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3 New Scam Emails

Mike@WinBig — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:06:50 +0000

A big thanks goes out to Win Big Member Pam who sent through 3 phishing emails. If you have received any of the following messages in your email DO NOT reply to them as they are scams.

<—– Messages Begin —->

CONGRATULATION
You Email Have Won £500,000.00GBP in the recent new year promotion that
was organized by BMW Motor onbehalf of Q3 September 2008 new model email
draw held (5th Jan 2009) And this is your winning BATCH NUMBER :
Q3/2523B/MW TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896

Contact our fudiciary agent with your full details,

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:___________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________
3.SEX:_______________________
4.AGE:_____________________
5.E-MAIL ADDRESS:____________
6.TELE:___________________
7.STATE:___________________
8.COUNTRY:___________________
9.OCCUPATION:___________________

MR.DAN WALTER
Head Winning Claims Dept.
Email: claims_mr.danwalter01@yahoo.com.hk

RANGE ROVER AUTOMOBILES 2009 PROMOTION
5Th Slopes,Lower Henley Road,
Reading,Berkshire,RG4 5LE
United Kingdom.

Attn: Winner, OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

This Email is to inform you that your email address just won you
500,000.00 GBP and new Range Rover Car 2008 supercharged V8 engine
in the online cyber lotto which was conducted from an exclusive list
of 1,000.000 email addresses of individual and corporate bodies selected
by an advanced automated random computer ballot system from the internet.

Contact your claims officer below:
Mr Paul Wilson,
Tell: +447045752553
Contact email:rangeroverautomobileclaimsagent@yahoo.com.hk
Claims Agent

Secret Pin Code: x7pwyz2008
Reference number RV:12052008/21.

Claims Requirements:

1.Name in full—————————
2.Address——————————–
3.Age————————————
4.Phone/Fax——————————
5.Occupation—————————–
6.Country——————————–

Winning Email:NOTE: Ensure to quote your Reference Numbers in all your
communication with your claims agent.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Turton Robin
Promotional Co-ordinator.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY DRAWS (#1361) held on the 7th of January, 2009.Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 78945327856619 with serial number 445/02 which
consequently won in the 2nd category with the following Winning Numbers 01,08,
27,32,39,45 Bonus No. 07.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Â£2,750,000.00POUNDS
STERLING.{Two Million Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling}.

Note that all participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000 companies and 30,000,
000 individual email addresses a from all search engines and web sites.

This program is strictly for international participants ONLY!

You have to send following details in order to fascilitate the processing and
release of your winning.

Name: …………………………
Nationality:……………………
Country of residence: …………..
Tel number: ……………………
Occupation: ……………………
Sex: ………………………….
Age:…………………………..
Winning E-mail Address:………….
Draw Number:……………………
Amount Won:…………………….
Ticket Number:………………….
Winning Numbers:………………..
Serial Number:………………….

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some winners. You are requested to contact your
claims officer Mr. James Holder,to assist
you with the processing of your winnings and subsequent payments.

——————————————–
Email: claimsdept09@msn.com
Tel: +447023023869
——————————————–

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SCAM ALERT: Shell Petroleum Development Company

Mike@WinBig — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:41:45 +0000

We have received an email from a Win Big member alerting us to another Scam Email, you you have received this email please be sure to delete it as soon as possible

**Message begins**

—– Original Message —–
From: “SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY”
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 3:15 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

> Shell Petroleum Development Company Hong Kong
> Shell Tower, Kennedy Brown Avenue,
> Times Square,Hong Kong/China
>
>
> BATCH REF: SHHK/008/YY
>
> This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Million
> United States Dollars (US$1,000,000.00) for the 2009 International E-mail
> Draw which is Organized by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).
>
> SPDC collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
> online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Aol, Walla,Gmail,
> Russian Mail,Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. 100 people are
> selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the
> Selected Winners this year by this great Oil company.
>
> PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
>
> Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Shell
> Award must be claimed not later than final claim day from date of Draw
> Notification. Any Prize not claimed within this period will be
> forfeited.You have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum of
> US$1,000, 000, 00 in cash which is the winning present /amount for each
> winner. This is from the total prize money of US$6,000,000.00 shared among
> theW inners international winners in this category.
>
> CONGRATULATIONS!
>
> Stated below is your identification number:
>
> REFERENCE NUMBER: SPDC-081511
>
> Please be informed that your CHEQUE,DEBIT CARD, T,T,DRAFT of the sum of
> US$1,000,000.00 is now with the payee center. Contact your fiduciary agent
> in China [Dr TONY ZHANG] and give them your full detail below so that they
> will re-insure your winning under your full name and direct you to the
> bank for payment as your winning numbers fall within the China Mainland
> Location file
>
> (SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMAPANY AGENT)
>
> Name: DR LEO WANG (CLAIM AGENT)
>
> E-Mail:lleowang016@aol.com
> TEL;+ 852 60635434
> Tel: +8613527654635
>
> He shall immediately commence the process that will facilitate the release
> of your fund to you.Fill the below form and send to your agent
>
> 1. Full name……………………..
> 2. Address ……………
> 3. Country of origin…………………..
> 4. Occupation………………………
> 5. AGE………………………
> 6. Phone number…………………..
> 7. Email Address……………………..
>
> Congratulations!! once again.
>
> Yours in service,
> Dr. (Mrs.) Lynda Jones
> [Shell Publicity Secretary]
>
> SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMAPANY (SPDC),WE ARE TRULLY THE OIL GIANT IN
> THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!

**Message Ends

BIG DAY OUT Fraud Warning

Mike@WinBig — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:04:04 +0000

Big Day Out has become aware of an internet phishing scam whereby individuals have received an email claiming to be on behalf of Ticketmaster and Facebook, stating that the recipient has won VIP passes to the Big Day Out.

The email then requests that the recipient provide personal identification information including passport, birth certificate, drivers licence, health care card, Medicare card or bank statements. This email is fraudulent and should not be responded to.
It is not authorised by the Big Day Out, Ticketmaster or Facebook.

You should NEVER give out your personal or bank account details to somebody you don’t know and trust.

Don’t be fooled by an email that looks legitimate or appears to link to a genuine website.

Please take care with your personal information!

Online Scams worth $36 Million :(

Mike@WinBig — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:09:37 +0000

We found an interesting article on SMH this morning that says Australians are still falling victim to online scams, in particular the Nigerian scammers, with an estimated $36 million lost each year.

Nigerian scams, also known as 419 frauds, are typically conducted via email and centre on the target being persuaded to advance significant sums of money in the hope of realising a much larger windfall some time in the future.

There are many forms of online scams that range from online dating scams, embezzling government employees, long lost rich relatives, European and construction businesses. Although the scams tell a different story the end game is always the same. Victims believe that they are sending money in good faith to the scammers in the promise of receiving a large profit at the end of the process.

Unfortunately this is never the case as the scammers continue to ask for money until the victim either wises up or runs out of cash.

The best way to protect yourself is to be very sceptical about emails promising you a share of cash or some other reward if you can send money or information in return.

If you think you have received a Scam email you can either check the Win Big website for the latest scams or you can send it through to us here at Win Big and we can confirm it for you. As a Win Big Competition Club member you can rest assured that you will only receive legitimate offers from our trusted partners.

But be vigilant and make sure that you don’t fall victim to online scams