Perth - Deaf Lottery Scam

[Curious Nelly]

Internet lottery scam targets deaf consumers

June 25, 2009

DEAF consumers are being targeted in a callous internet scam promising tens of thousands of dollars in prize money

The scam involves emails from the “Deaf Lotto International Program” and a purported prize of $US85,000 and a laptop computer, inmycommunity.com.au reports

Winners" are asked to email their personal details to agent Paul Petrie, who advises them to pay $US850 in fees to receive the prize.

Mr Petrie tells the winners they have also won a second lottery of $US150,000 and a free trip to EuroDisney.

But then comes another catch – winners must pay an additional $US125 to Nigeria via Western Union.

“You don’t have to go to EuroDisney to be taken for a ride with this scam,” a WA ScamNet bulletin said.

The scammers appear to trawl social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter searching for victims and start up conversations via email and instant messaging to convince their victims to invest a small amount of money to win a fortune.

Read the full story at inmycommunity.com.au

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[Curious Nelly]

from Deaf Lottery Association <deafwinners@multi-state.com>
reply-to anglelotthelps@aol.com
date Tue, Jan 12, 2010
subject CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 2.9 Million Dollars !!!!!! GET BACK ASAP!!!!

Dear Winner,

This is a Re-Notification of your unclaimed winning which we ran on our automated computer ballot of most of our unclaimed winnings.

Your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the unclaimed winnings category "Hot Ball: 7" with the following numbers attached Ref Number: PW 9590 ES 9414, Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2006 and Ticket draw Number: 9, 30, 33, 36, 37, You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $2.9 Million (TWO MILLION and Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from the total payout.Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

Draw Details:
Ref Number: PW 9590 ES 9414
Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2006
Ticket draw Number: 9, 30, 33, 36, 37,
"Hot Ball: 7" WINNER ONLY
Draw Date: Sat Jan 2 '2010

A division of Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL).
http://www.lotteryusa.com/lottery/HL/HL_fcur.html

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our accredited claims agent above for immediate processing of your winning with the information below:
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Names:
Address:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Sex:
Country:
Occupation:
State:
E-mail:
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Claims Agent:-
Mrs Angela Lott
Email: (anglelotthelps@aol.com) or (deaf_lottery@rediffmail.com)
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Draw Details:
Ref Number: PW 9590 ES 9414
Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2006
Ticket draw Number: 9, 30, 33, 36, 37,
"Hot Ball: 7" WINNER ONLY
Draw Date: Sat Jan 2 '2010

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Angela Lott
Lottery Coordinator.
HOT LOTTO.

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