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Today I received an email stating that I “have won US $800,000 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR), why you have won? Your email address was among those chosen from our Java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web from which winners are selected.”
I understand, this email purportedly sent by “Ontario Lottery Corporation” and similar ones from “Canada Lottery Corporation” have been floating around on the net since early 2011. Nevertheless, it has taken a bit too long to reach me.
Let us analyze this email from “O.L.C. Board” with the subject “MESSAGE FROM ONTARIO CORPORATION.”
1. First of all, this letter has obviously been written by someone who doesn’t speak native English. Example: why you have won?
2. Would an official email from the Ontario Lottery contain errors like these?
Your winning price is to the tune of …
Congratulations once again from all our staff’s …
3. Although there is a legitimate lottery in Canada, it works like the lotteries in the United States, with each province selling their own tickets. But why is this Ontario Lottery picking the winners by email?
4. Why is the Ontario Lottery paying the prize in US Dollars?
5. Why did the letter come to me as a graphic instead of text? To bypass spam filters of course.
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is an Operational Enterprise Agency created by the Government of Ontario. OLG and its affiliated companies employ more than 18,000 people throughout the province. They are responsible for 24 gaming sites and sales of lottery products at about 10,000 retail locations across the Province of Ontario.
This is what I found on their website OLG cautioning the public not to become prey to these types of scams.
“Have you received unsolicited emails, letters, or telephone calls asking you to pay taxes or fees on lottery winnings? Read the fraud indicators below for tips to identify and avoid lottery fraud and scams.“
Fraud Indicators
- You did not buy a ticket.
- You have never heard of the lottery game.
- You did not register your name, address, email address, phone number, and a credit card before you were allowed to buy a ticket on an online lottery web site.
- You do not live in the country, and you are not a citizen of the country of that lottery.
- You are asked to pay money up front for fees or taxes in order to release your “win.”
- You are told you must reply within a given time or the money will be given to someone else.
Friday December 7, 2012
Today, I received yet another email containing the following purportedly sent by the Ontario Lottery Corporation:
From: OLC <ON@ca.olc>
to undisclosed recipients
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Just received one also. Received one in 2011 and ignored it as a scam. Today I decided to check online to see if such a company exists at all. Was not surprised to come across this site which confirms it as a scam. What is amazing is the reference nos have not changed at all- exactly the same as the one you have here : Winning ref no; OLC7328CA2012 & File No: CA644 !!
Oh Canada oh Canada….
Hola soy de Guatemala y recibi este correo el día de hoy….
Today I have recieved the same email i am from Guatemala…
so this is scam?
I received one email from OLC. I didn’t know that right or wrong and I have replied this email. Please tell me what can I should to do? If wrong it should be declared as Internet Crime and should be stopped immediately. Thanks. I am ZAKIR from Bangladesh.
If any call 01817146196
Thanks you
hi. i received one email from OLC. i didnt know that right or wrong and i have replied this email. please tell me what i shoud do? thanks you. i am huy from Viet Nam.
Received the exact same mail on Saturday. I in general don’t pay attention to them since I get similar ones every few days. Mark them as spam and then they automatically land in the appropriate folder. =) There’s a lot of those mails going around trust me on that one……. Sunny greetings from Namibia
I am from Bangladesh.I think it is a process of cheating the student of poor countries,Please do not cheat with the student of 3rd world country because they are poor by birth.
Hi everybody,
Yesterday I also received the same email. Thank you for your helpful advices
I received this email today and I have to admit coming from a 3rd world country with plans on getting married and being poor it excites me,c’mon thats US$800,000 for a moment I thought it was for real. I’m just poor but I aint no dumb so I did some research over the web and stumbled on websites like these. This crooks are not getting anything from me try someone else! – 3rdWorldMafia from the Philippines
Hello:-)
I have recieved the same email yesterday.
I was cheated few years before by this kind of fake people. I lost some amount of money also.
“OMNI MONT ROYAL HOTEL”
Online tourist visa process. I was followed through online. I sent money to Canada.
Now I dont believe anymore this kind of email.
Someone should take to tackle the problem.
I want to take action regarding online cheating.
Anyone can help me please.
joy.suman@gmail.com
Regard’s
Suman.
I’ve just received same mail from Canada —> “ON.LO.CO <mamobi@emich.edu" However, don't give them your personal details! Regards from Slovenia.
yes, just received one also. the mamobi@emich.edu is the email address of a student at eastern michigan university. Mark Donald Kanayochukwu Amobi (tracked through emich website) is either the culprit for mine or has been become a victim himself as he is being shown as sender. Regards from United Kingdom.
Hi there. Never heard about this, but I have received this mail about an hour ago. Writing from The Bahamas.
even i received same mail bt does nt say “why u won?”
Hi there. Never heard about this, but I have received this mail about an hour ago, and then another one right now from the same people with a slightly different reference. I’m already getting tired of this rubbish.
Writing from Barcelona, Spain. Thanks for the post!
I have received the same mail today. Since I have another experience of such happening I did not reply. I just tried to know about the scam. So here I am…..
Sorry as I forgot. Thanks for creating the website. Or else I would start thinking AM I MISSING IT. However I am from Bangladesh.
I too received exactly the same email 28 02.2013 from OLC was signed by same Stve Howard is a 800000 US $ and me ?
1. Stve Howard is a Stupid people
2. Stve Howard crime should be stopped immediately
3.CANADIAN GOVT. should do something against these crime & Stve Howard criminals.I am from Iran
I am from India and received this mail today! It’s amazing that a scam in progress since 2011 is still going strong and cannot be curtailed!
i’m from Galicia and i received one yesterday. Is there any way to report this? O.L.C knows anything about this fraud?
i from malaysia & i receive same the email.(O.L.C)CAD8000,000.00
my name asim khan
This email was very shocking for me because its tooo big amount. I think its not fear.but god knows better
I think its one kind of crime. But god knows better!
Im From Israel and I recieved same email
OMG….. thank you so much for the info. I just got that email and was like wtf???? Can believe this is still going on! THANKS AGAIN!!!
GLAD WE HAVE THE INTERNET TO CATCH SCAMS LIKE THIS I GOT THIS EMAIL TOO! THANKS FOR POSTING!
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I too received exactly the same email 14.02.2013 from OLC was signed by same Stve Howard is a 800000 US $ and me ?
1. Stve Howard is a Stupid people
2. Stve Howard crime should be stopped immediately
3.CANADIAN GOVT. should do something against these crime & Stve Howard criminals.
Hello Hussain,
I do not think that a person by the name Steve Howard really exists. In all probability it is a fictitious name.
My advice would be that anyone who receives such scam letters should immediately recognize it as a fake, grit their teeth and refrain from pursuing the matter any further.
I also received this massage on ma email by the same person Steve Howard this month informing me of how am a lucky winner of this amount (800 000 US Dollars) and i think that the email was sent on the 14 of march.
Besides when u call the number it is not answered
And i am from Uganda
Hi. thank for your informations.
you r most welcome @ amir khademi
Hellow ! I´m from Brazil and today when I open my e-mail i have a big surprise… I received that email…. Thank you for this post! Was very helpful!
Wow, this is all over the world. At least every know a little more about Canada now; that we have a Provence called Ontario. The number on my “Winning” letter is from Rhode Island, USA. While Ontario houses the capital city of Canada, Ottawa, it would not be using a bank in South Africa.
These kind of scams have been around for so long. On my first read I was reminded of an old friend of my family who almost paid out money to receive a million dollars. If it were not for the wise and caring bank teller who refused to give her the money, the man waiting just outside the bank would have been $10,000 richer. It was her second time to fall for this!
The fact that this scam is still around after 2 years tells me that they have been very successful and that there are many people out there who would give anything to get money; even money!
Keep your life free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Heb 13:5.
Sad for all of those who do not yet get this, even as I am learning deeper about it myself. All the best to you World.
Thanks Tvaraj. Good job. Thanks for caring.
Todd
HI,I hav also received this email instantly i thought of some fraud then i search it in google where i found many comments posted regarding the fraud of OLC .the only cnfusion is where frm they got my email Id.so be cautious .
Yes, this is Bruce I received the same email. So i called Mr. Steve Howard. The phone rang about 50 times and changed ringtones three times as they changed hubs so they cant be tracked. its diffidently a scam
Thanks for the information. I just got such an email last night. What a crazy world..
I too received exactly the same email today morning and the sender was OLC and was signed by some Steve Howard.. 800,000 US $ and me ???
) stupid people..
I hv got ds mail dipicting about d winning prize..such a huge amount i got suspisious abt ds site nd when searched dn i cnfrmed it was spam..nthng else:-P
so be careful about dese type of mails…
The moment i saw that mail, i figured out it was a spam! How can an organisation give away such a hefty amount to anyone! Also,i noticed that the same message had been sent a number of other recipients. I immediately “googled” OLC n found that it was indeed a spam! Clever me!
….i see that the spam is very widespread…….people from various countries have recieved this e-mail!
PEOPLE BEWARE!!
I received exactly the same letter 5 days before and was confused but after visiting this site, I am sure this is a scam,Crime should be stopped immediately.
Crime should be stopped immediately.
Thanks
Samia Naz
i am from Bangladesh
I am from Costa Rica and I received that email today! Thanks for this blog! Very helpful!
i am in the U.S, i just got the email today, i know it was a scum but i just want to know what happens next and how they gain anything out of it.
Hello William,
You will get the answer to your query if you read the observation by Neil who has commented before you, and many others who have commented before him.
I have won the Ontario Lottery!!! I am just waiting for the details of the account to which I must send the $842.20 Release Fees for my winnings to be sent to my Australian Bank Account. WOW, how lucky? I didn’t even know there was palace called Ontario let alone a Lottery!
Big thanks to CIBC! The bank that has my money ready to send! Give Roxanne Du Preez there a big kiss for me, she is Director of International Transfer/Forex there at CIBC.
Do you really think us Aussies are soo dumb!
Ok, “such a place as Ontario”. What amazes me is that CIBC are allowing this to happen.
Wait till you all win an Australian email Lottery! You get a free Kangaroo or a Salty Crock thrown in too!
On FOX I saw that in Canada, Police will seize and search vehicles for marijuana and after they find your stash they take it, give you a small fine and let you go. Mmmmm. No 15 years jail, no community service or drug rehab, take it and let you go with a traffic fine. Ha, no wonder the Canadian Police allow Lottery scams! Its all a big laugh when your hi.
on Feb 16,2013 I have also received such emails that I have won 800000 US$ from OLC, whereas I didn’t buy any tickets n not even know abt OLC.
when I checkd it’s website there was really announcement of such amount pasted on. I just replied to OLC complain Agent to check how they r making fools ,He forwarded me another email to contact to another person from African charterd bank.After contacting him, he sent me remittance form of standard charterd to transfer ds amount in my account.I m a Muslim n such type of lottery r haram in our religion.
OLC should do something against these cyber criminals .
Aslam-o-Alakum!
I have received too this type of letter yesterday. i don’t know what to do but what’s happened let’s see.
I am from Iran and I also received one today.It is a Scam. I Mark it as Spam!
Sir.
I have recievd an email on the name of you that saying u have won the price of worth 100 thousand US doller, & asking for providing personal information so i want a confirmation from you that is it true? plz give me reply i will be very oblige to you. Regards Hussain
Hello Hussain,
It is a scam. As I have said in this article please do not reply to them however tempting the prize might be.
thanx youve been very kind to help us with this false lottery
I received one email from OLC. I didn’t know that right or wrong and I have replied this email. Please tell me what I should do? Thanks you too. I am ZAKIR from Bangladesh. If any call 01817146196
I just recieved the very same email on my gmail-account. I’m a citizen of Maldives and upon receipt I did Google and with the first click I found this blog. Most surprisingly I received the very same email with same Winning Reference no and file no. Thanks for the tips!
Fayaz
OLÁ
GRAÇA A DEUS ENCONTREI ESTE SITE POIS TAMBEM RECEBI ESTE MESMO E-MAIL, SOU DO BRAZILLL, PELO JEITO O MUNDO INTEIRO RECEBEU, ESSE DR INNOCENT NADA É DE INOCENTE, SOMOS NÓS.
GOSTARIA DE SABER QUEM VAI PARAR COM ISSO!?
OBRIGADO A TODOS
Marcio,
Bem-vindo ao meu site.
O que você diz é 100% verdadeiro. Nada está acima de bordo destes dias. Então, nós temos que ter cuidado. Diga a seus amigos para não cair neste golpe.
I have received the same email hopefully no one contacts them otherwise he could be a victim.
thank you for your precautions
Hola :Soy de panama, lo recibi hoy..
Hola Mabel,
¿Qué hiciste?
On january the 21st I received the same message from the OLC. I’m from the Netherlands. Just curious for the next step, I send a message back. I got another contact person from the Chartered Bank in South Africa and he wil ask you to fill a “remittance form”. This is were I stopped with this email contact.
Thank you all for the information on this site.
I’m from India n I too just received this image email. Ridiculous.
EXCELLENT ANALYSED !
I receive the same letter today. I agree with you explanation why the email was a scam.
What the hell
I got same email today (20 jan 2013)and guess what it was dated 2012 dang and they are supposed to trap people come on
Well good for people
I m wondering what is law doing for these types of frauds,scams what is the role of cyber police are they supposed to sit and watch?why every time people are supposed to take care
I think a ethical hacker can easily take them down
It’s difficult to find educated people about this subject, however, you seem like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks
Appreciate the recommendation. Let me try it out.
Yes I got the massage yesterday; I wonder how can be the winner; before I am realiaze this is stupid thing.
I live in VA and I got the same message today at 12:00 but only I am only 9 so I realized it was a scam
Sarah,
Unlike many adults out there you are wise for your age.
My blessings.
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malheureusment mon frere il a envoyer son details boncaire a cette bank imperial of comerce et ils ont dit pour lui envoyer 842.20 dolars pour faire les details de transfer
maintenent que diot le faire
Bonjour Yohas,
Est ton frère d’un adulte? Vous n’avez pas votre frère, même réfléchir un instant avant d’envoyer ses coordonnées bancaires à ces coquins? N’avait-il pas consulter ses amis ou google à ce sujet? Demandez-lui d’alerter sa banque.
J’ai également écrit ce même article en français également intitulé “Société des loteries de l’Ontario Escroquerie”. Voici le lien: http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/societe-des-loteries-de-lontario-escroquerie/
Dites à vos amis et connaissances à lire cet article en français et demandez-leur attention et ne pas tomber à ce type d’escroquerie et d’autres comme celui-ci.
Espérons que rien de mal ne lui arrive.
i also received an email about this and I’m from philippines. lol
I’m in Southern California and I recieved this email today. Stupid. Lol. Great page.
Salut tout le monde, j’ai aussi reçu cette e-mail je suis d’originaire Tunisienne et vraiment j’ai surpris comment ils peuvent obtenir mon e-mail se sont des grandes arnaques.merci pour vos conseils
Bonjour Rim,
Je suis heureux de constater que mon article a servi son objectif.
another thing , can we all win with the same number… Dahhh……..
73253582012
I live in China and I’m just really surprised that I received something like this, haha. Knew this was a scam, but I was really worried that it might turn out to be a virus of some sort, so I came searching on the Internet…
I am a Kenyan citizen and i got the massage too.
I have received this mail .
I AM AN INDIAN.I RECEIVED SAME GRAPHICS TODAY.
THANKS FOR SAVING ME FROM TROUBLES
Hello Johnstone,
Didn’t you know that this is a scam? I think you forwarded the information because you are curious of the outcome.
Did you send true information about yourself? If you have done so then be careful and act wisely from now onwards. Don’t get swindled by these rogues..
I don’t know how old you are. However, please remember this: “You have to earn your wealth with your own toil and sweat; and there is nothing free in this world!”
I am from india i received the message from O.L i guessed it is a scam.but before that i checked it from the websites like this thanks for ur valueable information
Am from Malawi and réceived the same message on 30 November, by Mrs Vannessa and refered me to Mr Bruce Morgan and have forwarded the relevant information to him waiting the next step.
hello, I am from Croatia,just received this stupid mail,thanks God I find theese informations!
Just received my email, now I feel part of the group. Thanks for the advice. Your analysis on the email was flawless.
I have received an email like that. thank you for your kind guidance.
me, too. i just received this stupid email. don’t pay attention to this. it’s a plain scam !!!
Im From Czech Republic and I recieved Similiar but kinda different E-mail
Hello Petr,
Is the mail you received similar to the following now going on its rounds on the internet? Read my post titled “Beware of this Scam: Microsoft® 2012 Online Promotion” (http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/).
I receive the same thin today on my mail. I see this people arrived to have my mail and I live in Switzerland it’s crazy
Hello and hi everyone!!
Today i also received this bullshit type email form OLC…I am residing in Saudi arabia .and i am very much curious to know that how these idiot people make men fool…and how they get our email address!!!
I have just recieved this exact email!!! I reside in the Dubai, UAE. Crazy!! ho do they get our email addresses!!
I just got one DUDE I’M 10 AND I LIVE IN SAUDI ARABIA AND IS IT JUST A COINSEDENSE OR DOES EVERYONE GET IT AT 9:00 AM THERE TIME NO SENSE AT ALL!
i received it today.
I’m in korea.
thaks for the information.
emmm.. it is really scammmmm..!!!!
careful.
got mines today. knew right away it was a scam so i replied to the scammer and said ‘take that $8000,000. and shove it up your you know what or i’ll do it for you’.
I received this kind of email two days ago ^_^
Thanks for the information.
I got an email from “OLC”! and I wonder how to spend on so much money. Tommorow I will fly to Ontario to get my prize. Thank GHOST.
Visit me at http://www.olg.ca/index.jsp. Thank you so much.
This letter also reached me in Norway today, but here we all are so rich that it does not make any difference—;-)
Thank you for the information… From Bangkok
hi i’m from south africa and also got this email what alot off bullshit going on the internet winning the lotto with your email off a country that are far away
I got the email this morning I’m from Ontario Canada so at first I was pretty stoked but after reading the letter realized its a scam
I just got this email and i started laughing. I am only 14 years old. I sent this link to their email and it declined it.
hello the concerned, but is there really any such offers that your organization gives back to customers?
reply pliz am waiting
am from Uganda, and it was on Saturday at 8:01am when i received such a message from a document in the address of Ontario Lottery Corporation(OLC) and was very excited about it, which forced me to reply but until now i have not received any replies.
It was from no-reply@infodesk.ca and was required to send it to e.cardwell@cdept.org.
its was very tricky because it was not spam, therefore felt it was very right.
Hi i am from Kenya and i also received the same email from Mrs.Vanessa Taylor ADMIN SEC and she reffered
me to Mr.Bruce M organ the processing manager.
I am from Mexico and I receive the same mail yesterday
hi am from the Philippines,i got same Ontario Lottery scam message too,.
I’m in Israel & I received this email, too. I’m glad that I found this useful site.
hi, i’m shella from Indonesia. i received that scam today, and feel worry, and i’m googling, very thankfull to read this post. Thank you Mr.Tvaraj… i want share your post to my friends.
Ha… ha… ha….. A lot of people received thie email. I’m from Indonesia and received this emali on 24 November 2012. Thanks Mr. Tvaraj for your share.
They send me the same email this morning thank you for your help. i even send them my name and my number so i decided to check the web site and see what going on and find this.
thank you for all i am from algerie i received the same email today an a knew these is a spam
Hi…I am from the Philippines – I received the same email today and knew right from the sender’s email add that it was just one of those cyber-scams….I usually throw this kind of emails to my spam folder, however – for no special reason – I opened it and read – there you go the “super trying hard content” to convince a person to have been won a huge amount…..feel sorry for these people who do not know anything but to swindle???….on the other hand, I thank them, they brought me to your website……..would love to follow your future postings……
Hello Beheth,
I thanks for your kind words. I write what impresses me and what I feel would be of some help to others.
Please do visit my website.
Hi Tvaraj…I would definitely follow your posts….I have not done this kind of blogging or following posts ever – however, I find it interesting plus the fact that am gaining more friends outside my country……and thank you for accepting me in your network.
I got same thing too!!
I’m in korea.
so this thing may be kind of cheat???
Thanks to your guidance I still have not given any feedback to them because I feel that this is a big lie.
Noshin,
Please keep these guys at bay. Do not contact anyone in this regard.
Also, warn your friends and family members no to fall this scam or the newly cropped up “Microsoft® 2012 Online Promotion” scam or any other similar scams.
Hi, Tvaraj,
I have also received the same email. But is’nt it some kind of virus?
Hi I have written an email I received from Ontario win you $ 800,000, but did not know whether it is true or not please help me
Hello Noshin,
Did you read my post from top to bottom and the comments below it? If you had read it with a clear mind, you should by now know that the Email received by you is the first part of a S C A M. It is a bait cast out for innocent guys like you to nibble. If you happen to bite the bait, then eventually you will end up losing your hard-earned money.
Send the EMAIL to your spam folder immediately and forget about it and also if any of your friends get a similar email then warn them of the danger.
If you contact them, you might be asked to pay money, up front for fees or taxes in order to release your “win.”
A similar scam is now on the internet. Read my post titled “Beware of this Scam: Microsoft® 2012 Online Promotion” (http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/).
I am from Lithuania and today receved e-mail
Moro no Brasil. Eu também recebi este mesmo email ontem e decidi pesquisar para saber do que se tratava e encontrei estas informações. Grata
Olá Jusmery,
Você é bem-vindo.
Um golpe semelhante está agora na internet. Leia o meu post intitulado “Beware of this Scam: Microsoft® 2012 Online Promotion” (http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/).
sho ,Im from South Africa and im just thankful i saw all ur comments b4 i did anythng ,how ever tha whole thing does look doggey. . .u know we should reali do something abt catching these con-artist chancers!!
. .Take care nd stay allert
Kagiso,
A similar scam is now on the internet. Read my post titled “Beware of this Scam: Microsoft® 2012 Online Promotion” (http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/).
I’m from Egypt & i have received this mail 3 days ago , i have replied so they sent me bank forum to fill it and send it again , this bank called fnb in south Africa .they didn’t ask for money but All they ask me to do to send them my account no & bank’s name , but i couldn’t send these privacy details … Good that i’m here to read all these comments … thanks and good day everybody
Engy,
You must admit that you fell for the scam. However, you woke up in time. You took the wisest decision by not divulging your bank details.
A similar scam is now on the internet. Read my post titled “Beware of this Scam: Microsoft® 2012 Online Promotion” (http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/).
So, hereafter, don’t reply to such scam letters.
I just received the same e-mail which seemed really odd to me. But actually it sounded official. I realized it wasn’t thanks to your article. As a non-native English speaker I actually didn’t notice the awful mistakes (I should have btw). So thanks !
I’m from Poland and I also recived one yesterday. It’s surely fake. Nevertheless,
God bless!
I’m from Austin Texas I got the same email in my Gmail this morning. Called the number to just hear what they could possibly have to say. It “was not a working number”!! It just confirmed my suspicion that it was a scam, then found this website!!
I`m from Serbia and also received this e-mail today. They obviously bombing us with this bullshit all around the world. Thank you for sharing your experience, this is very stupid scam.
I am from Indonesia also received the same email you received today, I think how much money they have to pay for some of the winners, this is not possible. if I or you are stuck with this trick, it is a very serious internet crime. thanks for the reviews were very helpful all who have received this emai
Hi I am from Bangladesh. I received this email. Now what can I do about this?
Hello Azizul,
Send the letter to your spam folder immediately and forget about it.
If you contact them, you might be asked to pay money, up front for fees or taxes in order to release your “win.”
A similar scam is now on the internet. Read my post titled “Beware of this Scam: Microsoft® 2012 Online Promotion” (http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/).
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How can I get the prize??
I’m from Thailand .
My gmail have e-mail from ontario lottery corporation.
In e-mail “you win US$800,000″
Thanks.
ฉบับ Gamez,
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ที่นี่การหลอกลวงที่ได้มาขณะนี้ในการไหลเวียนของผู้อื่น อ่านโพสต์ของฉัน: http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/
In English:
Hello Gamez,
Thanks for visiting my blog.
Here’s another scam that has come currently into circulation. Read my post: http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/
I live in Arkansas and I got the same thing today. what A obvious
scam!
Oh mon dieu, a Djibouti le 23/10/2012 du matin 11:30 d’abord je faire quand je me suis réveillé à démarrer mon PC vérifier mes e-mails et je trouve cet email ressemble à un grand nombre de fraude à me gagner 800,000 US.
Bonjour Radia,
Oui. C’est exactement cela! Une arnaque. Une fraude …
Voici une autre arnaque qui est venu actuellement en circulation. Lisez mon post: http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/
I too got it today…from srilanka
I got the same thing
I am from PAkistan and received E MAil from Mrs Monica taylor [Admn.Sec] of Ontario Lottery Corporation congratulating for winning prize.She further directed me to contact Mr Dom Simon who referred me to Mr Innocence Dube of firstnationalb,co za to remit the prize money in my account.Would you please confirm the correctness of the ongoing messages.
Ahmad,
I feel that you have got inveigled into this scam.
1. Did you ever hear of the Canadian lottery game before?
2. Are you a citizen of Canada? Do you live in Canada?
3. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket from OLG?
4. You received an unsolicited email from a non-existent Mrs. Monica taylor [Admn.Sec] of a truly existing Ontario Lottery Corporation. Did you make a mistake when you typed the name Mrs. Monica taylor with a “t” instead of “T” or was it the way you found it in the email you received?
5. On reading the email, the urge to gain immense wealth (sorry for saying so) gnawed you for a day two or more.
6. You unwittingly responded to this phoney email. You contacted the non-existent entity Mr. Dom Simon, who referred you to another imaginary Mr. Innocence Dube. Can you see the two words “innocent” and “dupe” camouflaged in this name?
If you contact the so-called Mr. Innocence Dube, you might be asked to pay money, up front for fees or taxes in order to release your “win.”
Did Mr. Dom Simon tell you that you must reply within a stipulated time or the money will be given to someone else?
Hope you did not divulge your home or office address, phone number, your bank and credit card details yet to these scamsters.
Thank the Almighty for saving you from falling prey to this scam.
im from the Philippines and i also received one today
I am from Hungary and I also received one to day.
Hello,
Itt egy újabb átverés, hogy eljött a jelenleg forgalomba. Olvassa el a post: http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/
i received one today.im from the philippines…
I am from Palestine and I also received one today.
مرحبا خليل،
شكرا لزيارة بلدي بلوق.
هنا آخر عملية احتيال، التي أصبحت حاليا في التداول. قراءة منصبي: http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/
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I’m from California, USA. I’ve received this email today also and am curious of what’s they’re going to do next since the information they’ve asked for would not create foreseeable harms, nuisance maybe. Will keep you guy posted of what happens next.
I am from Ethiopia. I received the message to day
Oh god it 9/10/2012 Belgium 9:00 morning first thing i do when i woke up start up my PC check my Emails and i find this email looks a lot of fraude to me winning 800.000 US. without doiing a shit. come on in this world it doesnt exist
Prasad
I am from Poland and I also received one today.
Witaj Beata,
Dzięki za odwiedzenie mojego bloga.
Oto kolejny scam że doszła obecnie do obrotu. Przeczytaj mój post: http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/
just recieved the very same email on my gmail-account. I’m a citizen of Denmark, Europe. Googled the title and found this blog. Thanks for the tips!
Kasper
Hej Kasper,
Tak fordi du besøger min blog.
Her er en anden fidus, der er kommet i øjeblikket i omløb. Læs mit indlæg: http://tvaraj.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/beware-of-this-scam-microsoft-2012-online-promotion/
Hi everyone, I live in Lae City, Papua New Guinea. I just got the same winning certificate as indicated and wonder how will share the prize. Thank s its another internet scam. Aloy Y.H
Hi. I received the e-mail today. I am from Puerto Rico. This shit is spreading through the world.
I live in Honolulu, HI and never in my life I left this rock. I just received an email stating I have won eight hundred thousand dollars. Never purchased a lottery ticket in my life either. This site became useful, thanks to who ever created this. The most lamest scam someone could fall for.
Thanks, I’ve found your thoughts so useful! I received exactly the same letter today, and I was sure this is a scam, it’s just amazing how they can reach you. I’m wondering, what is the next step, when you contact them…
Juli,
Send the letter to your spam folder immediately and forget about it.
If you contact them, you might be asked to pay money, up front for fees or taxes in order to release your “win.”
It is even spreading to Croatia. I live in Canada and now I am on vacation in Croatia, however, my brother received the email of that nature from OLG. Neither have I ever contacted them, and he even less. So it was picked up from email addresses or who knows how.
its so amazing people could be doin this, i jst received a similar mail, which i became soo surprised of, sumtin has to be done aba dis internet fraud.
Brother Yusif:
Assalam O Alaykum
From: PAKISTAN
I have also received similar email as graphic not in text. I am Muslim and lottery is HARAM in our Religion. It should be declared as Internet Crime and should be stopped immediately. Thanks
I received one of these bullshit winning graphics above. If it seems too good to be true then it most certainly is! If you get one I would delete it…The only persons who would fall for something like this have to be seriously desperate. It’s bullshit!!!!!