Sorry I haven’t posted in a while I’ve been busy with all sorts of projects and on top of that my wife is pregnant and due soon.  However I’ve come across another lottery scam as if there aren’t enough of those floating around these days.

This is called the British Lottery Scam and has recently been sneaking through my inbox.  How dare them.  Anyways, I thought I would point this scam out.  It seems that these scammers are up to their old tricks again.

Here is what the email read:

“White, Pamela J” <pamela-white@uiowa.edu> to Sep 10
British National Lottery,
Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Dear Selected winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Prize of 753,437.00GBP in cash from International programme held on the 30th of July 2009 in United Kingdom.You are advised to contact the verification department through our assigned claims agent by providing your Reference Number UK/9420X2/68.You are also advised to provide him with the underlisted information.
1.Name in full.2.Address in full.3.Age.4.Occupation:5.Phone No.6.mobile no
7.Winning Email Address 8.Country ASSIGNED CLAIMS AGENT: Mr. Garry Baldwin
Tel:+447031874347,+447031903483
Email:garry4baldwin7@live.com Yours Truly,
White Pamela
Online Co-ordinator

Now obviously this is a scam but for those of you knew to the world of the net though I would point out that if you don’t know the person who is sending you the email discard it immediately and you will save yourself all the hassle of getting caught up in this scam.

I should also mention that lottery scams are popular right now.  The Jamaican lottery scam has been hitting the U.S. hard, except in that scam they are calling you instead of emailing you.  The point I am making is if you never signed up for a lottery how can you be a winner.

You Can’t!

Sorry about being so blunt but it’s the truth, yet people everyday go to Western Union or their bank and send money to these scammers thinking they’ve struck it rich.  Nope, you’ve just been duped into a scammers plan.

My fear is that as people become more aware of these types of scams that the scammers will become even more desperate and instead using email or a phone call they may take more drastic measures.   In fact I’ve seen some of the tricks scammers will take to get your hard earned cash.

A Scammers Story

A few year back a scammer called a lady in are hometown in Midwest Ohio.  This lady was older and for scammers an easy target.  It started out as an innocent phone call from an individual telling this lady she had won a cash prize.

However, she needed to send some money in order to get the winnings.  However the lady mentioned she couldn’t make it to the bank because she was older and couldn’t drive anymore.  The man on the other side of the phone said in a pleasant voice that’s OK we’ll even send you a cab.

Now at this point it’s plain obvious that this is a scam, however the elderly lady fell for the scam and took the cab to the bank.  Thankfully, when she arrived at the bank and told one of the tellers of her situation they became suspicious right away.

Luckily, this elderly lady was not scammed but this is just a real life example that scammers will take to get their hands on your money.

Well that’s enough for today, back to the grind as I say.

Chris