Spam Scam #1: The Lottery Scam

Wow! I won the Frontline Lottery! Spammers/Scammers (Ed: Is there such a word?) never learn. Just look at the subject, why won't they learn to write proper english first before sending out these scams? I don't claim to be an expert in the English language, but I can tell that their English sucks.

Don't they have their own email address domain name, why are they using a canadian Yahoo! account? And look at the email address, it's so pathetic, theofficeofduncanjames01.

Lastly look at the bottom part, it says "Your's in service", which in longhand I think means "Your is in service", haha, funny.

Original Message:

Subject: CONGRATULATION {YOUR EMAIL SELECTED} !!!!!!!!!!!
From: theofficeofduncanjames01@yahoo.ca

Programs and Events Department
The Camelot Lottery - Frontline Group
The National Lottery,
P.O. Box 251,
Watford
WD1 8GD
WINNING NOTIFICATION: !!
 
We are officially informing you of the result of the Frontline Lottery Winners International programs held on the 5th of May 2007 as part of our promotional programs for the year 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with reference number EGS/2251256003/02 drew winning
numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 121FTG, which consequently won in the 3rd category via our electronic ticket as stated above. You have therefore been approved for a pay out of 600,000
GBP (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY).
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We also advice that you keep your winning information very confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals.
 
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 500,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This promotional program being the first of its kind will now take place annually and we hope with part of our
winning you will take part in our next year Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pound Sterlings international Lottery. To file for your claim, you will be contacting our Customer Service Unit, authorized to conduct the neccessary verification to enable you receive total payment (You will receive more information upon your acknowledgment of this email).
 
Customer Service Unit
CONTRACTED AGENCY: DUNCAN JAMES & ASSOCIATES
Mr.Duncan James
Tel: + 44 701 114 7831
Email: theofficeofduncanjames01@yahoo.ca
20 Lausanne Road London, SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K
 
You are to provide the claims agent with the under listed information as soon as possible:
 
1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY:.................................
4. AGE:.........................................
5. SEX:.........................................
6. OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD):...................................
7. PHONE:........................................
8. FAX............................................
 
This promotional lottery is promoted and sponsored by software corporations and other private organizations and we intend to use this medium to help individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them to expand their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and assisting with humanitarian concerns within their immediate environment. All winning must be claimed not later
than One Week of Acknowledgment. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as Unclaimed.

After this date all winning funds will be included in our subsequent program. In order to avoid complications always quote your reference number in all correspondence.
 
NEWS UPDATE:
Lottery Diary http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Info/Diary.html,
Suscription leaflet: http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Info/Sub_Leaflet.html
links: http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Links/All.html

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform us as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff.
 
N.B: Anybody under the age of 16 is not eligible to participate in this program.
 
Your's in service,
Mr. Greg Twentyman
(Programs & Events)