Common Scams Section

[Gibbo2286]

This week's special.
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Charitable funds to help the less privileged!!
Hello,

I am sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner, my name
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus , a nationalist of Zurich, Switzerland(Swiss),
a businesswoman known for chairman, Louis Dreyfus Group. I find it
pleasurable to offer you my partnership in business, i only pray at
this time that your email address is still valid. I want to solicit
your attention to receive money on my behalf humanitarian project.

The purpose of my contacting you is because my status would not permit
me to do this alone. Given my current state of health, I have decided
to donate Ninety -Eight Million United State Dollars to establish a
foundation with your help to reach out to the less privilege, orphans,
sick and homeless people in your country who will receive their
blessings as i promised my God before i leave this earth.

I got your contact through my personal search, you were revealed as
being quite astute in private entrepreneurship, and i have no doubt
that you can handle this huge financial transaction. Please contact my
executor for more information:

Mr. Ford Spencer(Attorney at Law).
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Office:970-414-1400
Fax: 970-414-1433
® Property of Steven C Spence PA.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Mrs. Margarita Louis-Dreyfus.
Chairperson of Louis-Dreyfus Commodities,
Zurich, Switzerland.
[email protected]
[email protected]

[GiveMeABreak]

® Property of Steven C Spence PA.

As if any Attorneys will have a gmail or yahoo email for business

[white exec]

Ridiculous!
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[mickthemaverick]

And did you notice that Margarita became megarita in her email?

[mickthemaverick]

A telephone scam I have not had before occurred today!!

The call came from +4919905537602 announcing themselves as Amazon Customer Services. An automatic voice went on to say that they had noticed an unusual transaction on my account for £1650! (That would be B****y unusual!!) , and that they were putting a stop on it to protect my account could I please press 1 to discuss etc.......

Well as I have a daughter living in Germany I recognised the code and deleted accordingly, hold on phone ringing...... spooky!! got it again as I type from +4919530605125 but supposedly Daniel again and a different amount £1499 !! It will be reported!!

[GiveMeABreak]

Just hang up - Amazon NEVER call you, like the BT scams cutting of your internet - it's always a scam as they never call you regardless - it anything goes toes up you usually have to call them.

Thank goodness for our call blocker - one press of the button and another number consigned to room 101.

[myglaren]

I think I have only had one call this year. Youngest daughter. May have been last year though.

[myglaren]

An email purportedly from Hermes claiming a failed delivery of a 'large letter' from the NHS that may have to be signed for.
Why would Hermes have my email address in the first place and why would they connect it to a delivery from the NHS?
Scam.
Apparently tried for different origins, mainly retail sources.

[Hell Razor5543]

Watch out, people. I just got a text message saying I could now apply for my NHS COVID pass, and failing to apply could result in a fine.

[mickthemaverick]

I had an email today titled You won! It has been deleted but here is the text:

You Won <[email protected]>
Fri 14/01/2022 11:49
The National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL United Kingdom
(Customer service) NOTIFICATION DESK

Attention: Email Account Holder,

Congratulations!! Congratulations!!, We are happy to announce to you the draw (#1404) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes Email promotion held in London on Saturday, 1st JANUARY2022.

Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web computer generated ticket number: B55607545 4152 with reference number UK/JA2C110P5 and Serial number ZA5365/3 ,Batch number XA87-2PY,drew the lucky file UKPC/9080144308/07,This subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category,

You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of £800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in cash is credited to file UKPC/9080144308/07. This is from a total cash prize of £17,403,993
Shared Amongst the 545,587 with (3) lucky winners in "2nd" category.

PRIZE BREAKDOWN
------------------------------------------------------------
Draw 1404 1st /2022 file UKPC/9080144308/07 Jackpot for this draw £7,542,072
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No. of matches No. of winners £s per winner £s Prize fund
Match 6 4 £1,885,518 £7,542,072
Match 5 file UKPC/9080144308/07 £520,731 £1,562,193
Match 5 387 £2,522 £976,014
Match 4 25,997 £82 £2,131,754
Match 3 519,196 £10 £5,191,960
Totals 545,587 £17,403,993
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Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine used for draw Ball set used
4 SAPPHIRE 3
This promotion was drawn based on email address as the key identification for setting up online accounts. All valid email addresses in the World Wide Web Draw used/participants for the online email promotion version were selected randomly via computer balloting from a global website collaboration with internet companies like eBay, pay pal, liberty reserve, and Google whom also built their systems and based their membership registration identity on email addresses supporting this computer draw system done by extracted email addresses from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies and affiliated members to the National Lottery website and their advertisers listed online.

This Online promotion takes place via virtual ticket balloting and it is done Bi-annually.

Please note that you’re lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our booklet representative office in city of Johannesburg (SA) as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your £800,000.00 would be released to you by our payment department.
Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your lottery prize by providing details below.

1. Full Name:
2. Email Address:
3. Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Reference Number/Ticket Number
6. Phone Number:
7. Country:
8. Date of draw:

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever choice you want to claim your prize. Precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program are in place. Please be warned!!! To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent on E-MAIL: [email protected] and provide them with your winning email and details.

UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr. David Canon
Tell: +27-630-550-355
Fax number: +2786 661 3447
Foreign Service Manager
City of Johannesburg Regional Center
Tolpits Lane, E-MAIL: [email protected]

"Please do not reply back to the senders address or the from email address, this notification is sent automatically via computer virtual notification to winning email addresses and a response will not be attended by Human but computer" contact the fiduciary agents "
Yours faithfully
Teresa Marie Roberts
Online coordinator
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY Copyright (c) 1994-2022 the UK Lottery International Promotion Inc All rights reserved Terms of Service –Guideline 77635 476378- 255667460.

[GiveMeABreak]

Utterly laughable! Apart from the total ridiculousness of it all, from 'The National Lottery' via an agent with a gmail account!

Thanks for putting that one up on the hall of fame - I've not seen this one until now!

[mickthemaverick]

Utterly laughable! Apart from the total ridiculousness of it all, from 'The National Lottery' via an agent with a gmail account!

Did you notice that the "Fiduciary Agent" has a gmail address too?

[GiveMeABreak]

Oh, you mean 'Mrs Elizabeth October'? What a cracking name!

[GiveMeABreak]

They'd probably have more luck with one of these names:

[mickthemaverick]

No I was referring to [email protected] in the small print. It intrigued me that his number was 923 which is the dialling code for Watford and the address in Joburg included Tolpits Lane which is the correct road for the National Lottery in Watford where my son worked for a year or 2. Presumably that's meant to enhance your confidence!!