A sure way to spot a scam email is BY THE FORMAT OF THE EMAIL

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	A sure way to spot a scam email is BY THE FORMAT OF THE EMAIL

Solution You have been told you have won millions - the email you have received is probably a scam... does it look something like this:

Ref: Uk/9420X2/26 <----------- This is rubbish
Batch: 074/05/ZY369 <----------- This is rubbish

Dear Winner,

You are a winner of the UK National lottery online program that was
held on the 8th of november 2007. You have been approved to claim a
sum 2,000,000.00 GBP {two million Great Brita in Pound Sterling}
of cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

To file for your claims you are to contact our claims agent by email.

Mr.Lambert Parry Email: (parrylambert3@hotmail.com) <----------- This is rubbish - who uses a free email account? - come on!!

Provide him with the following information to claim your prize. <---- "So that we can use your information for other scams... like open a bank account in your name and create lots of debt which you will have to pay off..."

Full 1. Full 1. Names: __________________________
2. Address: ____________________________
3. Age: _____________________________
4. Sex: ______________________________
5. Marital Status: _____________________
6. Occupation: ________________________
7. Phone numbers: ______________________
8. Fax number: ________________________
9. Country: ___________________________

Yours Truly,

David Crowford :(Online Promo Programme) <---- Do a search on the name used, this is what we have come up with on this name:

1. http://www.antifraudintl.org/archive/index.php?t-42.html
2. http://www.scamdex.com/HYPMAIL/0708/32570.php

If you do some simple investigation of your own... you can discover for yourself whether an email is a scam or not...

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21 Nov 2007 03:15 PM