National Loyalty CashOut Promo
National Loyalty CashOut Promo ended up in my junk mail. Once again I found another great lottery scam which can lead to identity theft and other fraud. Lets take a closer look. Shall we?
This important service announcement from the National Loyalty CashOut Promo seems to target people living or originally from the United Kingdom.
Hence the “National Loyalty” reference
This looks like a standard email scam would. It has a heading and some text which you shouldn’t believe. Everything looked pretty good until I got to the part where it says:
This is a Re-Notification…
Certainly, if I was notified the first time I would have responded… Okay, maybe not.
Be very aware of this middle portion as it may seem believable to you. However naive you may be don’t provide people so much personal information. This is enough to have someone run your credit report, with the exception of your social security number; which can be obtained by a well-run con artist group. But if one wanted, they could open an account that doesn’t require credit approval. You have given them more than enough if you replied and diligently made sure that steps one through eight are properly filled.
It is good to know that Mr. Wallace is awaiting my email, but very scary to find out that this maybe the beginning of a protracted credit cleaning effort. Notice the Gmail address
claims.nlcop@gmail.com
This is an unprofessional way of saying you are getting scammed. Prevent identity theft by paying attention to the little things. Or, the big things like a lottery that offers you big pounds.
Besides the lottery surprise, this email is somewhat well crafted. Therefore, you should be careful! If you would like to learn more about email scams, and other identity theft issues feel free to browse this Identity Theft Blog. One last thing… I hope you will never reply to such emails to find out if you are the winner. Not even to test its validity or for the sake of an experiment. The people on the other side are often very skilled in talking you into your enormously fake prize.
About the Author: Radek M. Gadek is a graduate of the Masters in Criminal Justice Program at Boston University. In his spare time he wants to help everyone understand the dangers of identity theft and financial fraud. Will he succeed in doing so? That is yet to be seen...
dan | Oct 16, 2008 | Reply
i filled this out is it definatly a scam?
Radek M. Gadek | Oct 17, 2008 | Reply
Yes, it is.
Jenn | Oct 31, 2008 | Reply
Hey Guys I live in the US and got this same email. It didn’t even get filtered into spam it went to my inbox. I wonder hoy they pulled that one off. Never Never Never Never fill out or even answer these emails. THEY ARE SCAMS! Please everyone be very careful. Someone tried to scam my boyfriend about a year ago sending him an email telling him there was something wrong with his Ebay account. Click here to log in it said. funny enough he was in his ebay at the time and knew it was a scam. We clicked just to see what they ask and they make it look just like the website and ask for you to log in and give you paypal acct info. Yeah right like I’m just gunna do that without first contacting Ebay and asking from their website if there is really something wrong. And No there wasn’t by the way so be very very careful with these scams.
brian w | Apr 12, 2009 | Reply
just got the letter and have said i shall be posting a letter to the courier comp (which im not going to do now glad i came here first for more info)
you mention above about taking note of the email address claims.nlcop@gmail.com
whats wrong with it as to tell its a scam email?
brian w | Apr 12, 2009 | Reply
this is the full email radek see below
National Loyalty Cash-Out ( UK)
Award Remittance Office
Cash-Out Plaza, Suite 1112
P.O. Box 42 Peterborough
PE3 8XH, United Kingdom.
Telephone: +447 035 974 373
Fax: +448 712 638 341
April 11th, 2009
Attn: Online Winner,
Congratulations ones more in your correspondence (e-mails) to us, this office has verified your email and I’m pleased to brief you a little on the notification that you received. In the National Loyalty Cashout (NLCO) monthly draw that was held recently in the CASH-OUT PLAZA, your e-mail account was among the email addresses of individuals and companies from America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program. Meanwhile, your e-mail was among the ten (10) Lucky winners who won Nine Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten Pounds (£915,810.00) each in cash. The ten (10) emails were selected through our E-mail games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled worldwide by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) United Kingdom which approves this lottery and also the National Lottery Commission United Kingdom is responsible for licensing and also regulating this online electronic email award.
However, we have created a file in your favour and the file was forwarded to the British high court for appends. The court has approved your winnings and hence the winning certificate has been drafted and the probate registry has witnessed the approval. The certificate with other relative documents from the court and the proper registry has been forwarded to our affiliate Courier company here in England, for onward delivery of your prize to your present area of location. Below is the contact information to the delivery company of your winnings claims delivery, Do contact them for your winnings pick up that has been cleared with parcel identification number below is the contact address:
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Courier company Contact Address:
To contact, please enquire for your parcel delivery, for pick up from our head office.
HEAD OFFICE: UK ELITE SHIPPING SERVICE COURIER
Central Pk Est./Mosley Rd, Trafford Park Manchester ,M171TT UK.
Client Management Uk Elite Shipping Service courier.
NAME: MR.JAMES HASPER
DISPACTH OFFICER, UK ELITE SHIPPING SERVICER COURIER COMPANY.
EMAIL: enquiriesatukeliteshipping@live.com
DIRECT LINE:+447-045-759-734
Office Fax: +44-7006-068-632
Open 7days-24hrs-365days.
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While contacting the delivery company you are to understand that your delivery charges will be paid by you and you are required to quote your case ID below for this reason as subject on your email while contacting the delivery company for your claims to be honoured and given instant attention. Case ID: NWB/NLCO 423-132-209 ,Your contact address and phone number.
However, you are to act quickly to ensure that you receive your prize before the two (5) working days deadline. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of remitting your award has been completed. Do keep us updated always on your dealings and communications with James Hasper so I can guide you further as your fiduciary agent. Congratulations once again on your winnings!
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Markland Donald
Remittance Dept Officer
Telephone: +447 035 974 373
Fax: +448 712 638 341
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This message is confidential and intended for the named addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by E-Mail return and then delete this message from your system. You should not copy or use it or disclose its contents to any other person. If any part of this message is illegible or if you suspect that the message may have been intercepted or amended, please contact the sender. We cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this message without further investigation.
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brian w | Apr 12, 2009 | Reply
take note of this see below
While contacting the delivery company you are to understand that your delivery charges will be paid by you and you are required to quote your case ID below for this reason as subject on your email while contacting the delivery company for your claims to be honoured and given instant attention
meaning you pay the delivery charges when it really should be the company that pays the charges
by you paying the delivery charges you could be doing either paying from the funds your supposed to get meaning you end up with nothing or $20 or you pay them whatever the delivery charge is and got get your prize
brian w | Apr 12, 2009 | Reply
a search for ukeliteshippingservcecourier.com or .com.uk failed to show any results same with eliteshippingservicecourier.com or .com.uk
Radek M. Gadek | Jun 17, 2009 | Reply
definitely avoid this one
Radek M. Gadek | Jun 17, 2009 | Reply
the email address is created through Google Mail (aka Gmail). Most reputable companies use their own email domain and most individuals use Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, MSN Mail, Hotmail, and etc. I could use an email address like radek@mystressfreelifestyle.com to make it more official, but I chose to use a Hotmail account. Reputable companies don’t rely on Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail. Identity thieves tend to create fake accounts at these providers since they are disposable and that’s why you should be aware.