Month: November 2007

Another lottery scam gets by the spam filter…

From: “World Promo Organization” <wcporg0001@yahoo.co.uk>

Apparently the “World Promo Organization” can’t afford to get its own email domain.

Reply-To: fwwporg011@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:33:06 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: You Are A Lucky Winner

World Promo Organization
71 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 6BL, London
File No. WPO/00503411/07
E-mail: fwwporg011@yahoo.co.uk
Date: November 23, 2007.

Dear Lucky Winner

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today November 23, 2007 of winners of the WORLD PROMO ORGANIZATION held on the November 19, 2007The major sponsors of the Euro league Sport contributed funds for the World Promo Org. These include Adidas, Hyundai, Fuji Film, Master Card, Gillette, Coca cola, Continental, Toshiba, McDonalds, Emirates Airline and a host of others.

Master Card — that’s MasterCard

Coca cola — I guess you mean Coca-Cola

You can’t even get the names of some of your alleged sponsors right and we’re supposed to believe this?

Your email address attached to Batch Number 02-242-546-29 drew the lucky numbers, and consequently emerged as one of the winners under category “A”. You have therefore been approved of a Prize of Five Hundred Thousand Pound (£500,000.00) credited to File No. WPO/00503411/07. This is from total prize money of Ten Million Pounds shared among the Twenty International Winners in category A to C.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe, North America, Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

We ask that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. To receive your claim, please contact your claim officer:

1. Dr. Fredrick Walter
2. E-mail: fwwporg011@yahoo.co.uk

The following are required:
– Your Full Name:
– Contact Address:
– Direct Telephone Number:
– Occupation:

Why do you need to know my occupation?

– Sex: Age:

Winners must claim all prize money as soon as possible.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your file number in every one of your correspondences with your coordinator.

Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED.

AUTOMATICALY? Can’t the “World Promo Organization” afford a spell checker?

Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours Sincerely,

The President Hon. Greg Mathew

Hon.? ‘Oh, I say, we are grand, aren’t we? Oh, oh, no more buttered scones for me, mater. I’m off to play the grand piano. Pardon me while I attempt to defraud complete strangers with an internet lottery scam.’

World Promo Organization

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