Lottery Scam: European Commission Lottery?


Hot Scam Specifications:

Scam Type: 419 Scam (Lottery Scam)
Fake Names: Dr. Dominic Brett, Janet Williamson
Offer Type: The European Union to choose you as one of the final recipients of a cash grant/donation for your own personal, educational, and business development (SME funding).
Winning Amount: US$1.267million
Storyline: To promote growth and creating new jobs in the European economy, we are giving out a yearly donation of £402,000.00 (four hundred and two thousand pounds) to 10 lucky recipients who have been selected from over 25,000 websites all over the globe, as funding/aid from the European Union, European Commission, and the United Nations in accordance with enabling acts of Parliament.
Scammer Location: Claims to be from UK
Scammer Email: europa.org.uk@live.co.uk, notification@sme-grants.org.uk

This is a scam mail which is not originated from the "European Commission". What is European Commission?

The European Commission embodies and upholds the general interest of the Union and is the driving force in the Union's institutional system. Its four main roles are to propose legislation to Parliament and the Council, to administer and implement Community policies, to enforce Community law (jointly with the Court of Justice) and to negotiate international agreements, mainly those relating to trade and cooperation.

They don't run email lottery like these mails.

-----Attached-----
From: European Commission [mailto:notification@sme-grants.org.uk]
Sent: 30 November 2008 10:02
Subject: YOUR SME GRANT/FUNDING NOTIFICATION NOVEMBER 2008 - EC-078419XN

European Commission
Enterprise and Industry DG
Communication and Information Unit/R4
BREY 13/ 092
B - 1049 Brussels (Belgium)
 
Released for: 2008
 
We bring to your notice the decision by the board of trustees of The
European Union to choose you as one of the final recipients of a cash
grant/donation for your own personal, educational, and business
development (SME funding).
 
To promote growth and creating new jobs in the European economy, we are
giving out a yearly donation of £402,000.00 (four hundred and two
thousand pounds) to 10 lucky recipients who have been selected from over
25,000 websites all over the globe, as funding/aid from the European
Union, European Commission, and the United Nations in accordance with
enabling acts of Parliament.
 
Please contact paying office (England)
 
Name: Dr. Dominic Brett
E-mail: europa.org.uk@live.co.uk
 
Remember to quote your identification numbers. Find your identification
numbers below:
 
BATCH NUMBER: EC-078419XN
UNIQUE NUMBER: SME48153
 
Regards,
Janet Williamson




Comments (2)

Ron
Said this on 12-13-2008 At 03:43 am
Alerte: European Commission Lottery

Registry Whois

Domain name:
sme-grants.org.uk

Registrant:
Yolma E Ortiz

Trading as:
Yolma E Ortiz

Registrant type:
Other Non-UK Entity (e.g. clubs, associations, many universities)

Registrant's address:
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Registrar:
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Relevant dates:
Registered on: 04-Feb-2008
Renewal date: 04-Feb-2010
Last updated: 26-Jun-2008

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Extended Info

IP Address: 69.64.157.16
IP Location: United States
Website Status: active
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Cache Date: 2008-12-13 01:07:29 MST
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Tushar Vetal
Said this on 12-11-2008 At 05:50 pm
I received this mail and provided most of my personal details. These people have also started with the account opening procedure in Bank of Englad. They have also provided me the deposit slip. I verified with the Bank of England and come to know that the account no is fake, hence i should better approach to Police/Cops. I have not sent any money (150 BGP / 12000 INR). Going forward I am taking this matter to Police. I just wanted to know that i have provided the details on the form which was sent to open the bank account. This form has my Photograph. Is there by any way possibility of getting the details used for the illegal matters?
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