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Blog By Stanman63 Attention: PCH Lottery Winner, I hereby use this medium to acknowledge the receipt of your claims requirement regarding your winning notification that was mail to you,informing you of the prize you have won from the PCH LOTTO,After the verification process was conducted I wish to inform you that the lotto department and promotions department has just approved your payment of the sun of TEN MILLION USD ($10,000,000.00 USD) the check have been handover to a security company in the UK England for dispatch to you. The security company will be responsible for the remittance of the entire winnings, and your Lottery Winnings documents which is of high importance to you, so I expect you to show great appreciation to (Publishers Clearing House) PCH LOTTO as a great firm have been in existence for years and has single handedly made this promotion possible in other to promote (Publishers Clearing House) in every corner of the world through the means of the internet as a global source of reaching people worldwide. In case you still have doubts arising from the angle of how you got selected, note that the selection process was carried out through an electronic email ballot system our aim was to select winners through the internet which will be a much more easier way to select winners all around the universe due to the fact that only you alone have access to your email so have no fear ,for you have emerged a winner as far as you are the original proprietor to the email account which you have received the winning notification letter as distributed by Michelle I Centeno the lottery manger of this great promotion . Furtherance,to begin the final step of the claims process,you are advised to contact the security firm whose details are furnished below and they shall be responsible for onward delivery of your winnings to you and you shall be expected to pay some little fees along the line by the security firm for the delivery of your cheque and documents this fees will not be more than normal shipping charges which we feel will not be a problem to you. Before your winnings was released to security company,A hard cover insurance policy was placed on your winnings by the (publishers Clearing House) PCH Lotto company to avoid any harm or illegal channeling due to this, deduction of any amount of money from your funds cannot be done from your Won prize. The instructions given in line with the rules and regulation in the US,England gaming board once you get your winning check,you are expected to deposit it in your personal bank account and there is a certain assurance that the entire TEN MILLION USD you have won will be accredited into your account in not less than three to four banking days please note. below is the courier contact information's Write to them via email address :([email protected]) upon receipt of this mail without wasting time. You are to furnish them with your Below Are Your Winning Numbers And Your Email Ticket Number winning numbers: 47-14-34-85-67-32 Once again, keep us posted on any development with the Security Company, in relation to your lottery winnings. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been fully processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. Congratulations once again. |
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If it's too good to be true,
If it's too good to be true, it's a scam.
Anything like this with all the grammatical and spelling errors has got to be one of the scams from Liberia, Nigeria, or the Carribean. They are famous for them.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/05/prweb122766.htm
When you call, they will connect you to your winning results for a "slight fee" that wil just keep you dangling with potentially "winning", especially if you use a credit card. On top of that, the information they want will enable any deaf and dumb hacker to take over ones life, and their victim to the cleaners. Assholes! They prey on need and greed.
CaroL
CaroL
Too many inconsistancies.
In my opinion, There are too many misspelled and misused words in this thing to believe it's the real deal. ANY firm responsible for sums of money that large would be very certain that every word was properly spelled and used.
Unfortunately Stan, I'm afraid that old phrase: "If it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't." applies here.
Sorry to be a downer, but better that, than you respond to this and have your bank accounts and personal information stolen.
In the EXTREMELY unlikely event that this IS the real deal, please accept my congratulations and I hope you'll be wise about using the money. You'll likely have "relatives" coming out of the woodwork. Be wise, be careful. Consult an Attorney and a money manager. In fact, take the notice of winning that you received to a lawyer and have him of her ascertain whether or not it's real.
If there are ANY attachments, do NOT open them. Send them NOTHING until you have independent verification that it's real. Do not correspond with them until you know it's real.
Best of luck,
Catherine Linda Michel
As a T-woman, I do have a Y chromosome... it's just in cursive, pink script.
It's a scam
It's a scam.
The company concerned does exist at the address but has a 'proper' business email address. It also does not use a mobile number (+44-7 numbers are mobiles)
There's a similar case with a different courier firm (but a Mr Park again):
http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/26596/page/2
Topsy
Mostly Harmless
A linguist's take
Apart from the fact that the scam is from "Cheater Couriers", and the mobile number for contact, the language is Nigerian or similar West African. There are very specific non-native-speaker phrases in there that tell me that. As an example, Angharad sent me a link to a Tour de France report, which was presented by a French girl with an American accent. Her words all had a heavyforeign twang to them, but it alternated between USA and France.
This is similar, in that the language isn't as obviously WA as most, so I would suggest your fraudsters are based in the UK. The clearest evidence it is a fraud is the requirement to pay up front for your winnings. That doesn't happen in the real world, any 'costs' would simply be deducted from your pot to avoid banking fees.
It's a Scam, Stan
NO lottery gives notification this way, and NO lottery tells you how to bank.
They're trying to involve you, and then will come the "we need you to pay this tax (or charge, or shipping, or transfer fee...) and then you'll receive..."
Or they'll steal your ID.
Michelle
The First Thing Is, Did You Buy A Ticket?
If you didn't the answer will be obvious, even to .....mmmph,
Joanne
I mess with the people who send me these
I write and tell them I need their bank acount number to verify my money is in their account. I then tell them Lee Golis and Jim Lee are agents working for interpol and that they now have the IPS of the perpetrators of a crime and the interpol will be there shortly to arrest them for fraud.
I don't get those types of e-mails any more.
Jill Micayla
Be kinder than necessary,Because everyone you meet
Is fighting some kind of battle.
Jill Micayla
Be kinder than necessary,Because everyone you meet
Is fighting some kind of battle.
DO NOT ANYTHING WITH THEM
RAMI
Do not do anything with them. It is a scam. Do not reply, do not call, do not e-mail, do not give any information.
They will empty your Bank account. They will take steps that can get you in legal trouble.
Be careful
RAMI
RAMI
The Real Publisher's Clearing House...
...shows up with television cameras and a giant cheque for the publicity photos. They don't contact people by e-mail, whose only advantage is that the cost of sending millions of messages is negligible.
Further, the real Publisher's Clearing House (itself originally a scam of sorts) is bound by the terms of a consent decree which forces them to behave in certain ways, none of which the example letter displays.
When you receive any e-mail, the first thing you should think about is that the sender didn't think it worthwhile to spend a single penny on a telephone call or stamp. It seems awfully curious that a firm with a multi-million pound budget can't afford a working telephone or a secretary to type a letter on (gasp!) a piece of real paper.
I have to admit, though, that a scam artist and confidence trickster with the chutzpah to name himself "Cheetah" (rhymes with "Cheater" in many varieties of English) inspires a certain grudging admiration. It reminds me of the Marx Brothers' famous (and prestigious) law firm, Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.
Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
Dewy...
Had to mentally adopt a Yank accent to get that one....
Seems fair...
...since one has to mentally adopt a Brit accent for the second. Indeed, one often sees the second name misspelt, and I carelessly misspelt the first. Of course, I'm not a client.
Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
Private Eye
Usually uses the firm of Sue, Grabbit and Runne.
That's hillarious
That's hillarious
Have you met their
Have you met their accountant, Rob U. Blynde?
Stan, I would forward a copy of the email to PCH, I am sure that they would be interested in anyone using their name in a fraud scheme.
Hey Cuz
Hey Stan I did a ancestry.com and found out we are related via are 4th cousins on our uncle Geoges aunt 's grandmothers daughter 1st child so when you get the money I would like to ask for a loan that I won't pay back anytime soon ----LOL---Hugs Richie2
Sorry, Stan!
The first clue for me was when it said "there will be saome charges." That right there said RIP OFF. I know it must have felt good, even for a few minutes. These con artists are cruel.
Again, Sorry!
Wren
419 / Advanced Fee Fraud
When you've seen one, you've seen them all. Typical features include:
1) Poor or informal language, often involving numerous superlatives to describe the prize
2) A ridiculously large amount of money
3) A competition you didn't enter
4) Requiring numerous personal details
5) A freebie email address. Any company worth their salt will have their own domain. No company worth their salt will use freebie email addresses.
In this particular case, we've also got a prize being offered in US dollars, but being distributed by a UK company. Cheetah Couriers is a legitimate business, but as its name suggests, it's in the business of delivering parcels from one location to another rather than mythical lottery winnings. And the phone number? That looks suspiciously like a mobile. The dialling code for Hemel is 01442 (or +44 1442 from outside the UK).
So what would happen if you were daft enough to divulge your details? You'd be contacted back by someone claiming you needed to pay an "administration fee" so the money could be sent to you. The intention is, of course, for you to send money to them, under the false impression that you'll be getting several million dollars in return. So you'll sit and wait a couple of weeks, then they'll contact you again - there's been a delay or holdup, and you'll need to pay them some more money to sort it out. A few weeks later - guess what - HMRC are getting suspicious, you'll need to pay for a lawyer to sort it out.
Of course, this will continue indefinitely until you stop sending them money, as the lottery winnings are purely mythical.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't...
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
Advance Fee Frauds...
...have a long history, probably starting somewhere in Mesopotamia around twenty thousand years ago.
At one time, the Spanish Prisoner was the equivalent:
It was even novelised:
Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
Sorry Stan
I get these at least once a month. Usually they go into my spam account, but once in a while they slip through. If they were real I'd be living on a cruise ship for six months and the rest of the time flying around the world. The unfortunate thing about these scams is that they go to people that need help the most and are the most vulnerable. All that will happen if you respond is that they will ask you for a small amount of cash you can kiss goodbye. Even more insidious they will mail you a cashiers check, usually for around four thousand dollars which you are to deposit in your bank account to cover the three thousand nine hundred dollar cashiers check you are to send them in return to cover the expences involve in the transfer of millions of dollars. That's where the scam comes in, they cash your cashiers check and the money is gone from your account because the check from them was bogus, hence you're responsible for the original check you sent them. The bank will get the money from you some way even if you don't have the funds. If you get involved with this scam nothing good will come from it, Arecee
Another Form of the Scam - A Lawyer Letter.
RAMI
Another form of this scam, is to get an e-mail, from an accountant or Attorney, located some place unusual or strange, for the person receiving the communication. Kenya or Indonesia sound likely.
They tell you that a distant relative has died, and amazingly left you a large inheritance. Of course you never heard of Great Aunt Tilly, who moved from Russia to Kenya in the 1920's. Or, that (using an old Boy Scout adage) some one, lets say, a little old lady that you helped sometime ago, cross the street (keeping the Boy Scout adage) has remembered your good deed and left you in her will. Of course you do not remember that good deed or even better your the kid who would knock her over. She died and left you in the will.
You must act quickly, but the estate needs, an amount to pay some sort of tax. That amount is ususally as a prior post has said, in the area of $4000 to 5,000.00. Not a small amount, but if this was legitimate, an amount most people would spend if they were guaranteed a recovery of several million dollars.
You send the money, and the scam continues as previously mentioned.
A teacher who works with my wife, fell for this type of scam, and was out of pocket over $10,000.00 before she called the FBI. Luckily for her, they never did the wire scam, which would usually be for bigger amounts.
RAMI,
RAMI
You mean I DON'T own the Brooklyn Bridge?!
I was wondering why I never heard back from them :(
Mr. Z'bweebwee, Federal Bank of Bongo my ass!
~sadder-but-wiser hugs, Veronica
What borders on stupidity?
Canada and Mexico.
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Sure you do!
In fact you have a substantial past due bill for maintenance. Please send your banking account number, credit card number and PIN, as well as any debit card information to 419@Yipee dot com and we will set up an automatic bankdraft so you can pay the amount due each month.
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-00017/6/2011
BANK OF NIGERIA TRANSFERRED 10,500,000.00 US DOLLARS TO BANK OF AMERICA IN YOUR FAVOR AS THE BENEFICIARY BY INHERITANCE MEANS. BANK OF NIGERIA USED WHAT WE CALL “SECRET DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT PAYMENT†S.D.T.P METHOD TO PAY THIS FUND BY WIRE TRANSFER. SECRET DIPLOMATIC PAYMENTS ARE NOT MADE UNLESS THE FUNDS ARE RELATED TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
THE QUESTION I ASK YOU IS THIS, WHY MUST YOUR PAYMENT BE MADE IN A SECRET TRANSFER, IF THE TRANSACTION IS LEGITIMATE, IF YOU ARE NOT A TERRORIST, THEN WHY DID YOU NOT RECEIVE THE MONEY DIRECTLY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT? WHY DID YOU INSTRUCT THEM TO USE A CODED MEANS TO TRANSFER YOUR FUND? FUNDS LIKE THIS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RELATED TO TERRORIST ACTIVITIES/MONEY LAUNDERING, WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO GET INTO TROUBLE AS SOON AS THESE FUNDS ARE CREDITED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE INNOCENT, WHICH IS MY PRESUMPTION FOR NOW, BUT YOU NEED TO PROOF THIS TO THE FBI.
F.B.I STOPPED THE TRANSFER OF $10,500,000.00 USD THROUGH A SECRET DIPLOMATIC TRANSIT ACCOUNT (S.D.T.A) THAT WAS USED TO WIRE THIS FUND TO YOU. WE ADVICE YOU TO CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY, AS YOUR FUNDS ARE STOPPED AND HELD IN OUR CUSTODY, YOU ARE TO PROVIDE US WITH THE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER (DIST) DOCUMENT THAT ACCOMPANIED YOU’RE FUNDS WITHIN THE NEXT 3 DAYS.
TO PROOF TO US THAT THE FUNDS YOU ARE RECEIVING FROM NIGERIA IS TERRORIST/DRUG FREE AND NOT PROCEEDS FROM MONEY LAUNDERING. FAILURE TO PRODUCE THE DIST DOCUMENT, WE SHALL IMPOUND THE TRANSFER AND PROSECUTE YOU FOR CRIMINAL OFFENSE, BUT ON THE CONTRARY YOUR FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED TO IMMEDIATELY WE RECEIVE THE DIST DOCUMENT. WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY BY EMAIL BECAUSE OF TIME AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER HERE ISN’T GOING THROUGH, ACQUIRE THE DIST DOCUMENT AS PROOF THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY,
THE DIST IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE DIST DOCUMENT GUARANTEES YOU OF THE FOLLOWING
60T YOUR CREDIT PAYMENT IS IRREVOCABLE
61H YOU ARE EMPOWERED TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS WITHOUT FURTHER SCRUTINY
62J YOUR BANK CAN EITHER BE IN USA/UK/OUTSIDE OR ANYWHERE YOU ARE HAVING FULL RESIDENCY
REPLY IMMEDIATELY WITH THIS DIST DOCUMENT IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE YOUR TRANSFERRED FUNDS WE INTERCEPTED
ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
CC CANADIAN POLICE ASSOCIATIONCC GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (GID)
CC ASIA PACIFIC GROUP ON MONEY LAUNDERING (APG)
CC INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)CC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SECURITIES COMMISSIONS (IOSCO)CC ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS TO BE CONSIDERED PRIVILEGED, HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND PROTECTED FROM DISCLOSURE. IF THE RECIPIENT OF THIS MESSAGE IS NOT THE ONE INTENDED TO RECEIVE, YOU ARE HEREIN NOTIFIED THAT THE DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING OF THIS MESSAGE IS IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER IMMEDIATELY BY REPLYING TO THIS MESSAGE AND THEN DELETE IT FROM YOUR COMPUTER. THANK YOU
My Dear friend, Its been
My Dear friend,
Its been quite long since we heard from each other. Betrayal they say is the willful slaughter of hope. I have betrayed you my friend from the moment you responded to that email I sent to you some time ago., from that moment you accepted that lotto wining notice and then you sent me your name, address phone and account details.
From that moment I choose to betray you when you choose to trust me.I diverted the wining to myself.
I am so so sorry that you have lost a lot of money to claim this prize.
I am in a poor state of health now and i may have died from cancer before my Son send you this letter,but please accept the 260,000.00 dollars compensation as an attonement for my sin against you.
Please contact my legal adviser based in Malaysia because I have given him instructions to deliver this money to you as soon as possible.
You can contact my legal adviser on his email [ [email protected] ] just tell him that you are contacting him under instruction from Code: MCPFF3647 he will honor my WILL and pay you within 48hours. Forgive me this is all i ask for.Please send him your I.D,phone and address for verification and payment processing.My spirit will be uplifted once you get this compensation.
Regards
MCPFF3647
while the first attempt is
while the first attempt is just crude, the second is at least amusing.
I won
I won my 10 million USD after sending off 10k to cover taxes.
I was kind of upset when I found out that USD stood for Ugandan Sheep Dung, which is pretty much worthless.
K.T. Leone
My fiction feels more real than reality
Katie Leone (Katie-Leone.com)
Writing is what you do when you put pen to paper, being an author is what you do when you bring words to life
I won this lottery last year
Now I live on a wonderful litte Island with my lovely wife, Have had full SRS (I bribed everybody) got all of the cosmetic work done, Voice and walk trianing, Pass fully, and have a wonderfull fullfilling problem free relationship and life. I have never been so lucky to have won this lottery.
As I am now heavily invested (and with the corporate jet tax benifit being removed) I AM looking for a new tax shelt... ah write off no... deduction. So if YOU send ME your bank info with your s.s. # I will look into "investing" in your company, or perhaps a grant.
You can contact my law firm at [email protected]
Have a wonderfull weekend Stan and keep writing
James
Oh how I love my little world
That reminds me...
* Ahem! *
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There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't...
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!