Fraud Prevention
Fraud Prevention
The aim of these pages is to inform and protect people and organisations against fraud and financial crime. The scams on these pages are typical of the type used by criminals to obtain monies, identities, bank details, services etc.
The attempts to defraud/scam come in various guises whether it is through email (419 scams), lottery scams, atm scams, phishing and so on. Please look at the various scams on the list at the side of this page to help protect yourself against fraud and financial crime. On some pages you will find links to other websites/organisations that can also provide advice and help.
Latest Scams
Please do not respond or contact anyone using the numbers or email addresses within these documents.
Please see details below of the new scams that have come to our attention:-
EURO MILLIONES LOTTERY BOARD
(Nice of them to send this one direct, needless to say we have not replied!!)
REF. NUMBER: ANS/WIN/E-lotto:10
BATCH NUMBER: BTH/2010/30231
EMAIL: northeast.fraudforum@btinternet.com
Dear Email Client,
This is to notify you that your email address shown above has won the annual EASTER BONANZA Bonanza conducted by the EURO MILLIONES LOTTERY Online Computer ballot draws that was hosted in Madrid Spain. You have been awarded the prize of €815,000 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EUROS) with the Winning information listed above.
If you are the accredited owner of this email address northeast.fraudforum@btinternet.com,
please contact the appointed agent company (ALLIANCE MUTUAL INSURANCE DE ESPAÑA) with the below requirements including the winning datas above.
1) Full Name:
2) Nationality:
3) Occupation:
4) Sex/age:
5) Address:
6) REFERENCE NUMBER:
7) Telephone Number:
8) Mobile Number:
9) Fax Number:
ALLIANCE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Claims Company).
Mr. Pablo Fontana
TEL: +34-672-960-164
Email: aallianzgroup@aol.com
All information will be strictly verified by your Agent before payment will be carried out. Congratulations once again from our Board of Directors.
Mrs Marto Sanchez. (Secretary)
Euro Million Board.
Madrid.
***********This message is intended only for the address shown, all messages distributed via the EURO LOTTERY COMMISSION
email system are the property of the EURO MILLIONES LOTTERY BOARD. If you are not the intended recipient please ignore.**********
BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY
BRITISH CANADIAN LOTTERY BC-49,
70 Foster Drive, Suite 800, Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario, P6A 6V2, Canada.
Winning No: 34,
Bonus No: 42
Confirm Winning:http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html
WINNER'S NOTIFICATION!!!
The Canadian Government in collaboration with the British Government and the World Gaming Board are the sponsors of this online email lottery for compensation and grant for both past lottery winners and the entire world public for purpose of Infrastructural development as an online compensation
for all internet users.
We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2009/ 2010 Promotional Draw held on the 24Friday January, 2010 in Manchester in the United Kingdom, Thailand, India, United Arab Emirate, Singapore, Malaysia, Austin Texas in USA and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to REF No;
IMP/73253CA/2009, with Batch No: 642376/CA/2009 drew the Winning No: 34, Bonus No: 42 for BC-49 Lotto under the choice of the lottery in the1st category of bi-weekly six.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site(s) Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, Concast, sbcglobal. AOL , emailclick.com and other well known official sites. through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000 companies and personal e-mails. So your email is your online automatic ticket that qualified you for this draw.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 520,000.00 GBP (FiveHundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds Sterling)
In view of this, your 520,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand PoundsSterling) would be released to you by following the directives of the B-C ONLINE LOTTERY REMMITANCE UNIT
The B-C UNIT will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact the office. So you are required to forward the following details to our trusted courier
company to help facilitate the processing of your claims:
You are to contact the B-C ONLINE LOTTERY REMT UNIT for payment with details below::
Contact Person: Mr. David Telehany
BC ONLINE REMIT Email: bremitunitcenter@yahoo.com
British Canadian online Remit Unit Email: britishcanadianlottery94@yahoo.com
British Canadian online Remit Unit Email: b-cremitunit@emailclick.com
Tel: +44 702-405-7719
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM:
(1) FULL NAME:
(2) FULL ADDRESS:
(3) AGE/SEX:
(4) OCCUPATION:
(5) TELEPHONE NUMBER: (OFFICE) / (CELLPHONE)
(6) TOTAL AMOUNT WON:
(7) BATCH NUMBER AS LISTED ABOVE:
(8) BONUS NUMBERS:
(9) YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:
(10) COUNTRY:
*Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim by Winner.
Note: Mail to (B-C ONLINE GAME REMIT UNIT) email immediately for the processing of your winning prize. You can also confirm your winning number and bonus numbers on our web http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html
Congratulation!!
Sincerely,
Mark Andrew (Mr.)
Lottery Controller General
BC-49 Lottery.
Visa / Mastercard Scam
This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want. Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it. By understanding how the VISA & MasterCard Telephone Credit Card Scam works, you'll be better prepared to protect yourself.
The scam works like this: Person calling says, "This is (name), and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My badge number is 12460. Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card which was issued by (name of bank) did you purchase an Anti-Telemarketing Device for £497.99 from a Marketing company based in London?" When you say "No", the caller continues with, "Then we will be issuing a credit to your account.
This is a company we have been watching and the charges range from £297 to £497, just under the £500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before your next statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you your address), is that correct?" You say "yes". The caller continues - "I will be starting a fraud investigation. If you have any questions, you should call the 0800 number listed on the back of your card (0800- VISA) and ask for Security. You will need to refer to this Control Number. The caller then gives you a 6 digit number. "Do you need me to read it again?" Here's the IMPORTANT part on how the scam works the caller then says, "I need to verify you are in possession of your card." He'll ask you to "turn your card over and look for some numbers." There are 7 numbers; the first 4 are part of your card number, the next 3 are the security numbers that verify you are the possessor of the card.
These are the numbers you sometimes use to make Internet purchases to prove you have the card. The caller will ask you to read the 3 numbers to him. After you tell the caller the 3 numbers, he'll say, "That is correct, I just needed to verify that the card has not been lost or stolen, and that you still have your card. Do you have any other questions?" After you say, "No," the caller then thanks you and states, "Don't hesitate to call back if you do", and hangs up. You actually say very little, and they never ask for or tell you the Card number. But after we were called on Wednesday, we called back within 20 minutes to ask a question. Are we glad we did! The REAL VISA Security Department told us it was a scam and in the last 15 minutes a new purchase of £497.99 was charged to our card.
The real VISA said they will never ask for anything on the card as they already know the information since they issued the card! If you give the scammers your 3 Digit PIN Number, you think you're receiving a credit. However, by the time you get your statement you'll see charges for purchases you didn't make, and by then it's almost too late and/or more difficult to reimburse your money.