Since this summer, there has been reports about various SMS lottery scams, that are said to be originated in Sweden. Personally, I don’t really think they are. Even though they state an address for a Swedish Post Office Box in Gothenburg. Mark the spelling (not Gotenborg) as it is spelled in the sting mail. There might be a P O box there, but I vage that all incoming mail is resent somewhere else.

The person who sent me this mail asked how the scammers could have the number to his mobile phone as well as his email address. And I have been asking myself the same. But then I recall various forms that I have filled out on the www where I put my cellphone number in the phone field hoping that it would keep various phone sellers away.

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Another Lottery scam rescued from my spam bucket. This one is even stamped as spam by the serverside junk filters. But it wasn’t certain enough to just send it into black space.

This lottery scam actullay has a fun twist to it. If I breach the confidentiality, they will send all of my two and a half million pounds to a charity organsization in South africa! And their spelling is even worse than mine is! Read the rest of this entry »

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