"Attention: Lottery Winner,"

Now this wouldn’t be some kind of rip off spam would it?

You've won the sum of NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUND
(£950,000.00) from the UK GOLF INTERNET emails Lottery Edition 2010

TO RECEIVE AND CLAIM YOUR PAYMENT OF PRIZE

The English seems a bit shaky.

You are therefore advised to send the following information to our claims agent(Mr.Piland woods) to facilitate the remittance of your winning prize to you at once from the UK GOLF INTERNET EMAILS LOTTERY.

They want the kind of information that scammers usually want:

1. Full name............
2. Country..............
3. Contact Address........
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation.............
7. Company..............
8. Age....................

They don’t really have a company Internet presence. Their “site” is a LinkedIn account.



You can also view our lottery site : http://uk.linkedin.com/in/internetgolflottery

They are “fully special” and they “glob round the world” – yea, that sounds REAL legitimate.



The writer doesn’t seem to know that in English you capitalize last names.

Mr.Piland woods. (VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)

And “Mr.Piland woods” does business from a hotmail email address.

Email: golf_internet222@hotmail.com

LOTTERY VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER


Google Maps and Street View reveal that their company headquarters is a billboard advertising the “Sex in the City” movie.



GOLF INTERNET EMAIL LOTTERY 2010
21 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW20, United Kingdom.
Batch number: 12/25/0340
Ref number: MSN-L/200-26845

Winning number: GQ-667890-D

My guess is that it’s a troll for some kind of Nigerian 419 operation (in spite of the fact that they are “a blessed company.)

Thanks Bharath

Tom Kelchner