Month: May 2007

It’s been awhile since a good old fashioned Nigerian scam got past my spam filters…

From: DR.SAIDOU AGBANTOU <agba_55@zipmail.com.br>
Reply-To: agbafoundations@myway.com
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 15:50:59 +0400
Subject: MY APPRECIATION

My Good Friend,

Do I know you?

I’m happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.

Isn’t that nice.

Presently i’m in London for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

You didn’t forget something that never happened? Amazing…

Now contact my secretary in Nigeria, his names are Mr. Mark Egondu to send you the total of US$950,000 (Nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars) which I have kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

<sarcasm>
Easy money from Nigeria? Where do I sign up?
</sarcasm>

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mark Egondu and instruct him where to send the amount to you.

get in touched with & his names are – time to get a proofreader.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferrings at that time.

WTF?

At the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are having at hand.

I’m sure sending out email scams takes a lot of time…

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instructions to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with him at; agbafoundations@myway.com

Which just happens to be the return address of this email.

He will send the amount to you without any delay.

<sarcasm>
I’m sure he will.
</sarcasm>

Give him address where he will send you the cheque.

Regards,
Dr.Saidou Agbantou.

You say you’re in London, but this email comes from a machine in Russia.

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I wonder if Europeans get these scams promising huge cash awards in U. S. dollars…

From: Camelot Group Company <info@camelot.com>
Reply-To: award_claims.agent01@yahoo.co.uk

Which is it? info@camelot.com or award_claims.agent01@yahoo.co.uk? And camelot.com? WTF?

Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 05:51:54 +0200
Subject: Award Notification

The Camelot Group,:
Operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

REF Nº: UKL/74-A0802742006
BATCH Nº: 2006UKL-01

YOUR AWARD NOTIFICATION FOR 2007

As opposed to my AWARD NOTIFICATIONs for all the other years.

The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on 15th May, 2007. Your email account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds (£891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF: UKL/74-A0802742006. This is from total prize money of GBP £4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this category.

GBP £4,459,670.00 — How much is that in real money? 🙂

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over 100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion is this year’s United Kingdom National Lottery NEW YEAR BONANZA. The Camelot Group, operators of the United Kingdom National Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

<sarcasm>
Well gee, it must be true, since someone claiming they’re “Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR)” would never lie.
</sarcasm>

All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be retured to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

retured? WTF?

Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent:

As opposed to your unwarranted abuse of email.

Mr Fred Martin.
Email: award_claims.agent01@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-704-570-0180

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance of your prize money.

Note below your winning details:

Ticket Nº: 2222-1356-4096-988
Serial Nº: A069-07
Lucky Nº: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742006
BATCH Nº.: 2006UKL-01

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,

Mrs. Dianne Thompson
Online Coordinator,
CAMELOT GROUP,
Operator of The National Lottery.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result to disqualification.

Boo-hoo! Now I’ll never be rich…

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.
*IMPORTANT* FILL OUT THIS WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:

Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed and settlement made upon certification. Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claims process. The completed form should be sent to your claims agent for immediate commencement of prize remittance.

*Name of Beneficiary:
*Address:
*City/State:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Email Address:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Next of Kin:
*Age:
*AMOUNT WON:
*In Figures:
*In Words:
*Lucky Nos:
*Ticket No:


OFFICE USE ONLY
Verified by:________________
Confirmed by: ________________
CLAIMS AGENTS SIGNATURE:________________

Why would a UK lottery need to send email from a machine in Germany?

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