The scammers are getting more desperate to have us believe them. They are actually buying up domains now, without active websites, for the purpose of sending and receiving e-mail without using a free e-mail address, trying to fool us into thinking that they are who they say they are. This one has two domains attached to it, one with an active website, and one without. The active one attempts to deceive us into believing that they have something to do with the UK's National Lottery, but they do not. http://nat-lottplay.com/ claims to be the "home" of Lotto, EuroMillions, Instant Wins and more ... ROFL!
If you are not located within the United Kingdom, we think that you can technically play their lottery, but if you win, they won't pay you anything. If you are located within the U.S., playing a foreign lottery is illegal, according to the U.S. postal inspector. There is no lottery which "chooses winners" by e-mail address or mobile phone number. If you did not buy your very own paper lottery ticket that you can hold in your hand, then you did not win. This entry is located here at "Winning Notification" in the upper right hand corner, there are some lottery scam videos linked here, and please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You! Here's another butthead claiming that you've "won" the "Nokia Lottery." There isn't any such thing as a corporate lottery. Click Here and see for yourselves. The scam-mail claims to have been mailed out by "noika.com," which leads to some sort of search portal, and yet he wants you to respond to a free e-mail address, which almost anyone in the world can signup for. There's a few more Nokia scams here, including this posting, many more here, and some YouTube lottery scam examples linked here. Please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You!
Governments authorize lotteries and casinos to open and operate, after filling out a lot of paperwork. Everyone knows what a casino is. Assuming you're at least 21, you can go to a casino to gamble, no matter who you are or where you're from. Legislation is in place that prohibits people from winning any lotteries that are outside of their own national jurisdictions, however. They are somewhat similar to casinos, but they require outlets to sell their tickets, such as your local convenience, grocery, or liquor stores. It is simply a way for small businesses to make a little extra cash on the side.
Corporations are another matter, however. Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Shell, Cargill, Chevron/Texaco, Blackberry, and others make so much money that they don't even bother with lotteries. So, whenever you see spam that says you've won some "large corporate lottery," you know it's a bunch of BS. There's a few more "beverage" lottery scams linked here, a lot more of them here, and there are some lottery scam videos here, from YouTube. Please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You! Whew! It took a bit to pick this one apart. This is an elaborate Pepsi scam that claims you've won £1.28 million in their "lottery," and they went to great lengths in this one trying to prove it to you. They point to the fact that Pepsi is currently gearing up for another marketing campaign in light of the fact that Coca-Cola has been doing better than they are lately, so this one was written pretty recently. Oh gee, I do so hate to ruin their little scam for them! NOT! LOL! They even point to yet another site that has some lottery numbers on it, but it is not a lottery, it is simply a company that sells lottery software throughout the world. This posting is linked here, and is lengthy because it also includes part of a PDF file, page 2 of which was not included in the scam-mail. There are also two lottery scam videos on this page. Please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You!
No company or corporation anywhere in the world holds any lottery. No one chooses "winners" by e-mail address or phone number. I believe most countries whose governments allow lotteries run them nationally. That's not so in the United States, where each individual State has their own lotteries where permitted. Groups of States participate in Mega Millions and Powerball, and a few have both. The point here is that lotteries, where permitted, are run by governments, not corporations. Whenever big business gives away millions of dollars, it's not a lottery, it's known as philanthropy. More of these scam samples are linked Here, and a video is Here. Please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You.
Hmm I haven't seen one of these in awhile. It appears as though the scammers are getting desperate. Apparently they can't make us believe we've won something from Microsoft, Blackberry, Coca-Cola, Yahoo, Shell (which you haven't), or any other corporation, so they're moving offshore. Rest assured, though, this is still a scam. No lottery and no company anywhere in the world chooses "winners" by e-mail address or phone number.
Coke has their promotion every now and then in which you can win free bottles of their products, for example. Shell might give away some free fuel every once in awhile. But no company anywhere in the world has "promotions" in which they give away millions of dollars to individual people. Such "promotions" are known as philanthropy, which is an acceptable advertising gimmick. In other words, corporations are not going to give away money if they cannot make more money while they're at it. Why would they? They wouldn't; it doesn't make any sense. In the United States, it is illegal to play foreign lotteries, according to U.S. Postal Inspector Guy Cottrell. Additionally, it is illegal in many jurisdictions to play their lotteries unless you are a resident of that jurisdiction, such as the United Kingdom. In short, if you did not go out, and drive down to your local store to buy your very own paper lottery ticket that you can hold in your hand, then you did not win. There are no exceptions. Period. There's a few more of these Asian Lottery Scams posted Here. Please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You. These guys start off with "Thanks for the e-mail," and are now pretending to reply to the query that you never made, thereby making believe that they aren't spamming or trying to scam you. Another "convincing factor" to this scam is that they want you to reply to a Microsoft Live e-mail address, located in London (live.co.uk), but do not be fooled. It is simply a free e-mail address that anyone can sign up for. Microsoft does provide the free e-mail service, but otherwise it has nothing to do with anyone who works at Microsoft.
Here we go with the 'J' instead of the '£' symbol again, attempting to represent British Pounds Sterling. They say there is some PDF file attached, but they did not attach it. They're also rather rude and won't tell you where to get Adobe Reader, just in case you don't have it. It is available at this link. The unattached PDF supposedly has some "requirements" for some nonexistent insurance policy, which apparently is supposed to insure your nonexistent 6.3 million pounds, to be "delivered" to you. After you have "read the policy," they say you will "receive further instructions." They will be all about how they're going to try and rip you off. There are more of these 419 Microsoft scam samples located Here, and a video Here. Please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You. Playing foreign lotteries is illegal in the United States. U.S. Chief Postal Inspector Guy Cottrell says so. Go ahead, look up the number, call his office during the week, and ask him yourself. In addition, the UK does not even allow you to play their lottery if you are not a resident. Most if not all of these scams are older than the internet itself, having gone around in the postal mail and on fax machines in the past, and they probably still do, to some extent. But for the most part they have moved onto the internet. For more Lottery Scam samples, Click Here and Here. There are a couple of good Lottery Scam videos located Here and Here. Just remember: If you didn't buy a lottery ticket yourself, then you didn't win. Please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You.
The Bottom Line: If you did not go out to purchase your very own paper lottery ticket, that you can hold in your hand, then you did not win. Period.
This poor soul wants you to believe that you're a UK Camelot lottery winner, that they've attempted to contact you by snail mail, failed, and so now they're spamming you by e-mail. They want you to contact them at a free e-mail address, as always. To see more Commonwealth lottery scams, Click Here. There is an entertaining UK Lottery Scam video located Here. Please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank you. Any spam that you get claiming you've "won" a large amount of money is never real, it is always a scam. This entry is located Here. Please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You! From: "RED DOT AWARD COMPANY" <[email protected]> To: undisclosed-recipients (BCC) You Won 600,000.00 Pounds. From RED DOT AWARDS. Contact Dr. Peter Zec For Claims. Contact: [email protected] |
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AuthorMy name is Gary, and I live in the Midwestern United States. This site is intended to expose the frauds and scams that are so pervasive on the internet, especially today. One hundred per- cent of the e-mails you get that promise you millions are never, ever real. They'll tell you they're "dying," trying to gain your sympathy. They're not dying, they're lying. Click Here for the "Dying" scams. Don't fall for it, and never send them any money, no matter what they tell you. Oh, and good luck hacking this website. It's got a nice strong password on it. Archive
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