Email Fraud Alert received from: Jan
I recently received an email with this subject line: Email ID 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:
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won 2,520,000:00 Euro (Two Million Five Hundred & Twenty Thousand Euro Only) in the Netherlands Lucky Day Lottery Sweepstakes promotional program, conducted January 11th 2015.
This is a free promotional program sponsored by consortium of software companies, which means Lottery tickets were not sold. For more information/procedure of your winning claim, you are advice to contact our processing department with the contact information below, provide them with your winning details below and your winning email address.
Luckyday Loterij NL
Mr. Steger Hermann
Tel: +31-633 184465
Tel: +31-368-080880
Fax: +31-205-241538
Email: info@luckdayclaims.info
Email: steger.hermann@yahoo.nl
Your Winning Details.
Ref No: MLI/711-5/7015
Batch No: 2309/557NS.
E-Ticket No: DUK-708-217-77
NOTE: Please be warned, your winning and its entire information are to be kept strictly confidential, this is to avoid previous bad experience this program has suffered, such as abuse of this program by other internet user who use the name of this company for unscrupulous activities and double claiming of winning entitlement because of insecurity of winning
information on the part of beneficiaries. Always call to ensure you are dealing with the right office.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Bloem Floortje
Sweepstakes Coordinator.
Visit our website at: http://www.luckyday.nl
Lotto is een onderdeel van De Lotto. Copyright(c) 2011 by De Lotto, the Netherlands.
The above email was sent by “Luckyday Loterij NL” from this email address: noreply@luckyday.nl
I, Jan, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Luckyday Loterij NL”:
Try again Bloem
FYI:
luckday.nl IS the lottery site
luckdayclaims.info is NOT associated
and you are spoofing the luckyday.nl email wit the no-reply
plus your use of a free e-mail address
the telephone number given for Steger Hermann at Luckday.nl should be 0800-1502 which will be answered within 15 seconds