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ALL the lotteries, draws, compensation schemes, inheritances, payment agent or mystery shopper jobs and business proposals offering huge sums of money are SCAMS. You CAN'T WIN a lottery or prize draw you HAVEN'T ENTERED. Please don't post comments asking if the SCAMS you have received are real. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS IN A COMMENT ASKING SCAMMERS TO CONTACT YOU (yes, people really do this regularly!)

CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON $2,500,000

A reader forwarded this scam to me.  I hope you know that no organisation anywhere ever holds random email draws.  They are all scams – and this one is no exception.  This is a scammer, who is hoping you will fall for their lie and start sending them money.  Delete the email and don’t reply.

Dear Internet User,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our [Continue reading CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON $2,500,000]

PayPal.INC

I hope you know that PayPal will never ask you to verify all of your account data.   This scammer is after your credit card details.  If you make the mistake of filling in that attached form, this is the information you will be asked for:paypalscam

If you think you have accidentally given your credit card details to a scammer, contact your bank immediately.

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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED REPLY BACK

Do you really think that a Bank Manager, who doesn’t even know who you are, is going to email you out of the blue and send you 40% of $18.5m?  Of course you don’t – because no-one would do that.  This is scammer who just wants to steal your money by charging you fees.  Ignore him.

Dear Friend, Let me start by introducing myself,I am Mr Sani Mandiouf the Bill and Exchange [Continue reading IF YOU ARE INTERESTED REPLY BACK]

Your e-mail

Er, what. I’ve won £1m. Why?   They sent this email to my, mmmmmm, let me think about this a moment……. my, mmmmmm email address.  What do they ask me to tell them as item no. 12?  Yes, you got it – my email address!!  Does this give you confidence that this win is real?  Of course it doesn’t, because it isn’t – real.  It’s a scam.  If you make the mistake of replying [Continue reading Your e-mail]

Opportunity

This scammer is using the website of a legtimate business to add a touch of “authenticity” to their scam. If you look at the site you will see it belongs to a sculptor – a private business making beautiful sculptures for specific clients.

This business doesn’t need random “accounts receivable” people.  This email was sent by a scammer – who doesn’t want to offer you a job.  The scammer wants to take money from [Continue reading Opportunity]

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING PRIZE !!!

“Mrs Van Ken” tells me I should “keep this winning very confidential”.  Sorry dear, I just splattered it across this spam blog.  Sponsor Loterij don’t hold random email draws.  No-one does.  The only way to win an lottery or draw is to enter.  This is a scammer.  A scammer who wants to take your money by charging you fees.  Ignore him or her.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING PRIZE !!! Dear Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING PRIZE !!!]

Job Offer

My thanks, as usual, to a regular reader who forwarded me this scam.  It’s a lot of rubbish. If a learned, research institution was undertaking research so popular that people worldwide were sending donations, they most certainly wouldn’t be sending out random emails asking for “collectors”.

This isn’t from a learned research institution, it’s from a scammer. After two months, you won’t get an all expenses paid trip to Queen Mary’s School of Medicine [Continue reading Job Offer]

Reply as soon as possible

A reader forwarded me this scam with this comment “Get out the crying rag–here comes a tear jerker. ”  I’m afraid I can’t be bothered to wade through yet another scam sob story right now – it’s tea time!  I’ll just say – this is a scammer – delete the email and don’t reply – otherwise yo will find yourself being asked to send money to this scammer.

Reply as soon as possible]

Good day From Mr. Peter . J

Peter Jacobs doesn’t want to reprofile millions of US dollars – he wants to reprofile your money.  He’s just a scammer and he wants to steal your money by charging you fees. Delete the email and don’t reply. Tel: +27 78 570 1020 [Continue reading Good day From Mr. Peter . J]