Scousemouse
11-22-2005, 09:07 PM
LFC lottery spam scam hits the net
By John Leyden
The Register
22/1/2005
Fraudsters are posing as representatives of a lottery sponsored by Liverpool Football Club in an attempt to defraud gullable net users.
The spam messages claim that recipients are one of 40 lucky winners to have won £500,000 in a lottery supposedly run by Liverpool FC. The emails say that LFC's financial success exceeded expectations (thanks to last season's Champions League win), making available a total of £20m as an "end of year promotion", and that the recipient has been randomly chosen by a computer as one of the winners. Why the club hasn't earmarked this money towards securing a much-needed goal scorer when the mid-season transfer window opens in January isn't explained.
Some of these emails ask recipients to provide their personal details in order to claim the prize money.
MORE (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/22/lfc_lottery_scam/)
By John Leyden
The Register
22/1/2005
Fraudsters are posing as representatives of a lottery sponsored by Liverpool Football Club in an attempt to defraud gullable net users.
The spam messages claim that recipients are one of 40 lucky winners to have won £500,000 in a lottery supposedly run by Liverpool FC. The emails say that LFC's financial success exceeded expectations (thanks to last season's Champions League win), making available a total of £20m as an "end of year promotion", and that the recipient has been randomly chosen by a computer as one of the winners. Why the club hasn't earmarked this money towards securing a much-needed goal scorer when the mid-season transfer window opens in January isn't explained.
Some of these emails ask recipients to provide their personal details in order to claim the prize money.
MORE (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/22/lfc_lottery_scam/)