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Another scam email gets by the spam filter…

Another fake Microsoft lottery scam gets by the spam filter.

Another Oxford lottery scam gets by the spam filter… From: Oxford Online Lottery <line-17@earthlink.net> earthlink.net – Why would something called “OXFORD ONLINE LOTTERY” use an Earthlink email address? Reply-To: Oxford Online Lottery <line-17@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:26:13 +0100 (GMT+01:00) Subject: Annual Draw Winner Oxford Lottery H.Q 32 Hurst Street Birmingham, B5 4TB United … Continue reading “Oxford Online Lottery”

Yet another easy money scam gets by the spam filter…

Yet another lottery scam gets by the spam filter…

From: “OXFORD ONLINE LOTTERY” <oxfordverification30@yahoo.com.hk>

.hk – Why would something called “OXFORD ONLINE LOTTERY” use a Yahoo Hong Kong email address?

Reply-To: oxfordverification30@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:42:11 +0200 (CAT)
Subject: Dear Award Beneficiary

Oxford International Lottery
32 Hurst Street
Birmingham, B5 4TB
United Kingdom
Ref: OXS/812/07/EG
Batch: 322056Q/EG

Dear Award Beneficiary

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from Oxford International Lottery programme.

And I’m delighted to inform you that you can drop dead.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum of £1, 000, 000, 00. GBP in cash credit to file ref ILP/HW 475/07, all participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses all over the World as part of our international promotions program which is conducted quarterly.

Kindly note that you will only be chosen to receive the award once, which means that subsequent yearly award will not get to you again. Take time and thought in spending the funds wisely on a project that will stand the test of time.

Kindly note that you are full of shit.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,
Simply contact our fiducial agent, Dr.Garry Martin, at
Email: oxfordverification30@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +447035901229

CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION.

You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent via Email with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications.

1.Name in full:———-
2.Country:———-
3.Ref Number:———-
4.Batch Numbers:———-
5.Occupation:———-
6.Age:———-Sex:———-

One has to wonder why you would need to know my occupation.

I wish to on behalf of all members and staff of the Oxford Sweepstakes congratulate you on your win and wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative 50th Anniversary Draws.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Carol Gabriel.
Oxford Sweepstakes Co-ordinator.

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This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

This message was clearly not scanned for scam content.

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Yet another scam gets by the spam filter…

From: “yahoo/msn lottery” <uk_claimsagent@sify.com>
Reply-To: uk_claimsagentoffice@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:20:23 -0300 (CLST)
Subject: Congratulations! (Winning number……….YM09788)

Yahoo/MsnLottery
Incoperation

Incoperation? What the fsck is an Incoperation?

Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te
United Kingdom

Yahoo/Msn and Windows Live Emerged you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo/Msn and Windows Live Lottery Draw for the year, January 2008.

Emerged you – I’ve been emerged!

All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually,consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of 650,000.00 GBP (SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ).

YAHOO&MSN MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select Ten people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the lucky winners.

Interesting business plan you have there.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of 650,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.

Let me guess, English isn’t you’re first language.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers
Batch number……….22YM 09102XN
Reff number…………YM35447XN
Winning number……….YM09788

Yahoo!’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:

Fiduciary Agent: Mr.John Smith
Phone: +44 70111 48633
Email:uk_claimsagentoffice@yahoo.co.uk

You are therefore advised to send the following information to the EVENTS AGENT to facilitate them and process the COURIER of your money.

1. Full name
2. Sex
3. Country
4. State
5. Contact Address
6. Telephone Number
7. Marital Status
8. Occupation
9. Age
10.Next Of Kin
11.Zip Code

Congratulations!! once again.
At your disposal, I remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Sir Alan Joe.

Sir? ‘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.’

Lottery Co-ordinator.

One wonders why a lottery in the U.K. would resort to sending a notification from a computer in Nigeria via another computer in Chile…

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