This is a very popular format for the Bank of America spam email. The spammers are trying to lure you into clicking on a link to take to Bank of America’s online banking. The link you are actually clicking on which as shown in the picture of the email below is not exactly a “Click here to sign in to Bank of America Online Banking”
The link actually goes to a Click here to Sign in <h t t p ://w w w . stu d iora .ru/ boa /index.htm> to Online Banking to reactivate your Bank account now.
Note: The URL above has spaces added
The content of the email is as follows
Security Update Notification
Dear Valued Customer :
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Thank You.
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Here is what I received, just an FYI..I’m sure it bogus!British National Lottery (HQ)” wrote:
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:34:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION
From: “British National Lottery (HQ)”
British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 Shefield ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#471) of the BRITISH NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 7th
February,2008.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 21 23 2
(bonus no.),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.ematch 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of £500,000 (Five Hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited
to file KTU/9023118/03.This is from a total cash prize of £10,000,000
shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match
5 plus bonus. All participants for theonline version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies
that are listed online.
This promotion takes place weekly until the end of the year.(31/12/2008)
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.(5647554) In view of this, your £ 500,000 (Five Hundred thousand
pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and Provide him
with the information below:
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Draw Number above:
Mr. Emmanuel Loiseau
Email:emmanuelloiseau@live.co.uk
( Fudiciary Agent)
Tel No :+447011129348
CONGRATULATIONS from me and members of staff of the THE NATIONAL LOTTERY .
Yours faithfully,
Rforster Robert.
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
So I sent him a question & he replied…
Attention: Debra K Reville
CONGRATULATIONS! This is to inform you that you have been verified a winner of the BRITISH LOTTERY International program. I am happy to inform you that i have forwarded your Original Certificate and your Certified bank cheque to the courier company. Find below the details of the courier company.And you have to send them your full name and your phone number and nationality with address.
Air Mail Courier Company.
Contact Person Mr. Henry Peterson (dispatch officer)
ADDRESS: Building 219, Epsom Square,
Heathrow Airport,Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 2DG
Email: amcourier@live.co.uk
(Tel:+44-7045-7215-58)
You are adviced to send the courier company a mail to their email address for their courier cost of delivering your winning prize to the payment centre. When contacting them,you are to include this order number as your subject.Please you are adviced to write down the order number and save it.
ORDER NUMBER: SH282
Note: you are to Quote your complete names,Ref/Batch Numbers and your direct phone number so that they can honour your letter also do keep me updated with your communications with the courier company.
Once again i say congratulations and always inform me with your dealings with the courier company.
Thanks.
Warm Regards,
Mr. Emmanuel Loiseau
( Fudiciary Agent).
Tel No :+447011129348
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Thanks for “listening”
Debra
hi friends i also received scam mails
that mail contains…
Congratulation!!!
Microsoft Lottery Union wishes to inform you the results of the E-mailID
Ballot lottery international program held on the 2008.Your
email account have been picked as a winner of 1,000000 pounds (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING ONLY).
Your email address attached to Ticket No:7439515 with the Lucky No:
29,4837,396,88, which won the lottery in the E Category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.
CLAIMS OPTION
1).Cash Delivery
2).Cheque/draft by Courier
Send the below informations to
microsoftverificationofficer@yahoo.co.uk
call your pay agent Dr Richard Andrew +447045 744406 or +447045744403
1 . Full name a nd address. 2. Country. 3. Tel nos 4.Occupation and age.
Congratulations from the staff.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Lisa Brown
Executive.(UK Microsoft Lottery International) .