Email Fraud Alert received from: Lance
I recently received an email with this subject line: Find Attached Felicitation Notification! 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 (ohishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
AFFILIATED TO U. S. LOTTERY BOARD
STREET ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 16630 AUSTIN, TX 78761-6630
Attention: Email Account Holder,
We are pleased to inform you of the release of the TEXAS LOTTERY PROGRAMME for the end of 2012. Your email address drew the lucky
numbers 10-19-21-29-39-40 that consequently won the lottery in the 1ST category. You have therefore been approved for a lump Sum Pay of $820
000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED and TWENTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS ONLY) in cash Credited to File Ref number TLC/0011/3499443.This is from
A Total Cash Prize of $45,000.000.00 (Forty Five Million U.S Dollars only) Shared among International winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Prize must be claimed no Later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification.
Any prizes not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
These numbers fall within the England Location file. Urgently email your full name and mobile Number/Reference Number to our fiduciary agent in
London via his contact details below to claim your prize.
You are required to be above 18 years of Age to be able to Claim this Award. Do fill and submit the above particulars to The United Kingdom
Payment Office.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information safe till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever
choice you want to claim your prize. Precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program are in place. Please be
warned!! To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide them with your winning email details.
UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr.Denny Herbert
Foreign Service Manager
Watford Regional Centre
Tolpits Lane, Watford WD18 9RN .United Kingdom
E-mail: hert.bertinter@consultant.com
“Please do not reply back to the senders address, this notification is sent automatically via computer virtual notification to winning email addresses
and a response will not be attended by Human but computer” contact the fiduciary agents ”
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Roseline Roberts. Online coordinator.
TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Copyright (c) 1994-2008 The USA Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline. 77635 476378 255667460.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
As a result of numerous internet Scams, most winners are afraid and feel reluctant to file their claim and thereby losing their prize money. This is the
reason why we are currently working with the Interpol and all the major European /African and international law enforcement agencies to ensure that
those perpetrators are finally brought to book and eradicated from our society.
The above email was sent by “USA EMAIL AWARDS!!!” from this email address: infoofficeworkdep@gmail.com
I, Lance, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “USA EMAIL AWARDS!!!”:
I am presuming that the USA Post Office recovered their sponsorship money from Lance IwasWrong and are now redistributing the gainfall to deserving people such as I.
Yeah Right – as if that would happen!