Email Fraud Alert received from: Sopheter
I recently received an email with this subject line: Winning Notice 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:
The National Lottery
Liverpool L70 1NL. United Kingdom
(Customer service) NOTIFICATION DESK
Attention: Email Account Holder,
We happily announce to you the draw (#894) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes promotion held in London on Sat 2nd Feb 2013.
Your email address was attached to Ticket number UKNL9877, With Serial number
2132010, which won in the 2nd Category, You have been approved for payment the sum of
1,000,000:00 (One Million Great British Pounds) credited to file with Ref NO: UK/JA7722,
Raffle Number: NJQ999617 and Batch No. UK94644.
To file for your claim, do get in contact with our fiduciary claim Agent;
Mr. Peter Landman
Email: peter.landman@aol.co.uk
Tel: +44 701 296 1392
Please remember to quote your Reference and Batch Numbers along with the following
details:
NAME:
MAILLING ADDRESS:
EMAIL:
COUNTRY:
PHONE/FAX NUMBER:
AGE:
SEX;
OCCUPATION:
All prize money must be claimed not later than the 30days.
Yours faithfully,
Sophia Webber.
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
The above email was sent by “Sophia Webber “ from this email address: brian@koge.com.cn
I, Sopheter, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Sophia Webber “:
A transvestite off on a phishing scam. Or could Sophia/Brian/Peter be in the throes of a sex change?