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Online users who have received email messages like the one below, which claim that they are winners in the "Lotto Draw from NOC LiBya," should delete the email messages, and should not follow the instructions in them. The fake email messages are being sent by lottery scammers who are attempting to trick potential victims into sending them money or personal information, by claiming they are winners in the National Oil Company (NOC) lottery.
From: iftaq@play.plDate: 2017-03-07 23:14 GMT+07:00Subject: Lotto Draw from NOC LiBya
Online users who have already sent their information to the lottery scammers, are asked to be careful next time, because the same lottery scammers or others will contact them in an attempt to scam them.
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What happens if I submitted my details already
Just be careful going forward because the scammers will contact you and attempt to trick you into sending them money or more information.
Thanks just got one. I was really about to believe in it
hello I am Kouame from the Ivory coast. I received a similar message but not the same signature dated February 13, 2017. I was not connected until yesterday. So what about my message and tell me this lottery really exists?
The lottery doesn't exist. The email is a lottery scam.
My friend got an email from NDC Abu Dhabi, UEA. Its also about lotto draw and she get US$97.000How about that? I hope your fast respond. Thank you.
It is a fake or lottery scam.
I got a similar one, again not addressed directly to me, supposedly from the National Drilling Company (though the email address it came from was completely different). Different names, but a number of spelling checker errors (different similar word not spotted by the scammer, so presumably English not their first language). Same return address of representative.com (with a different name).I love the way the signature is signed in big fat felt pen, just like a child would do...I rarely get spam these days as Google is so good at filtering. This one slipped through the net as there's no text in the email, just two .jpg images.
True, I got the same email..from National Drilling Company.
I just received this, with another logo. Thank you for information
I read this email right now. It's almost similar, but the company name was changed to "National Drilling Company". Tks to this site that warned me about the fishing attempt.That's the frist time I've heard about this e-mail. My original language is brazilian Portuguese. Tks in advanced!
I also read this email right now. It's almost similar, but the company name was changed to "National Drilling Company". Thanks to this site that warned me about the fishing attempt.That's the first time I've heard about this e-mail. My original language is Brazilian Portuguese. Thanks in advance! I had made a copy of comment above because is the same. Thanks.
I received the email today. same company name but different company logo, the letter content is 90% similar to the one you posted.Thanks.
I just received one today from "The National Drilling Company". So glad you had this posted to warn people. Thank you!
Hi, I am from Brazil, I received an email with the same information, but I changed company. I was in the name of the company "Maersk Oil" as far as I know, the company is true, but can it be a coup? the text practically presented this theme, help me .... is it a scam? what do I do?
It is a scam, there is no such lottery.
It's good I've checked into this. Thank god! I was supposed to be one of those victims! NDC lotto draw.... Too bad for you scammers!I will be very careful next time.... God bless everyone!
Thanks for the âš I almost celebrated my luck. I have received 2-1 from Maersk Oil Company and the other from the NOC Libya. I was not going to fall in their scams......
Got the same from sender: nkkdp-vodafone.de
WHEE! How lucky am I? I just today received one of these emails. Must say, they did better than most. They have the MAERSK OIL Logo correct.By quick glance, there are no glaring spelling errors, however, some of the syntax was strange.....and really, why would you have ".......in fight against European Migrant Crisis awareness and support"? (Are you/they against European Migrants or against the plight of migrants in Europe?)It has 1 Qatar address/ 1 Johannesburg S.Africa address.Better luck next time scammers. Too bad, I could have used the money.
I got the same one right now! Maersk Oil and the same adress.
They also sometimes claim to be from Abu Dhabi.
I received this mail too but I didn't believe them so in order to confirm I googled your site and here it is a scam. Never gonna fall for them .Thanks for informing us. I was wondering who I may ask if couldn't find it in here.
On the 5th February I receive the email but never responded to it. I said if this is truly for me it will come to me in a right way. Will you please check if it was true or not. If it was true please let me receive my luck if not God forbid.
It is not true, it is a lottery scam.
I received email from NPCC UAE A a while ago, but I researched the signatory name in the board of directors and his name isn't there. So I think this is a scam.
It is a scam, do not fall for it.
When did you receive it?
Thanks very much. I was going to sent them my information, but thank god you inform me.
I was sent an attachment, concerning the lotto draw, which I indeed send some of my details to them, but now I really believed that it was a scammed message. Thank God I did not send my Am pin
Received via email:"Last March 7,2017 I received an email from NOC Libya that I won the lottery,and that shocked me because I did not even pay for any tickets,it makes me think it is a scam... last night I replied to them,they respond emmediately they gave me the process on how to claim the price,and now I received an email from them again that i should submit any of my identification,thanks that i search and found your site and report this to you,I already deleted their mails and hope they cannot do this to anyone again.Thank you."
May God be praised. I don't go easily into this kind of things. When I saw mail in my inbox, I quickly googled the address and that's how I came to this site. My advice is that one should not be easily fascinated by this kinds of promises. Hard work pays my dear ones. All that glitters are not gold.
I feel so foolish...falling for the scam of NOC Libya Lotery. How do I get my money back from them?
If you have sent your money using your credit card, contact your bank and have them cancel the transaction and refund your money. If you used money transfer services like Western Union or MoneyGram, it is virtually impossible to get back your money.
Exactly same type of mail I got early in this month, but didn't send any information about myself, because I am very much concerned about it, what it is and how I got this lottery.Now I need to know who sent this mail for what purpose and how they work on it; and how they achieve their goal using this fake offer.
The email is being sent by lottery scammers. The aim of the lottery scammers is to trick the recipients of the email into sending them money in order to receive their so-called prizes or winnings. The lottery scammers will claim the money is for taxes and fees, but once the money is sent, the lottery scammers will disappear with the money, and the victims will not receive the lottery prize they were promised or claim to have won.
I also get this kind of email.
Hi, very good afternoon, I received this message with the same content and information, I thought was a contract of work iuhooo, and thanks to you I have been very much alerted, and beforehand I sent my personal data to the malicious mail melissa.drake - Representative.com.Thank you very much for your information.A warm greeting from Spain.m
I also received an email from MAERSK OIL that I won the lottery,and that shocked me because I did not even pay for any tickets,it made me think it was a scam... today I replied to them,they respond immediately. They gave me the process on how to claim the price, and now I received an email from them again that I should submit any of my identification.Good thing that I searched and found your site and report this to you. I already deleted their mails and hope they cannot do this to anyone again.
Thank you, I received it on a new email that now one should have -.- so frustrating. Thanks a lot.
Thanks, I received this lottery email yesterday.
Thank you so much for the helpful message. I just received this email myself.