Lottery Scam: (several)

Lottery scams are in plague proportions at the moment, so I'm taking the liberty of letting a few collect, and documenting them briefly in one hit. These have all been mailed directly to the contact address for this blog, almost certainly as a result of the spammers using software that harvests addresses directly from the web. In each case, I'll include the most distinctive parts of the message text, and leave out the standard load-of-bull "you won a lottery without buying a ticket" stuff.

Scam number one was sent from 213.132.215.69, a well-known spam source in the Netherlands, previously responsible for queenmakeni and Lottery Winners International. The return/reply address used was "capitalfinancelo@netscape.net", and the spam arrived on Mon, 30 May 2005 16:04:19 -0000.

Dear Winner,

WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 3rd march 2005 . Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with reference number 414-3721060 drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 121cfg, which consequently won in the 3rd category. You have
therefore been approved for a pay out of 1,800,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds).

[standard lottery scam blah blah]

Sincerely yours,


Paul David
Programs coordinator
(Capital Group)

Scam number two was sent from 211.117.81.133 (WHOIS: Hanaro Telecom Inc., Seoul, Korea) on Mon, 30 May 2005 20:50:07 -0000. The return/from address used was "omegalottopromo@netscape.net". I'll copy the full text of this one, since it's a little different from the usual.

BATCH NO.1130410NL


OMEGA LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL.
__________________________________
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DEAR WINNER,
RESULTS FOR SECOND CATEGORY DRAWS. 
After a successful completion of the 'B' category
draws of OMEGA LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL.

You have emerged one of the winners of the OMEGA
LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL, 
which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot  system 
drawn from 30,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from America,Africa, Asia, Australia, 
Canada, Europe, Middle East,and New Zealand as part of our InternationalPromotions Program.
______________________________________________________________________
You/Your Company, attached to:

TICKET NUMBER:GWS/0002/1247/021

REFERENCE NUMBER:GWS/KKK/SRT/YHG1
______________________________________________________________________
As a category 'B' winner, you have been selected by computer balloting system where only email 
addresses are soughted,from a total numbers of 10,000 email addresses drawn 
from all over the globe. After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program 
consequently won in the second Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of One Million Euros(EUROS1,000,000.00) in 
cash, which is the winning payout for second category winner. This is from the total prize money of 
10,000,000.00Euros shared among the eight international winners in the SECOND category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have to contact (GATEWAY SECURITIES) for immediate remittance your E-mail address won the 
lucky number.
To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you  keep this award strictly from 
public notice until the entire process of transferring your claims has been 
completed, and your funds remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this 
program.
required by  (GATEWAY SECURITIES).
We also wish to bring to your notice our End of Year high stakes where you stand a chance of winning 
up to   10 million Euros; We hope that with a part of your prize you 
will participate.
To begin your claims process please contact your claims agent.
_____________________________________________________________________
MR.PAUL BLAKE.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER.
GATEWAY SECURITIES BV.
60 AMERSFOORTSESTRAATWEG.
1251AV LAREN
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Tel: + 31-650-924-978
Fax: + 31-617-424-411
EMAIL:(infogatew@netscape.net)
_____________________________________________________________________
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than one week of receiving this message. 
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please remember to quote your REFERENCE 
and TICKET numbers provided below in every one of your correspondence with your 
claims agent.
You are to provide the below details,to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of your winnings. 
we advice that you adhere strictly to their procedures to avoid any disqualifications and subsequent 
cancellation.

1. My Full Names:                    
                                                     
                            
2. Adresses:Home/Office              
                                                     
                                                 
3. Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers                       
                                       
 
the above detailed information will be absolutely necessary to file        
in your claims. 

Congratulations once again from all our staffs of (GATEWAY SECURITIES.)
thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
OMEGA LOTTERY PROMO INTERNATIONAL.
SUSAN SCHULTZ.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not 
reply to this mail.
Contact your claims agent.

Finally, we have scam number three, received from 199.181.134.42, which is a designated mail-sender for GO.com's free webmail service. The recent EuroMillions scam came via the same route. The return/from address used was "noreplies1111111@go.com", and the spam arrived on Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:23:51 -0000.

DE LOTTO

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.



REF Number:   KML/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No:    EAPA/15/096/KMLM
TICKET No:    20511465463-7644
SERIAL No:    472-9768-98
LUCKY No:    8-66-97-22-65-99



RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Sir, Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 31st of May 2005 Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-99, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of USD$10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A + (Plus).

[some boring guff left out]

To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
 Mr. Harry Herman.
Email: harry0122@excite.com

[some more boring guff left out]

Yours truly
Johanna Pieterman
Lotto Coordinator