Venditoris: Beware of Sellers & Scams

Looks like some school wunderkind has latched onto the Nigerian Scam idea and fashioned themselves a way to make money by email.

It is a scam, of that’s no doubt, starting with the fact that it was not addressed to me. There are many more clues, but we don’t want to show these nasty nerds how to fix their spammy scam to look more authentic.

Read and Reject!

Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 10:31:22 +0200
Subject: INFORMATION
From: “infolrpdraws208@libero.it”

LOTTO Rheinland-Pfalz
Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Strasse 2
DE-56073 Koblenz,
Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany.

Ref num: AAA/nnn-AA/nnnn,
Batch: AAAA/00/00

The management of lotto rheinland-pfalz wishes to congratulate you on
your award of one million euro in our automated computer draws.

Note that no ticket was sold and all claims must be done not later than
one month.

CONTACT Mr. Wilson Gart.
wilsongart10@telkom.net

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Hans-peters,
Promotions Manager