The BBC does Lotteries
These scams keep coming and you do wonder why anybody is stupid enough to fall for them.
BBC.CO.UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
PROGRAMED CLAIM HOME UK
HEADQUARTER, UNITED KINGDOM
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The National lottery winners Results
These Are The Email’s Lucky’s Winning Numbers
*(04)*(06)*(12)*(31)*(38)*(48)*BONUS*(29)
ON Wednesday November 11th
Check On Your Winning Number
Draw Times – Find details
on this site below
website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/lotteryYour Email Winning Number=(38)
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to announce your email address as one of the 300 lucky stars winners in the Bbc.co.uk national lottery promo draw held on the 11th NOVEMBER 2009.
All 300 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 200,000,000{TWO HUNDRED MILLION} international emails addresses.Your email have been approved to claim the sum of £1,000,000.00GBP(ONE MILLION POUNDS),We are proud to say that over £25 Million GBP Pounds are won annually in more than 130 countries world-wide.The Bbc.co.uk national lottery promotion draw is held once in every three years interval.And is also organized to encourage the use of internet and computers.
For security reasons,you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until you claim your prize money.However you will have to fill and submit this form to the events manager for verification & direction on how you can claim your winning fund.you are required to provide us with the information below for verification.
you must be 16 over to claim the prize
Fill the Details Below
1.FULL NAMES:
2.DATE OF BIRTH:
3.GENDER:
4.OCCUPATION:
5.POSITION
6.WORK ADDRESS
7.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
8.COUNTRY:
9.MOBILE NUMBER AND NETWORK NAME:
10.ALTERNATE MOBILE/PHONE NUMBER:
11.AMOUNT WON:
12.EMAIL ADDRESS(S):
13.Your Winning Number:CHOOSE METHOD OF CLAIM WINNINGS ( COURIER DELIVERY OR DIRECT BANK TRANSFER)…..
Sincerely,
Mr.Brian Adams
Promotion Manager.Reply this email with the information for claim
E-mail:bbccouk_nationallotteryclaim@yahoo.com.hk
website. _http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery
Name:Ethan Sawyer (Mr.)
Phone:+44 7024 079 993
National Coordinator
Congratulations once again.Copyright (c) 2009 Bbc.co.uk national lottery Online Promotion Inc.
Some points to note, which apply to nearly all of these scams.
- I got four of these e-mails all to undisclosed-recipients. Did I win four times? No! I didn’t even win once!
- There are numerous spelling and grammatical mistakes. Look at the heading for a start, which contains Headquarter and programed.
- Capitalisation is bad too.
- The e-mail address is in Hong Kong.
- The phone number may well be one that costs quite a lot for each minute.
- The copyright notice has Inc. in it. The UK does not use this American form.
Remember no-one has ever won a lottery they didn’t enter.
One thing that should be done is that the UK should tighten up how 07 numbers are allocated. Many seem to be used for frauds. It might be difficult to check everybody before they get a number, but after any hint of fraud, the numbers should be cancelled immediately.
Power to the Computer Programmer
I’m impressed by the article in The Times about the new scanner at the London Chest Hospital. The cost of each scan is around £500 which might seem a lot, but if it can detect a problem that saves a life, it’s peanuts! Incidentally, in its previous incarnation, this hospital was Bart’s, who did a wonderful job on my mother-in-law. And did it twice!
I’m also pleased that the next scanner goes in at my local hospital, Addenbrooke’s.
We will be seeing a lot more devices like this. Some will be big and massively expensive and will be limited to regional centres like Addenbrooke’s. I’d always prefer to travel to get the best treatment.
But think next time you are in the GP’s surgery. He, or in my case she, has massive levels of computing power on their desk. Could we not see equipment plugged into the USB ports on their computer to scan for such things as skin cancer?
I’m too old at 62 to develop ideas like that, but I know there are programmers out there who can create applications like that. The rewards would be massive for worthwhile applications.
Go and create!
I’ve Been Very Lucky
I’ve just won not one but three prizes in this lottery, that I didn’t even enter. That must be some sort of record.
EURO-PW LOTTERY v7.0,
http://www.europw.com
POSTBUS 636-5930 AM
TERNEUZEN, HOLLAND.RE:OFFICIAL PRIZE AWARD NOTICE.
DEAR WINNER,
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE MONEY OF ONE MILLION EURO (1,000,000)FOR THIS MONTH (NOVEMBER 2009)EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOTION.
ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS ONLINE VERSION WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB, THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.)AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100M SECURED WEBSITES WORLDWIDE.
ONLY FIVE WINNERS EMERGE EVERY MONTH THROUGH ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.),AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED AND ATTACHED TO THE WINNING NUMBER BELOW WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE EURO-PW v7.0 WINNER.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER AND YOUR FILLED CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW.
WINNING NUMBER: EPWL/11/17/18/25/08
EURO-PW LOTTERY v7.0.
CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.
FULL NAMES .
ADDRESS .
NATIONALITY .
COUNTRY .
TEL/FAX .
AGE/SEX .
MARITAL STATUS .
OCCUPATION .PAYMENT OPTION
1. COURIER DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED WINNING CHEQUE (…..) 2. TRANSFER OF PRIZE MONEY VIA ONLINE BANK TRANSFER (…..)TICK AN OPTION WHICH SUITS YOU BEST FOR THE REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF OF EURO-PW LOTTERY.
NINA T. FRIJTERS (Mrs.)
DIRECTOR; CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
TEL/FAX: +31 (0) 84 740 8620
E-MAIL: europwdesk2@hotmail.comFROM: Venancio Massingue (Mrs.)
NOTE: ALL CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO europwdesk2@hotmail.com
In fact my luck is so astounding as I have won three out of the five prizes on offer. How many millions to one is that?
Sadly, it’s fraud. If you reply the obnly winner with be that crook, Venancio Massingue.
Hamleys Forget to Renew Domain Name
It can happen to anybody, but it happened to Hamleys.
Perhaps they should use a domain name company, like Low Cost Names, who are very persistent, when you don’t register a name. I’ve dropped a few in my time and know how they behave. It may be annoying, but you do what you need to.
Infuriating Excel
I plot all of my Zopa investments in Excel. This gives me a good hold on how they are performing.
But about a week or so ago, the date axis on the chart disappeared. Strange because on my other computer the chart still works in the same way.
No matter what I do, I can’t seem to get them back. I get no message to say what is wrong either.
I hope I don’t write software like that!
I’ve done a bit of investigation and I’ve found that on the machine where the chart works, the version is Excel 2007 SP1 (12.0.6331.5000) and on the other machine that doesn’t it is Excel 2007 SP2 (12.0.6504.5001). I’ve since found that Windows updated my Office and probably Excel on the 27th of October.
The Daily Express Web Site
I first heard that the Higher Eco-Tax story was in the Daily Express.
It is not my favourite rag, so I don’t look at it very often, if at all. But I did go to the web site to find out about the story. You’ll note that I actually link to the Press Association. The reason is that you can’t enter the Daily Express web site without getting an extra copy of your browser with an advert.
So I won’t be visiting it in future.
Other web sites that I hardly use because of this practice include IMDB and Friends Reunited.
There are alternatives which I use instead.
Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721)
This is a scam.
What gives it away is that Outlook and Outlook Express are separate programs, so the update would not be for both of them. The version of the program is also not given. Click here, to see what Sophos, a respected computer security company says.
Basically, it installs a phishing program on your computer to get your banking details and other private information.
Don’t click the link or install it!
How to Show Football on Television – 2
It seems that the farce of showing the Ukraine-England match on television has had an effect.
The FA, who don’t really have a reputation for being media savvy have decided to show the England-Macedonia Under-21 International on Friday on the web.
Here’s their press release.
The FA has announced exciting details of the first England game to ever be screened live and for free exclusively on TheFA.com.
On Friday 9 October, The England v Macedonia 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifier at Coventry City’s Ricoh Arena will be streamed live on TheFA.com (kick-off 7.45pm BST).
The FA took the landmark decision to air the game for free on TheFA.com after UK broadcasters confirmed they were unable to schedule the match during peak-time.
Commenting on the move, Ian Watmore, Chief Executive Officer of The FA said: “This is the best way to ensure as many fans as possible around the country get the chance to see England’s young stars in action for free.”
Fans logging on to watch the game can look forward to seeing some great young players in action. Stuart Pearce has assembled an impressive squad including Theo Walcott – returning to the England Under-21s set-up fresh from scoring in Arsenal’s 6-2 defeat of Manchester City at the weekend.
Watching the game is simple. Just visit TheFA.com at 7.45pm on Friday night, click on the link to the game and enjoy all of the action free of charge.
Note the words “free of charge”.
The FA have certainly got this one right. To be fair they had nothing to do with the other farce.
How to Show Football on Television
Or rather how not to! This article in The Independent outlines the mess and problems caused by making Ukraine-England Internet only on a Pay-per-View site.
But like the earlier fiasco with ITV-Digital and the Championship and the failure of Setanta, it probably illustrates that there is a price viewers will pay and a price they will not. And those broadcasters that pay too much will end up going bust.
I have Sky and watch quite a bit of sport on their channels, like cricket, tennis and of course football. In general it is good value and it sustained me through some of the darker times since my wife died.
I have also subscribed to ESPN to take the extra Premier League matches. Whether I will continue to take the extra coverage for ever, is open to debate, as I have no interest in American Mickey Mouse sports, like basketball, baseball and American football.
But to return to the Ukraine-England match, that will only be shown over the Internet. I have watched some football in this way, through the Sky web site. The quality wasn’t that good and I suspect that here in deepest Suffolk, I would only get a very bad picture.
But in a few years time, this will be the way that many of us will not only watch football, but much of our television. But it will need much faster broadband and a proper device to put the pictures on a large screen.
I won’t be in England this weekend, but if I was, I’d be listening on BBC Radio Five. When it was pointed out to a pub landlord that it was being broadcast this way, he hadn’t realised it. But at least it might get a few punters in his pub! Especially, if he had wi-fi for a few laptops!
WordPress Statistics
My WordPress statistics haven’t seemed to add up for a week or so.
For instance, today, someone left a pingback on this blog and the counter didn’t move. The number of searches that brought people to the blog also equals the number of views and this can’t be right as pages that don’t relate to these searches are in the top pages.
Also a few days ago, I had thirty hits from someone searching for “Lotus Elan Yellow” and none of the pages about the Elan was in the top pages.
Am I paranoid or is there something wrong?
The Anonymous Widower 