG”:
OMW – this scam is still doing the rounds.