First time somebody try'd to scam me :D

[Freelancer]

haha this is the first time somebody ever try'd this on me, glad I caught it.
This is the email I got;

Van: ukn lottery <uknl3341@hotmail.com>
Antwoorden aan: claimsagent_dan@yahoo.co.uk
Verzonden: woensdag 9 mei 2007 9:09:02
Onderwerp: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Support Center
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF United Kingdom
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: UKNL/26510460038/07
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

AWARD NOTIFICATION:
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 27th april 2007 in London.Your email address was attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5063-11 and drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37 10-43, and consequently WON you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay Of £ 500,000.00 British Pounds(GBP)in cash credited to file REF NO.UKNL/26510460038/07. This is from total prize money Of £ 2,000,000.00 British Pounds(GBP) shared among the four International winners in this category.All participants were selected randomly from WorldWide Website through computer draw ballot system and extracted from over 1,345,256 personal email addresses as part of InternationalPromotions Program, which is conducted annually.In view of this, your £ 500,000.00 British Pounds(GBP) would be released to you by our approved payment center in London.The claims agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processedand your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize winnings.This is part of our precautionarymeasures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent:
Mr. DANIEL STEVENSON
#195 Edgware Road,London W2 1EY United Kingdom.
TEL: +447031959558
FAX: +447039400254
EMAIL: claimsagent_dan@yahoo.co.uk
For due processing and remittance of your prize winnings, please remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in your Correspondences with the agent.Remember, all prize winnings must be claimed not later than two weeks from today.After this day,all funds will be returned as unclaimed.Furthermore, should there be anyChange of your address; do inform the claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again.
Sincerely,
Mrs Irene Bristow
Zonal Co-ordinator

And a link to a page explaining the scam: ()
Common Scams | The National Lottery

Interesting set up for sure, to bad the guy couldn't make it neatly because that would've increased his odds lol.

[Mark Lapierre]

Wow, just your first? My gmail spam folder currently has 562 emails in it. I'm sure many of them are scams of this kind.

[Freelancer]

Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre

Wow, just your first? My gmail spam folder currently has 562 emails in it. I'm sure many of them are scams of this kind.

Well its the first I noticed anyway, no other 'OMG YOU WON CASH' emails than this one.

[Freelancer]

Whey my second scam message:

Loans * Available from $500,000 to $20 million

PURCHASE * Real Estate Homes - CASH OUT ON HOMES EQUITY

HOMES WORTH $500,000 - 7 MILLION

With years of experience and BILLIONS in Financing, these Group specialize in land financing, the very best permanent loans, fast funded private money loans, structured investments. Gracefully providing banking and investment services.

Choosing a loan program requires an understanding of your investment goals. Some investment goals are: short term, long term, flexibility, maximize cash flow, turnaround property, fast funded, money partner, etc., we are sure to structure financing terms that best meet your projects requirements.

Purchase & what ill send you by E-MAIL is who and where to find this information with applications to start today.

Pocket $600,000 OR HOLD IT IN ASSET'S


ORDER YOUR REPORT RECEIVE CASH DEPOSIT AMOUNTS FROM THE PROVIDER.

Lender's are committed to making the loan Process friendly and easy & offer strength and experience with borrowers. The goal is to meet the needs of clients rapidly and courteously.

Whether you are experienced or just starting out, This an unbelievable Loan resource.

NO SOURCE IS CONNECTED / EACH HAS THERE OWN LIMITS ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR MORTGAGE DOWN PAYMENT.

What I want to do is sell this information to you for J$200. USEING PAYPAL.COM/ EMAIL MY PERSONAL E-MAIL THEN ILL HOOK YOU UP WITH THE INFO USERERC6505@AOL.COM

DO YOU WANT A HOUSE?

The guy is obviously already banned.

[Mark Lapierre]

Here's a fairly common one which was right at the top of my spam folder.

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Dear valued PayPal member

It has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records on or before May 15, 2007.

Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your PayPal records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run {Mark: Note this page doesn't exists. The real link was to http://ppacc.no-ip.biz/}



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