This is the latest email scam I have received to date.
DON'T FALL FOR THIS. THEY WANT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO "PAY" YOU ACTUALLY "SCAM" YOU FASTER!
See the actual email below.
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Dear Winner,
I received your mail.
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania. This obligation is part of our International Promotions program, which is conducted annually.
Furthermore, This programme was design to encourage the use of the Internet in developing nations but presently we are for now involving all the continents in the world. Winners are normally picked from the Internet depending on the usage and also your luck is based on if you are on the internet when our computer balloting is taking place. The major computer companies in the world contribute to this programme with little contribution from the United Nations. Also this programme is covered by the various law of lottery of the United Kingdom and also of various countries of the European union. The Payment of our winners will be grouped into there payment zones. {Europe, ASIA And Africa} through computer balloting.
Another computer ballot will hold to determine the paying banks our twenty nine winner will be zoned to, so do endeavour to send your required information on time.
Due to unscrupulous acts by participants of this program, and as part of precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some persons, we have resulted to pay our winners only by bank wire transfer.
To enable us file in your name for payment, please do provide the following informations:
1.YOUR FULLNAME:.....................
2.YOUR SEX:.......................
3.YOUR ADDRESS:.............................
4.YOUR FAX/PHONE NUMBER :.................................
5.YOUR OCCUPATION:.....................
6.YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:......................................
7.YOUR AGE:..................................
8.YOUR REF NUMBER:...................
You are adviced to keep your winning numbers to yourself so that nobody can make claim on your winnings.
Provide the following immediately so we can start processing your payment.
Sincerely,
Teressa M. Pablo
(Head officer Amsterdam).
Stormy Taylor skrev:
Okay what next?
"GLOBAL PROMO(2007)" wrote: Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:17:15 -0700
From: "GLOBAL PROMO(2007)"
Subject: DREW THE LUCKY NUMBER!!!
REF: OYL /26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
Dear Winner,
Your EMAIL ADDRESS attached to ticket number:023-0148-790-459with Serial
number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 29
Congratulations, you have just won yourself $850,000 in the satellite
software email lottery conducted by GLOBAL PROMO in which e-mail addresses
are picked randomly by software powered by the internet.
You email address was amongst those chosen this quarter and you are to
contact our Financial Controller for Clearance.
Here are the contact info:
Financial controller:
Mrs TERESA M. PABLO
Email:
[email protected] You are to forward the following details to the above email address for immediate payment:
1.Full Names:
2.Address:
3.Age:
4.Sex:
5.Marital Status:
6.Occupation:
7.Phone and fax numbers :
8.country:
Sincerely,
Zack Sonnie.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
10TH GLOBAL PROMO-ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.
Stormy
Hesston, Kansas
U.S.A.