This post gets more comments than any other – so I’ll try and make it easy for you folks. I have highlighted the relevant words in bold and red. And if anyone is still in doubt about whether or not this is a scam – read this victim’s story
A reader sent me a series of emails she has exchanged with a scammer. I’ll let her tell the story in her own words:
“a few days ago i received an email telling me i won 250.000 pounds and a toshiba laptop. i figured it was a scam and i sent them the required info just name and adress, email and cell #. to see how they would play their game, then i got an email saying i need to send money for the delivery company to deliver my winnings. there were three options, ranging from over $1.000.00 for same day delivery and the cheaperst one for 3 to 4 day delivery for 652.00. Today I received an email telling me basically to hurry up and send the money. i replied with an email telling them i am flat broke and that they should deduct the delivery expenses from my winnings and send the rest. I am going to email you that letter attached and anything else i can attach from them. They are slick but not slick enough. I want these people to get caught. it’s the second time there has been an attempt to scam me. i play along and then when i let them know i am on to them or I won’t send money they disappear for ever. i will attach the emails in hope you can track them down or perhaps you can give me some info on how to track them.”
I wish I could help her track the scammer, but I can’t. All I can do is publish the emails here in the hope that it will warn other potential victims.
She replied to the first email, telling her about her win – and receive this from the scammers:
“TAGGED PROMOTION 2009/2010
ORGANIZED BY MICROSOFT
CORPORATIONS:
LINK: http://www.tagged.com
2009/2010 PROMOTION
Good to hear from you regarding the TAGGED PROMOTIONS. My names are Mr.Paul Owen. I am the Tagged Cash Officer assigned to winners on the Tagged Sweepstakes Promotion organized by Microsoft Corporations you are one of our lucky winners that was why you receive the message notification.
In line with the commemorating event marking our 1st anniversary we rolled out over £1,000.000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) for our 1st Anniversary Draws. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn for 10 tagged online dating users all over the world ( Australia , New Zealand , North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa) as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually in Britain , London .
To begin the verification process of your prize, you are required to fill and send the claims form below.
| Section A
**Personal |
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| Prefix (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc.): | |
| First name: | |
| Middle name: | |
| Last name: | |
| Date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd): | |
| Gender: | Male Female |
| Occupation: | |
| Address: | |
| City/State/Province: | |
| Country: | |
| Section B
**Winning Information |
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| Batch Number: | |
| Reference Number: | |
| Amount won (in figure) | £ |
| Package won:
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| Section C
**Internet |
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| Contact email address(s)
Phone Number: |
1. 2. |
| Internet connection: | Home Work Public |
I wish to on behalf of all members and staff of TAGGED PROMOTIONS congratulate you on your win and wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.
Thank you for being part of our commemorative 1st Anniversary Draws.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Paul Owen.
Tel: +44 703 5916 314
She filled in the form and the scammer then started telling her she would be asked for money:
TAGEED PROMOTION 2009/2010
ORGANIZED BY MICROSOFT
CORPORATIONS:
Link: www.tagged.com
Dear:My Reader’s Name
We the management of the Tagged Promotion congratulates you once again. Your filled verification form has been verified and your winning has been processed, the management derived an alternative for winners via Courier Delivery Services, you have to contact the Courier Delivery Service.
Contact Courier with the address below:
Corporate Communications Worldwide Express.
Address: Citypoint, One Ropemaker Street , LONDON , Greater London , EC2Y 9AW
Phone: +44-701-119-8205
Email: corporate.express123@deliveryman.com
:corporate.express123@liv.co.uk
NOTE: Winners are responsible for the Courier Charges.
Regards,
Mr.Paul Owen.
Having told her to contact the courier, the scammer (posing as the courier company) started telling her how much money to send.
Corporate Communications Worldwide Express.
Dear:My Reader’s Name,
We the management of corporate communications world wide express. We have verified your package with the Tagged Promotion officials and all documents, Your Cheque of £250,000.00 pounds (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) Toshiba Laptop and your Winning Certificate has been given to us by the officials of Tagged Promotion and we want you to know that we can deliver your package to you at your destination.
We have three options for winners to claim there prize.
Insurance………………………………… .£350.00
Administrative Charges……………..£025.00
Total Cost…………………………………£655.00 GBP=$1,081.21 USD
Length of Days………………………….24Hrs
Order Number…………………….MO35468UK
OPTION TWO (2-3 DAYS DELIVERY)
Insurance………………………………….£240.00
Admin istrative Charges……………..£025.00
Total Cost…………………………………£475.00 GBP=$784.082USD
Length of Days………………………Two-Three Days
Order Number……………………..MO35468UK
Insurance………………………………….£230.00
Admin istrative Charges……………..£025.00
Total Cost…………………………………£395.00 GBP=$652.026 USD
Length of Days………………………Three-Four Days
Order Number……………………..MO35468UK
Regards,
My reader decided to stop communicating with the scammer and started receiving emails asking her when she was going to pay:
“Good day to you and how are you doing? i just receive a call from the Corporate Communications Worldwide Express. from Barry Wood and he told me that you have not contacted him for the delivery of your winnings, please do contact him and act fast.
Mr.Paul.
And then this one:
Dear:My Reader’s Name
This is Mr Paul Owen poke on the phone today, i just want to inform you that we received a confirmation from corporate communications world wide express that they have not heard from you after they gave you the cost of shipping your prize winning and also your Toshiba Laptop to you.
You are advice to get back to them ASAP in other for them to speed up the delivery of your prize winning.
Note: You have only 2 orking days to claim your prize winning from them or it will be sent back to us for you to come over to our office to claim it yourself.
Once again Congratulations.”
I also received a winning email from Facebook and Microsoft and nearly fell for the scam. Thank God I went to seek advice by our doctor on how much the courier fees are and he showed me it was a scam. I am so thankfull to the Lord that he put thus doctor and his wife over my path to save me from disaster. the amount was 300,000.00 sterlimg pounds and a hp laptop
FACEBOOK ANNUAL PROMOTION 2011
We the management of the Facebook Promotion congratulates you once again. Your claim form has been verified and your winning has been processed.
We have received your cheque of £300.000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand Pounds), Dell Laptop and your Winning Certificate from the Facebook Corporations.
We have two options for you to claim your prize.
Option 1: You are expected to come over to the Facebook Promotion Claims Office to claim your prize below is the address:
2nd Floor Berkley Square House,
Berkley Square London,
W1J 6BD London ,
United Kingdom.
Phone: +44-702-406-4936
But if you cannot come over to the Facebook Promotion Claims Office, we the management derived an alternative for you via Courier Delivery Services, the courier will deliver your cheque of £300.000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand Pounds), Dell Laptop and your Winning Certificate to you at your destination, if you are interested in the Courier Delivery Service you are responsible for the Courier Charges.
Option 2: Contact Courier with the address below:
Corporate Communications Worldwide Express.
Address: Citypoint, One Ropemaker Street , LONDON , Greater London , EC2Y 9AW
Phone: +44-704-575-3768
Email: Corporate.communication@capsred.com
NOTE: if you are interested in the Courier Delivery you are responsible for the Courier Charges.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Ben Harry.
THIS ALL IS JUST SCAM ,
EVEN IF ANY ONE RECEIVES MAIL FROM PERSON NAMED: ROBERT LAUREN OR FRED DOTUN , THESE GUYS ARE USUALLY FOUND ON SITES LIKE GUMTREE.COM , TAKE CARE AND STAY AWAKE.
THIS IS WHAT I REPLYED THEM:
OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! DID I REALLY WiN ,
I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE IT.
OHH MY GOD,
NO , I REALLY CANT BELIEVE IT ,
OHH NO NO NOT YET ,
GIVE ME SOME TIME TO BELIEVE ,
………………………………….
NO NO NOT YET ,,,,,,,, OHH LOOK AT MY BREATHS
I REALLY CANT BELIEVE THAT I JUST WON 18 MILLIONS POUNDS,
OHH MY GOD WHAT WILL I DO OF SO MUCH MONEY ,
OHH GOD , I CANT BELEIVE IT ,
OHH MY GOD,
NO , I REALLY CANT BELIEVE IT ,
OHH NO NO NOT YET ,
ILL TAKE SOME TIME TO BELIEVE
BUT I DONT THINK SO ILL MAKE IT UP,
OK ILL SEND MY MAID TO COLLECT IT TOMORRROW PLEASE SEND IT , HE WILL COME IN
AFRICAN AIRLINES , FROM INDONASIA , FLIGHT NO. AFC420, HEY GUYS IF POSSIBLE IF PICK HIM UP FROM THE AIRPORT ,
I GUESS HE WILL LEND AROUNF 4:20 AM ,
AS SOON AS MY MAID RETURNS WITH THE MONEY I AM GOING TO LEAVE FOR xyz COUNTRY , TO PROVIDE FUNDS IN THE SCHOOLS , SO THAT UNIVERSE HAS CLEAN AND PURE HEARTED CHILDREN AND SO ON. I LL MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE EFFICIENT USE OF FACEBOOKS PROMOTIONAL MONEY .
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AND YAA PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH ,
YOUR’S XTRA FAITHFULLY,
to whom you sent the mail.
Congratulations!!! On behalf of TAGGED OFFICE IN SPANISH .TAGGED Staffs we hereby Congratulates you on your Tagged Dating Site has won you the Sum of €375.ooo.00 EURO (Three Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Euro.) on the, ongoing TAGGED ANNUAL PROMOTION PROGRAM IN SPANISH . we have successfully verified and confirmed your informations in accordance with the TAGGED DATING SITE 2012 regulations. A Cheque has been issued on your name
You are hereby require to come to our office within a period of (14days) from today for your claim, if not possible, you are advise to fill up the attached form and send it back to us and contact our delivery department with the informations below on how you prefare to receive your winning fund and you will be responssible for the charges. The TAGGED Authority has paid for your Insurance and Administrative charges.
DELIVERY OFFICER’S INFORMATION:
NAME: MR . JOSE MARTINS
ADDRESS: TAGGED OFFICE
CALLE MAYOR, 70 .
POST CODE: 28013
STATE: MADRID.
COUNTRY: SPAIN.
Tel : +34 632319570.
Fax : +34 917607321
Note: That your funds have been insured and no deductions of any kind can be made on your funds due to the following reasons below:
(1) Funds has been Insured to a High Insurance policy that make it difficult to deduct from.
(2) Beneficiary is the one to pay for any Imposed Charges against his/her funds.
(3) The Spanish Government stated in The SHC Law book 45-1 ley 12, That winning funds should be remitted In exact value of amount won to winners.
CONGRATULATION!! YOUR CHEQUE HAS BEEN ISSUED AND APPROVED BY TAGGED OFFICE IN MADRID SPAIN.AND YOUR WINNING PRIZE IS CONSISTING OF A LAPTOP AND A SEALED WORLD BANK CHEQUE OF 375.000.00.EUROS ISSUED OUT, IN YOUR NAME WHICH CAN BE CASHED AT ANY STANDARD BANK IN YOUR COUNTRY BRANCH. AND ALL TAGGED CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES REGARDING THIS PROMOTION HAS BEEN PACKAGED, AND IT WILL BE SENT TO YOU AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE INDICATION FROM YOU ON HOW YOU WANT TO RECEIVE YOUR AWARD PRIZE FUNDS.
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE CALL AFTER RECEIVING THIS EMAIL.
Tagged
BEST REGARDS
YOURS FAITHFULLY
DR. LOPEZ VICTOR. /CEO
Tagged Head Office (Spain).
Copyright ©2012 Tagged. All rights reserved
dear admin, best regards.i have already received such e mails as the above sinned man received.the same persons, the same fax numbers and phone numbers. the same names.why don,t you follow them? please advice the people who use your sites , so as not to fall victims for them.i will try to send you the emails they send to me . best regards
this were all scams….the first time i’ve received their email that i won a prize of 48 million Vatu….i felt like am in heaven …wow what will i do with that big amount of money…but thanks to u all…i decided to google and find bout more…then i know it was all scams…
Dear Winner,
The first batch of results in the ongoing World Communications Mobile Promotional Sweepstakes is out. Congratulations! Your mobile phone number came out as one of the lucky winning numbers for the promotional Award. This entitles you to instant prize money of £900,000 GBP.
No play coupons or promotional tickets were sold. Mobile phone numbers were taken from databases of major telecommunication companies worldwide and entered in for the draws. The draws for international mobile phone users under your geographical region are grouped under category “B”.
This promotion is being sponsored by World Communications Award 2012 to celebrate the life and legacies of the late Apple C.E.O- Steve Jobs. The promotion is geared towards promoting the Apple brand and saying a big thank you to all users of the brand worldwide.
A payment file has been opened for you and a set of reference and batch numbers have been assigned to you. Please find below the numbers:
Reference Number: IPQ2/12/09
Batch Number: 0095/B/0412.
In line with the policies of the World Communications Promotional Sweepstakes and the remittance procedures, you have two options to complete your prize money redemption.
OPTION (A): You are officially requested to visit our office in West London, United Kingdom within 7 days for physical identification and signing of the original copies of the Prize Release Authorization forms for immediate release of your prize money to you. You are advised to come with the following requirements: -
a) Valid proof of identification, ID or driving license.
b) Copy of your recent phone billing receipt.
Upon arrival you will be required to procure an affidavit of claim from a UK High Court or a notary. This must be duly signed and thumb printed by you. This goes to legalize your winnings. Please be informed that your trip to the UK and other expenses is solely your responsibility.
OPTION (B): This is for winners who are unable to make a trip to our office. Such winners are presented with the option of contacting our accredited attorney here in the UK who will take you through the legalization process on your behalf and his retainer fee can be negotiated.
The World Communications Promotional Sweepstakes put in place this procedure for all international winners because we are almost certain physical presence at our office will be an issue. The attorney – Mr. GREG BAKER OF HEGARTY SOLICITORS should be contacted as soon as you receive this email so that he can furnish you with the legalization process. After the legalization process, the paying financial institution will be remitting your prize money to you.
Below is the contact of the attorney, you are advised to confirm receipt of this email with a telephone call to Mr. Greg Baker.
Name: GREG BAKER
Firm: Hegarty LLP Solicitors
10 Ironmonger Street, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1PL
Phone #: +447035926833
Email: greg.baker@hegaty.co.uk
A claim file will immediately be opened for you after the receipt of your information. Thereafter, your claims will be processed, verified, legalized and funds approved for payout by the Sweepstakes Corporation Payment Service (S.C.P.S). Your winnings fall under the United Kingdom processing center. As an international winner, an accredited attorney will be handling the legalization and processing of your winnings on your behalf. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our efforts to curb double claiming and impersonating.
We look forward to hearing from you and once again, Congratulations!
Sincerely,
Regards,
Dr. Ian Elliot
Vice President
Global Telecommunications Limited
Global Telecommunication Promotion 2012.
Copyright © 2012 World Communications Award. All rights reserved
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This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). It is copy righted by World Communications Award 2012. This email and its attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal rules of the World Communications Promotional Sweepstakes. If you have received this by mistake please let us know by reply immediately and destroy the email and its attachments without reading, copying or forwarding the contents.
Regarding my post above!!!These guys have stepped in up a gear, they have use the name & address of a real law firm in the uk. seems to be a actual firm, but who Knows.
Name: GREG BAKER
Firm: Hegarty LLP Solicitors
10 Ironmonger Street, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1PL
Phone #: +447035926833
Email: greg.baker@hegaty.co.uk
or maybe he is in on it too……
and poor old steve Jobs, this is just low!!!
This promotion is being sponsored by World Communications Award 2012 to celebrate the life and legacies of the late
C.E.O- Steve Jobs. The promotion is geared towards promoting the Apple brand and saying a big thank you to all users of the brand worldwide. What a load of shite!!!!
Keep you eye out for this one…..
Read more: http://keepsafeonthenet.co.uk/2010/01/mrs-rose-a-says-tagged-promotion-2009-2010-organized/#ixzz1u5YPgxvx