West Cliff Casino Board email Scam

It looks like we have a Winner!

Could it be? Unfortunately, no. All you won was the chance to be th 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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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: WEST CLIFF CASINO BOARD [mailto:cliffwest8@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:26 AM
To: feedback
Subject: AWARD WINNING

WEST CLIFF CASINO BOARD,
401 centre, 302 REGENT STREET,
West End, LONDON, W1B 3HH
Registered in England with Company Registration number 3699618
Group VAT registration number 832 6732 26.
Ref: Number: WCC/ENG8002/08
Batch Number: WCC604990/UK
CASINO BOARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

The WEST CLIFF CASINO BOARD International promotion UNITED KINGDOM program is proud to inform you that you have just won Two Million British Pounds (£2.000, 000, 00).

However no previous notification is given before your email address was picked for this lottery. Generally email address are picked, the draws are processed by the computer through a special program that is special designed for this lottery, the program is known as Random Access Program (RAP) This software picks email addresses from the internet and through a random process, picks the winners through their email address.

To file for your claim, please contact our financial agent:
MR. FRANK ADAMS
West Cliff Casino Board
Tel: +44-871-5031-922
Fax: +44-700-5976-328
EMAIL:cliffwest9@yahoo.co.in
EMAIL:cliffwest8@gmail.com
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APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter)
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[FULL NAME OF WINNER]
[FULL MAILING ADDRESS]
[COUNTRY/ REGION]
[STATE/ PROVINCE]
[DATE OF BIRTH]
[SEX]
[MARITAL STATUS]
[OCCUPATION]
[CURRENT E-MAIL]
[TEL HOME]
[CELLPHONE NUMBER]
[FAX]

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Congratulations!!!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary Herd
Promotions manager
WEST CLIFF CASINO BOARD.
UNITED KINGDOM.

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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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