National Lotto Programme Email Fraud Scam

Did you receive the email below? If so you unfortunately did not win a National Lotto, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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**This email contained a number of email addresses that I left in the email posted below. This list is a great example of one way email scammers like this get email accounts. Notice that all the emails are 'administrative' emails. For instance feedback@securepcnews.com, info@orgoo.com, mail@designboom.com, etc. These email addresses were obviously collected simply by finding them on websites and 'harvesting' them.

One way to reduce your chances of receiving these types of emails is to limit how often you display your email on public websites. You may even consider a 'throw-away' email address that you use just for public sites.

Following is the text of the scam email:

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From: Dr. Hans van Kampen [mailto:nationallotteryhans@libero.it]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:34 PM
Subject: YOU WON!

Your E-Address was selected for category B in this weeks National Lotto programme. These are your details.

Ref Number: EUM DN 0508-9T6 Batch Number: EUM QY-3LJ4
Ticket Number: 3510-EM 47 Serial Number: NPU-34
Lucky Number: 05 13 27 33 42 (02-04)

Please contact the program coordinator. Complete the information’s below and forward same and above stated details strictly to the program coordinator. Your draw has a total value of Two Million Euros.

Full Names: Country of Residence:
Address: Occupation:
Date of Birth: Telephone:

PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Name: Mrs. Carla Daal
E-mail: CdaalEU@aim.com
Tel: +31 650 948 862
Fax: +31 847 253 036
Location: Goes, Netherlands


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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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