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Lottery Scam: Western Union Public Relations
- By Jay HS
- Published 09/25/2007
- Lottery Scam
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Rating:
Hot Scam Specifications:
Scam Type: 419 Scam (Lottery Scam)
Fake Names: Dr. David Moore
Offer Type: Lottery Winnings
Winning Amount: $250,000 GBP
Storyline: You won a lottery which you did not join
Scammer Location: Claimed to be Ireland
Scammer Email: desmond_ani07@yahoo.co.uk, info@microsoft.com
Since when it became a "tradition" for Western Union to award "customers" with prize money?
And just look at the emails used in the scam, i.e. free yahoo mail and fake microsoft.com mail. Without checking with Western Union, we can tell that this is a scam email. What's more, most of you receiving these mails might not even be customers of Western Union.
You will be asked to pay some fees (again and again) but you will never see the prize money.
-----Original Message-----
From: Microsoft Promo [mailto:info@microsoft.com]
Sent:
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Subject: Attention: WINNER
WESTERN UNION PUBLIC RELATIONS
P.O. Box 502
Killorglin, Co Kerry
Ireland.
Attention: WINNER
This is to inform you that you have been awarded a cash prize
of?250,000.00 (Two hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds)
It is our tradition in WESTERN UNION to reward by giving awards to
deserving customers who have shown by continous patronage their
trust in our services.
To begin the process of awarding your prize, you are to contact our
WESTERN UNION CUSTOMERS RELATION DEPARTMENT through our agent contact
address below. You are also advised to provide him with the under
listed information's as soon as possible for the speedy transfer of
your award prize .
This is your winning pin numberXZB120964MW.Note that you are to keep
this confidential from anybody and your winning pin number for
future claims.
SIR,ROGER JONES.
Email:desmond_ani07@yahoo.co.uk
1.Names in full...........2.Address.................
3.Nationality.............
4.Age....................5.Occupation.................. 6.Telephone
Number...... 7.Short comment on our services. [optional]..... 8.Fax
[optional]...... 9.Email.........address.......
10.Do You Have Any Question About Our Service?
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for your continous
trust in our services and please do tell us how to treat you better.
Sincerely,
David Moore.
Scam Type: 419 Scam (Lottery Scam)
Fake Names: Dr. David Moore
Offer Type: Lottery Winnings
Winning Amount: $250,000 GBP
Storyline: You won a lottery which you did not join
Scammer Location: Claimed to be Ireland
Scammer Email: desmond_ani07@yahoo.co.uk, info@microsoft.com
Since when it became a "tradition" for Western Union to award "customers" with prize money?
And just look at the emails used in the scam, i.e. free yahoo mail and fake microsoft.com mail. Without checking with Western Union, we can tell that this is a scam email. What's more, most of you receiving these mails might not even be customers of Western Union.
You will be asked to pay some fees (again and again) but you will never see the prize money.
-----Original Message-----
From: Microsoft Promo [mailto:info@microsoft.com]
Sent:
Subject: Attention: WINNER
WESTERN UNION PUBLIC RELATIONS
P.O. Box 502
Killorglin, Co Kerry
Ireland.
Attention: WINNER
This is to inform you that you have been awarded a cash prize
of?250,000.00 (Two hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds)
It is our tradition in WESTERN UNION to reward by giving awards to
deserving customers who have shown by continous patronage their
trust in our services.
To begin the process of awarding your prize, you are to contact our
WESTERN UNION CUSTOMERS RELATION DEPARTMENT through our agent contact
address below. You are also advised to provide him with the under
listed information's as soon as possible for the speedy transfer of
your award prize .
This is your winning pin numberXZB120964MW.Note that you are to keep
this confidential from anybody and your winning pin number for
future claims.
SIR,ROGER JONES.
Email:desmond_ani07@yahoo.co.uk
1.Names in full...........2.Address.................
3.Nationality.............
4.Age....................5.Occupation.................. 6.Telephone
Number...... 7.Short comment on our services. [optional]..... 8.Fax
[optional]...... 9.Email.........address.......
10.Do You Have Any Question About Our Service?
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for your continous
trust in our services and please do tell us how to treat you better.
Sincerely,
David Moore.
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15 Responses to "Lottery Scam: Western Union Public Relations" 
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said this on 29 Oct 2007 5:38:53 AM CDT
WESTERN UNION PUBLIC RELATIONS
> P.O. Box 502 Killorglin, Co Kerry Ireland. Attention: WINNER This is > to inform you that you have been awarded a cash prize of £250,000.00 > (Two hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) It is our > tradition in WESTERN UNION to reward by giving awards to deserving > customers who have shown by continous patronage their trust in our > services. To begin the process of awarding your prize, you are to > contact our WESTERN UNION CUSTOMERS RELATION DEPARTMENT through our > agent contact > address below. You are also advised to provide him with the under > listed information's as soon as possible for the speedy transfer of > your award prize .This is your winning pin number XZB120964MW.Note that > you are to keep this confidential from anybody and your winning pin > number for future claims. Sir.David Allean Tell: +447031913413 > Email:claimsagentdepartment047@yahoo.co.uk 1.Names in > full........... 2.Address. 3.Nationality........ 4.Age...... > 5.Occupation...... 6.Telephone Number...... 7.Short comment on our > services. [optional]..... 8.Fax [optional]...... 9.Email > address....... 10.Do You Have Any Question About Our Service? > Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for your > continous trust in our services and please do tell us how to treat you > better. Sincerely, Nancy Fred. |
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said this on 01 Nov 2007 3:08:49 PM CDT
Almost word for word the scam that I just received. But - you don't say, do I report it to anyone???
--- Jay HS: Nope, there are too many. Only ppl like us collects them. |
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said this on 27 Nov 2007 4:54:22 PM CDT
It's help me a lot. I always received this kind of fake winning lottery prizes.. but I never attend to their requisition. but sometime.. I feel want to believed.. and I always checked before doing any transaction.. Thank you
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said this on 05 Dec 2007 6:11:52 AM CDT
From: western union moneytransfer <walshap@eircom.net> | Add to Address Book | This is spam To: <recipients undisclosed> Subject: YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED!!! Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:48:07 IST Note: To help protect your privacy, images from this message have been blocked.View images | What is this? WESTERN UNION PUBLIC RELATIONS P.O. Box 502 Killorglin, Co Kerry Ireland. Attention: WINNER This is to inform you that you have been awarded a cash prize of £250,000.00 (Two hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) Itis our tradition in WESTERN UNION to reward by giving awards to deserving customers who have shown by continous patronage their trust in ourservices. To begin the process of awarding your prize, you are to contact our WESTERN UNION CUSTOMERS RELATION DEPARTMENT through our agent contact address below. You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information's as soon as possible for the speedy transfer of your award prize .This is your winning pin number XZB120964MW.Note that you are to keep this confidential from anybody and your winning pin number for future claims. Sir.Gere Andrew Email:westernunionpublicdept01@yahoo.com TEL NO: +44 704 575 6580 1.Names in full.------ 2.Address.------- 3.Nationality.--------------- 4.Age.------- 5.Occupation.------------ 6.Telephone Number.------- 7.Short comment on our services. [optional]........... 8.Fax [optional].------------ 9.Email address. ------------ 10monthly salary------------ 11.Do You Have Any Question About Our Service? Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for your continous trust in our services and please do tell us how to treat you better. Sincerely, Rita Wilford |
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said this on 07 Dec 2007 9:31:00 PM CDT
From: western union custormer care <custormer_care@hotmail.com>
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 02:33:50 -0800 WINNER This is to inform you that you have been awarded a cash prize of 10,000.00 euro. It is our tradition in WESTERN UNION to reward by giving awards to deserving customers who have shown by continuous patronage their trust in our services. To begin the process of awarding your prize, contact our Western Union Customers Service through our agent contact e-mail address below: infowestern@lycos.com This is your winning pin number XZB120 Note that you are to keep this pin confidential from anybody and your winning pin number for future claims. You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information's as soon as possible for the speedy transfer of your award prize . 1.Name 2.Address 3.Age 4.Short comment on our services. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you. ©Western Union Lottery ======================== Good to see they've copyrighted their scam, eh? I'm currently living in the Middle East, where the scams are less widely known about and have had to dissuade a few colleagues and friends, who genuinely believe they're going to receive massive prizes, etc. from sending details to these pondlife cpn artists. |
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said this on 13 Dec 2007 7:03:04 PM CDT
Please help to identify it whether it is a scam or not? Thank you very much
This is e-mail I recieved:dated On 12/13/07, western union custormer care <custormer_care@hotmail.com> wrote: DEAR OLIVER, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THAT OUR WEBSITE AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW SITE FOR AWARD WINNERS ONLY. YOU CAN NOW VISIT WWW.WESTERNUNIONLOTTOAWARDS.WEBS.COM AND ALSO USE THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU EARLIER TO COMFIRM YOUR MONEY. ALSO CHECK THE AWARD WINNERS LIST AND SEE IF YOUR NAME IS THERE. THANK YOU AND KEEP ON USING WESTERN UNION. MAXWELL ROWLAND ----- Jay HS: First, I don't like all CAPS and its typical of newbie scammers. Secondly, don't trust website with a legal name +++, e.g. microsoftlotteryawards.com. These are tell tale signs for scams |
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said this on 10 Jan 2008 12:18:31 AM CDT
HI
Am glad Western Union is already in on the scam and depending on the recepients keenes to follow up on the authenticity of the email, you are doing your best to protect from fraud. I got the same e-mail. Western Union customer, Nairobi, Kenya |
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said this on 12 Jan 2008 1:32:41 PM CDT
YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED!!!
From: WESTERN UNION AWARD (info@onlineaward.hk) You may not know this sender. Mark as safe | Mark as unsafe Sent:Sat 1/12/08 1:20 PM Reply-to:westernunion_agents011@yahoo.co.uk To: WESTERN UNION PUBLIC RELATIONSP.O. Box 502Killorglin, Co KerryIreland. Attention: WINNER This is to inform you that you have been awarded a cash prize of£250,000.00 (Two hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) It isour tradition in WESTERN UNION to reward by giving awards to deservingcustomers who have shown by continous patronage their trust in ourservices.To begin the process of awarding your prize, you are to contact ourWESTERN UNION CUSTOMERS RELATION DEPARTMENT through our agent contactaddress below. You are also advised to provide him with the underlisted information's as soon as possible for the speedy transfer of youraward prize .This is your winning pin number XZB120964MW.Note that you areto keep this confidential from anybody and your winning pin number forfuture claims.BARR DAVIDSON GREGORYEmail:barr_davidson101@yahoo.co.ukTEL NO: +44 704 573 73771.Namein full.---2.Address.---3.Nationality.---4.Age.---5.Occupation.---6.Telephone Number.---7.Short comment on our services. [optional]....8.Fax [optional].----9.Email address. ---10.monthly salary----11.Do You Have Any Question About Our Service? Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for yourcontinous trust in our services and please do tell us how to treat youbetter. Sincerely,Rita Wilford. ___________________________________________________________Fidelity Communications Webmail - http://webmail.fidnet.com |
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said this on 31 Jan 2008 2:44:49 AM CDT
Hii I m Cristian and I want a now in this western union lottery , haw matchy many is in my acont
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said this on 16 Apr 2008 10:55:20 AM CDT
This is to inform you that you have Awarded the sum of 500,000.00
(Great Britain Pounds Sterling) on the western union promotion award.To Claim your award prize, you are to contact our WESTERN UNION CUSTOMERS RELATION DEPARTMENT through our agent contact address below.You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information's below for prompt verification through our payroll office. This is your winning pin number XZB120964MW. You are advised to keep your winning pin number safe from public notice to avoid double claim of prize as this can lead to disqualification of paying you your prize money. CONTACT THE CLAIMS AGENT:LAURENCE GAIUS Email:claimsdraw@yahoo.com.hk 1. Names in full........2. Address...... ......3Occupation.............. 4.Age............ 5.Country..... ...6. Telephone Number.........7. Short comment on our services... ...... 8. Fax > [optional]...........9. Email address..... ....... 10. Do you Have Any Question about Our service? Sincerely, Mr.Robert Walter Director Western Union Service. kdsfjb@streamyx.com" <kdsfjb@streamyx.com> http://us.mg2.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.rand=dqjc2i9157q1l |
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said this on 06 May 2008 5:58:16 AM CDT
This site have been very useful and for a moment I nearly believed the winnings, but then realised that I've never used the Western union services
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said this on 19 May 2008 2:12:35 PM CDT
I also received a message of that bsort in Ghana here and i am telling you ineed alot of money to send in order to receive the money but fortunately for me i checked one of your branches in Ghana and i am telling it would have ben a nightmare because i was told it was not true but a deep SCAM
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said this on 21 May 2008 7:48:04 AM CDT
C'est incroiable de jouer anci avec les gents. Et moi qui outilise leurs services depuis 20 ans?! Bravo western unionBERC ca me fait vomir
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