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| Thread ID: 118620 | 2011-06-14 00:03:00 | European Lotteries Scam.......Smarter than average approach?? | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 1209094 | 2011-06-14 00:03:00 | Just had an Indian gentleman calling for Mrs T, he said it was about the European Lottery and would not talk to me about it at all, despite the application of some pressure. However, after much persuasion I finally got his name and an 0800 number to call back on (yeah right!). I then Googled "European Lottery" and got This Site (www.europeanlotteryguild.com). I phoned on the first number I found (O8OO 443 699) and spoke to a very laid-back lady (actually, she sounded stoned), who naturally 'confirmed' that the person I named was one of their staff. I later noticed that the same 0800 number that he gave (O8OO 443 697) was at the bottom of their web page (nice touch). On the face of it, it seemed that either this was a more sophisticated scam than usual, or there might have been an extraordinarily remote possibility that it was a genuine call, though I'd have been very surprised indeed because we usually tear up any "European Lottery" stuff that appears in our mail, and we received one just a few days ago. I strongly suspect that this call was a follow-up to that mail out, which I have to admit is smart work by the scammers If you have a spare moment, see what you think of the website, it looks very professional but I had serious doubts as to its authenticity, and this (www.askaboutmoney.com) confirms that it is indeed an unusually sophisticated and very long-lived scam. No doubt its life is continually extended by the combined effects of the 'one born every minute' factor and the sophistication of their presentation. If they employed English accented callers, I reckon their strike rate would skyrocket, but the subcontinent accent is too closely associated with scams to have any real credibility. Cheers Billy 8-{) :illogical |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1209095 | 2011-06-14 00:36:00 | Like a lot of scams (and marketing campaigns) they simply use a tactic of fear and greed . Fear that you will miss out on a prize and greed for getting all that money . If you win an overseas lottery that you didn't enter and end up losing your own money in an attempt to claim your prize I suspect you get what you deserve . Well done on avoiding this one . . . . if its too good to be true . . . . . |
Barnabas (4562) | ||
| 1209096 | 2011-06-14 01:29:00 | there might have been an extraordinarily remote possibility that it was a genuine call If they employed English accented callers, I reckon their strike rate would skyrocket You would think a European lottery would have european accented callers, not english. Remote possibility? How? They don't hold lotteries anywhere, that people who haven't bought tickets, are entered into. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1209097 | 2011-06-14 03:29:00 | How? They don't hold lotteries anywhere, that people who haven't bought tickets, are entered into. Given the fertile ground provided by ignorance combined with stupidity; when confronted with money or baubles, avarice will overcome logic, commonsense and reality any day. That is why certain persons of the criminal tendency will readily attempt petty and major crimes right under the blatantly obvious scrutiny of video cameras and/or the noses of the Police. They crawl among us, these dwarves among men. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1209098 | 2011-06-14 03:56:00 | I'm picturing the lotto draw on the weekend - and the winner is.................drumroll..............some random email address on the other side of the world!! Now we better email and let them know......... | pctek (84) | ||
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