HEY WOT!!! Wake up. I need you...

#1

03-01-2008 01:56 PM by Windwalker

I was checking my email this morning and found something from "THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

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you have won the sum of five hundred and sixteen thousand seven hundred and seventy eight pounds sterling in our online lottery programme as your email clunged to the winning ref number of XXXXXXX

For the purpose of claim, contact the claims officer for proper claims verification.
WOT, being from the UK, does this sound genuine to you? In American, it comes out to just over a million dollars. Could certainly use the money, but what kind of scam could someone be running? (I replaced the actual ref number with X's)

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#2

03-01-2008 02:09 PM by Windwalker

Did a bit more checking. Lucy Baines is the "online co-ordinator", so I did a google on that name.

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UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY BOARD from Lucy Baines - Contact Person Mr Craig Darwing
http://all-scam.blogspot.com/ 2007/ 09/ united-kingdom-lottery-board-from-lucy.h�

We are pleased to inform you today,the result of the UK ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, held on the 3rd of September, 2007. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of �516,778:00(Five Hundred and Sixteen Thousand,Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight Pounds Sterling Only)in cash/Cheque credited to You.Its Equivalent is $921,201:00 United States Dollars.

177 days ago in Email Scams
It looks like I'm going to have to work a while longer before I can retire.

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#3

03-02-2008 03:30 AM by Jackrabbit379

Well, too bad it wasnt good to go. Man, a million dollars sounds good.. :lol: :P

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#4

03-02-2008 11:21 AM by Windwalker

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Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379
Well, too bad it wasnt good to go. Man, a million dollars sounds good.. :lol: :P
Tell me about it. Who couldn't use the money. I knew a guy about 15 years ago that won almost 3 million in the IRISH SWEEPS.

But about 10 years ago, I was contacted by a "girl" in west Africa about getting a trunk sent to my address, then send her a ticket to the States, but one of my boys gave me a site to go to and check it out. It turned out to be a scam that milked nearly 4 million out of a guy in the Phillipines. I couldn't remember the site, so I was hoping WOT could tell me if it was on the level. Well, I found out that it's not.

Something else to be wary about... One of my daughter's friends was looking for a loan with as low an interest rate as she could get. She found one up in Canada that looked to be on the level. Send $300 to have the application processed, and never heard from them again.

So, what I just got is already in the hands of INTERPOL, just like the last thing I got.

The "girl" in West Africa turned out to be a guy sipping margaritas on the beach of the Bahamas, and the photos they sent of her were from a modeling agency in Paris.

WE'll let interpol go after them again.

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#5

03-02-2008 11:44 AM by stormothecentury

Snopes.com is good for all of your scam/urban legend checking needs.

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#6

03-02-2008 12:27 PM by Roadhog

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Originally Posted by Windy
HEY WOT!!! Wake up. I need you...

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#7

03-03-2008 03:35 PM by Jackrabbit379

That's crazy, Windwalker. It's amazing how keen these nuts can be, yet, folks fall for those scams. They do sound like a real deal, until you find out that you'd been had. :shock:

Back when I had AOL, I used to get all kinds of weird emails. Like I do today, if I got an email from someone I didnt know, I just deleted the email.

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#8

03-03-2008 05:37 PM by Mackman

If it sounds to good to be ture. Run or really double check it. I never go for that stuff. No such thing as free money.

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