Jane Furness Gordon and the Powerball prize award
Some spammers are easier to detect than others. The first giveaway is that they tend to use strange Yahoo! domains for sending their mail. This one, acting under the alias of David Thomas Clark, urges me to contact a Ms Jane Furness Gordon, who is supposed to be working for a company in England, but uses a yahoo.gr email address. Now how believable is that?
It’s nothing but yet another lottery scam.
from POWERBALL EURO <dschupp3@cox.net>
reply-to powerballcashoffice07@yahoo.gr
to undisclosed-recipients <>
date Oct 23, 2007 4:02 PM
subject Powerball Code Number: PBE/1O/2007
NOTICE…CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Lucky Winner,
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
POWERBALL EURO E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPTDear Winner,
RE: POWERBALL PRIZE AWARD
We are pleased to announce the winners and the result of the Multi country powerball mega lottery online Cyber Lotto Draws of the POWERBALL EUROPEAN LOTTERY PROMOTION that was just concluded.Powerball striking Number:2-5-16-36-40-36
Powerball Code Number: PBE/1O/2007
Powerball Online Reference Number: PBE/11/EURYour Email Address was attached to Powerball Online Reference Number: PBE/11/EUR and picked as one of the 2007 Powerball European Online Winners in category “A” winning you a sum of Eight Hundred and fifty thousand Euro.Hence you are eligible for the prize of Eight Hundred and fifty thousand Euro.Please contact the under listed Fiduciary Coordinator Via Email immediately for processing of your claim:
CONTACT NAME: Jane Furness GORDON(Ms)
CITY/ COUNTRY: LONDON, ENGLAND.
EMAIL: powerballcashoffice07@yahoo.grCONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!!!
Sincerely,
David Thomas Clark
Promotion Manager
October 25th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
The giveaway - to me - is the generous sprinkling of ‘!’ all over the place. Congratulations, indeed! BTW, before I read Akin’s take on ‘I go chop your dollars’ (or that the people arrested were released), I told my friends here that the arrest of Osuofia was with malice aforethought, probably someone well-connected, who had been taken to the cleaners - and could not bear to see someone make money out of calling all such people ‘mugus’. It is all right for the white man to take the black man for a ride. Not so the opposite.
November 12th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
I received another variation on the same theme today:
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:13 am
I have also received the same kind of messages today. Please see below:
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From: POWERBALL LOTTERY GAMES [mailto:ablemoldpro@charter.net]
Sent: 22 novembre 2007 21:25
Subject: Result Last Notice!!!
Ref .PBL/CN/6654/CP
Coupon .PBL2348974321
ONLINE NOTIFICATION:23rd November 2007
Your e-mail won for you a prize in the 2nd category, You are
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000.00 (One
Million Pounds Only).in cash credited to file. To file for your
claim and
further explanation, Please contact your FUDICIARY AGENT with theabove Coupon No and Ref number to enable him validate your winning.
contact him via e-mail below:
send him the following informations for your Winning Claims.
1).FULL NAME,
2).CONTACT ADDRESS,
3).PHONE NUMBER,
4).DATE OF BIRTH.
FUDICIARY AGENT
Name: Sir. William Park
Email:powerball_ukclaimsagent203@yahoo.co.uk
Tele: +447045739282
Mrs.Roseline Donald,
(Online Coordinator for POWERBALL Online Promo).
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:41 pm
IWON JUST 33.000 £ I’M SO SAD…
POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game 2007Cumberland House 80 Scrubs LaneLondon NW10 6RFUnited Kingdom.Date: 23rd November 2007Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CPDear Consolation Prize Winner We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computerballoting sweepstake held on the 23rd November 2007 Your email IDidentified with coupon No. PBL2348974321. You have been approved for the star prize of 33,000:00 (Thirty ThreeThousand Great British Pounds).Please contact the due process uniteofficer DPU Mr William Simon. Claims Requirements: 1. Full names:2. Residential address:3. Phone number:4. Fax number:5. Occupation:6. Sex:7. Age:8. Nationality:9. Present Country:10.Next of kin name/address:11.Passport Photograph or any form of legalidentification: Driver’sLicense etc. Contact E-mail: powerball40@yahoo.esMr William SimonFiduciary Agent+447011140945+447011147298 Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolationprize winning. RegardsMrs Judith Mark
January 21st, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I was more a victim of this fraud, unfortunately provided some data when I got this email
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POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game 2008
Cumberland House 80 Scrubs Lane
London NW10 6RF
United Kingdom.
Date: 21st January 2008
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Consolation Prize Winner
We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computerballoting sweepstake held on the 21st January 2008 Your email IDidentified with coupon No. PBL2348974321.
You have been approved for the star prize of 33,000:00 (Thirty ThreeThousand Great British Pounds).
Please contact the due process uniteofficer DPU Mr William Simon. Claims Requirements:
1. Full names:
2. Residential address:
3. Phone number:
4. Fax number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age:
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:
10.Next of kin name/address:
11.Passport Photograph or any form of legalidentification:
Driver’sLicense etc.
Contact Email:officer06_williamsimon@yahoo.com.hkMr William Simon
Fiduciary Agent
+447011140945
+447011147298
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolationprize winning.
Regards
Mrs Judith Mark
February 12th, 2008 at 6:18 am
What happened?
What shall I do?
I don’t understand at all about your sent e-mail.