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Dear legaltidbits
Welcome to 419Legal and thanks for your post. Quote:
BEST as you practice, is to try google search or any search engines when you receive skeptical emails from unknown person or company. Please protect yourself from crooks with good knowledge about fraudulence that can be obtained from governmental bodies like FTC or IC3 etc or any anti-scam forums like 419Legal. (Click on above FTC or IC3 to go) Thank you Awareriskinc |
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I have became this Mail:
> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 23:05:46 +1100 > Subject: REF: SR000847 > From: info(AT)paypal.com > To: > > REF: SR000847 > > CONGRATULATIONS SELECTED WINNER, > > The Paypal Payback raffle draw conducted > May 2009, the results have just > been released today. And we wish to > announce to you that you have been > selected as one of the lucky winners of > Paypal promotion draw with a Ticket > No: A0258176X, REF: SR000847 making you > the winner of the total Prize of FOUR > HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND > FIFTY GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS.(450,555) > > > Name,Address, Sex, Age, country, city, > Nationality, Date of birth, > Occupation,Telephone Number. > > Upon confirmation of your status, your > prize fund will made available for > payment by our paying banks. > > Contact Claim Agent > Tel:+447031900853 > Email:mrjamesphillip09@gmail.com > > Congratulations again and we wish you > more chances. > > MR RAUL GARCIA, > Paypal online Lottery, > 5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, > Luxembourg RCS Luxembourg B 118 349 > Europe Organizing Committee MfG BdMdesigN |
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This scammer has not stopped sending emails yet. I received this email:
> Subject: CALL +44-208-144-9073 (FOR COMFIRMATION) > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:58:00 +1100 > > PAYPAL ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTION > GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY. > REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED KINGDOM DATA PROTECTION ACT; > (Registration MLI7410-1982). > > REF: PP-21180-UK > BATCH: PP-245-44 > > Congratulation > > This is to notify you that this e-mail address was entered during the Paypal European selection Draw and has won the sum of $1,500,000.00 (One million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only). For claim please contact the below Agent for immediate process of your claim: Rememebr to quote > these numbers below for verification by the company. REF: PP-21180-ES and BATCH: PP-245-44 you should include Your Name, Address, Sex, Age, Occupation, > Nationality, Phone Number > > Dr Oscar Wallace Lopez (Claim Director) paypalonlinelottery@sweeps-wallace.com)> TEL: +44-208-144-9073 > > > Sincerely, > Mrs Becky Johnson > Paypal Europe Coordinator > > NOTE: To avoid disqualification or double claiming, we advice that > your winnings should be kept very confidential until your cash prize > has been remitted to you. This is in accordance with section 13(1) > (n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on > 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. > ================================================== ========== > |
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Definitely look at how emails address you. In your Paypal email they didn't address you personally, normally it's pretty standard for spam to address you either generally or by easily obtainable information... like the email they just sent the message to.
I just came across this example of an email header to look out for. "From: (service@paypal.com) (service@accounts-paypal.com) " If you look at the domain name... service@... "ACCOUNTS-PAYPAL.COM", you can see that it's not from paypal.com. That's the best way to determine whether or not it's spam email. GMail does a great job of helping you determine this. This email wouldn't have even showed up in your spam box since GMail wouldn't have accepted it because it's claiming to be from "paypal.com" and it's actually from "accounts-paypal.com". GMail will also put a little key next to the sender's name if it is a legitamate email... atleast in PayPal's case. |
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