Lottery Scam through Email
I returned home after an exhausted 3hrs of A Math lessons today.
& what was that sitting in my email's inbox waiting for me at home?
A LOTTERY SCAM.
this is what was in the email.
i'm putting it up so that everyone can be aware of such things.
and to not believe and fall for such frauds & scams.
Message Header: Winning number...................ECW09788
From: ECOWAS DONATION BOARD 2008 (ecowasdeliveryoffice@yahoo.co.uk)
Ecowas donations 2008
101 Yakubu Gowon Cresent
Asokoro District P.M.B. 401
Abuja, Nigeria.
Tel: +2348073989875
This is to inform you that you have won a prize
money of One Million United States Dollars, ($1,000,000.00)
for this year 2008 Lottery promotion which is organized by
ECOWAS DONATIONS 2008.
ECOWAS DONATIONS 2008, collects all the
email addresses of the people that are active online,
among the millions that subscribed to the Internet.we
only select five people every Year as our winners through
electronic balloting System without the winner
applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number.....................ECW 09102XN
Reff number.......................ECW35447XN
Winning number...................ECW09788
These numbers fall within your Location file,
you are requested to contact the events manager/Claims Department,
send your winning identification numbers to him,to enable him verifyyour claims.
(CONTACT FINANCE DEPARTMENT)Name:Mr.Newton Udeh
E-mail:mrnewtoncentre@live.com
TEL:+2348073989875
Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Hasim Haji
(Ecowas Donations Games/Lottery Coordinator).
people, you've got to be really aware of whats going on in the world nowadays.
i must admit that i was really elated when i saw the email.
then i thought again & wondered if it could be a fake.
LUCKY, for the advance technology nowadays,
researching for more information on a certain matter has become a much easier task.
so i simply opened a new window,
clicked on yahoo and started researching on this matter.
and not to my surprise,
there have been many cases on such frauds.
so people,
do not fall for these stupid tricks..
these emails might seem to be very tempting,
it might seem rather realistic at first sight,
but after careful investigation and thorough research,
you would come to realise that there are actually many mistakes and faults in the email.
while doing my research on this scamming matter,
i came across this "SCAM-O-MATIC" software. (http://www.scamomatic.com/)
i shall put the link up so that
if there ever is a necessity for you people to check up on whether your email is a scam,
this is the perfect software to use.
do not fret that it would cost anything, its completely free.
i guarantee (:
well,
i've done my part and the very best that i can,
to inform all of you on the scamming in the virtual world nowadays.
i've also added in scam-checking software links.
however, such things would of course still happen and take place.
so, be careful alrights?
think twice before you do/believe anything.
& to end it all off,
my conclusion is..
THIS EMAIL IS IN A MATTER OF FACT A FAKE, A FRAUD, A LOTTERY SCAM!!
(P.S. i was just telling genn on MSN, that the letter isnt even written in a formal manner..)
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