This morning, I received another message from a scammer, this time in my e-mail. I decided to post it here so that everyone who visits will be alerted.
Here is the message I received. I made my highlights in bold letters. My comments will be after the message.
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From The United Kingdom Lottery Thu Apr 30 18:53:39 2009
Return-Path: <anne1231@ilc.edu.tw>
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Received: from 140.111.66.8 (HELO ilc.edu.tw) (140.111.66.8)
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Received: By OpenMail Mailer;Fri, 01 May 2009 09:53:39 +0800 (CST)
From: “The United Kingdom Lottery” <anne1231@ilc.edu.tw>
Reply-To: infodeptunit01@btinternet.com
Subject: Camelot Group Plc
Message-ID: <1241142819.11956.anne1231@ilc.edu.tw>
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 09:53:39 +0800 (CST)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Return-Path: anne1231@ilc.edu.tw
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Camelot Group Plc,
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD.
April 30th, 2009.
The Camelot Group Plc organizers of United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results of the online international E-mail address lottery program organized by Camelot Group Plc, which was held on Monday afternoon, April 5th, by 1:30pm GMT, 2009 has been released and your e-mail account was picked as a winner of a lump sum of ￡500,000 {Five hundred thousand, Great Britain pounds} in cash credited to the file with Reference No: UKL/74-A0802742009.
You are therefore required to fill the form below and send it via e-mail to our claims processing director {Mr. Phil Herald} for the immediate processing and release of your winning prize.
Email: infodeptunit01@btinternet.com
Call: +(44)70359 56046
FULL NAMES: ________
ADDRESS: ___________
COUNTRY: __________
SEX: __________AGE:____________OCCUPATION: __________
E-MAIL ADDRESS: ___________________TELEPHONE NUMBER: ________________
HOW YOU INTEND TO USE YOUR WINNINGS: _____________
Note: Choose from the two options available to receive your winning prize,
A: Bank to bank transfer {wire transfer}
B: courier service {delivery of winning cheque via airmail}
Congratulations.
Sincerely,
Mr Ruth Williams
Online Coordinator,
Camelot Group {Operators of The National Lottery}
All content © Copyright 2009 The Camelot Group.
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The e-mail was from the e-mail address ann1234@ilc.edu.tw and the reply to e-mail was infodeptunit01@btinternet.com. It’s fishy because shouldn’t these people have their own e-mail provided by the company that they represent, since it’s a multi-million company.
Secondly, the UK address in this message is not the real address of Camelot PLC.
Third, Camelot PLC does not hold e-mail lotteries. They only have the National Lottery and the Monday Lottery.
Fourth, companies awarding prizes like this do not inform the winners through e-mail. Camelot PLC representatives declared this as well.
Lastly, I did not buy any international lottery ticket for it to be associated with my business e-mail, so why would I win?
If you are a recipient of an e-mail such as this, don’t give them your personal information. Ignore them, curse them, or play with them–it’s up to you.
Here’s more information about e-mails like this:
- About Camelot Group
- Dianne Thompson National Lottery Phishing Scam
- 419Scam.org
- Consumer Fraud Reporting
While researching this scam, I came across this hilarious exchange of e-mails. Enjoy!
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