If you get an email telling that “The Sum Of One Million Pounds has been won by your Address in our sweepstakes program” don’t really on that because it is an scam. See the sender’s address which is very uncommon type and also “One Million Pounds” wow! , for simply nothing.
Hey! You shocked? Please hold your patience it nothing but the full pack of lie. It is designed to snatch your money from pocket in the form of Advance fee. After going through few mails you will receive one asking about money from you for award processing/clearance/dispatch/handling etc… If you pay you will loose your money simply and gain nothing.
Don't waste your time in replying this mail because sooner or later you will be asked to pay.
So what to do…? We can't stop the fraud, but we can have some fun of it. I also got such mail from scammer see below and enjoy….
See the mails and enjoy it but do your comment to make other's know.
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From : award@phys.sinica.edu.tw
Date : Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Subject : One Million Pounds
The Sum Of One Million Pounds has been won by your Address in our sweepstakes program.
Do get back to this office with your claims requirement such as
1.Name in full
2.Address
3.Nationality
4.Age
5.Sex
6.Occupation
7.Phone/Fax
8.Present Country
Reply to this confidential Email Address: britishdesk11@gmail.com
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From : ABBEY NATIONAL BANK <abbeytransfer@hotmail.co.uk>
Subject : : Welcome To Abbey **Funds Transfer Options**
Abbey National House,
2 Triton Square, Regent's Place,
London, NW1 3AN, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 703 598 1115
Email: abbeytransfer@hotmail.co.uk
You are welcome to ABBEY NATIONAL BANK, the Accredited/Affiliate payment bank for the British Telecom Group. We are Regulated and Stipulated by the Financial Service Authority (FSA), the financial institutions that govern all financial activities in the United Kingdom.
This office is in receipt of your email. This is to inform you that we are in possession of your winning cheque of £1,000,000 (One Million Great British Pounds Sterling) which was sent to us from the Authorities of the British Telecom Group Plc and was deposited in a suspense account in our bank. We have received confirmation from the British Telecom Office and Garden Court Chamber that your winning funds have been duly Legalized, verified and approved for immediate remittance to you.
The mode of the payout of your winning funds stipulated by the British Telecom Group Plc is online wire transfer. The reason is that your cheque was deposited in a suspense account for security reason, besides winners outside UK always find it difficult to cash the cheque easily hence our bank is not everywhere in the world. So, there are two ways by which the funds can be transferred to you from our bank here to you:
1) NEW ACCOUNT SET-UP:
You will have to open a new Bank account with this bank (ABBEY NATIONAL BANK) and it will be registered for International Transfer and note that you can make transfer online which will take 24hours to get the local account in your country. After the Opening of an account, an account will be openned in your name and the Account Number and Pin Number will be forwarded to you to enable you have internet access into your online account via our official website.
Account Opening Fee:.................£50
V.A.T:......................................£100
Bank commission:........................£50
Insurance:.................................£50
TOTAL:......................................£250 Pounds Sterling
2) BANK TO BANK TRANSFER:
The Direct Bank Transfer will enable you receive your money in any account that you shall provide for this Bank to effect the transfer of your funds as it is always done electronically and it will take 3 WORKING DAYS to reflect in the account that you shall provide.
Bank Commission:...........£80
V.A.T:............................£70
Insurance:.....................£50
TOTAL:..........................£200 Pounds Sterling
You are expected to choose from any of the option stated above that is most convenient for you, a pin/account number will be sent to you, to enable you log into your account and check your statement of account online. It will also interest you to know that the initial opening deposit (also known as security deposit) will reflect in your newly opened account. Which means that the new balance in your account will become a summation of your winning prize and the opening deposit. You are at liberty to transfer the whole money from your account to your local account if you wish to discontinue banking with us.
So if you are ready to make the payment for the cost of transferring your funds, you are expected to notify this office for the payment details. (You are required to make payment for any of the option choosen).
Abbey National Bank United Kingdom, is committed to rendering qualitative service to you, also you are advice to send us a scanned copy of your driver's license/international passport or any other legally identifying document for proof of identity for final verification.
Your urgent reply will be most welcome.
Treat with dispatch and reply to our official email address above.
We look forward to serving you better.
Best Regards,
David Morgan
Managing Director/Chief Accountant
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