New personalised SPAM-SCAM from ‘Bentley organization’?

I have got the same email just today:

Hi Maltesi Diego

RE: BENTLEY28722662/726-099Maltesi Diego

I am delighted to announce to you an award from Bentley organization.

Via a computer ballot system conducted by Bentley as part of their Easter promotions for the year 2007, your name and email address came up in a random draw for a cash award of $300,000 (Three hundred thousand United States Dollars only).

Your award winning number is: BENTLEY28722662, ticket number 726-099. You are strongly adviced to keep your winning confidential. Hense contact your claims executive immediately to begin processing your cash award winning.

Mr. Robert West

E-mail: robertwestmail@sify.com

Please email the following details to Mr. Robert West your claims executive:

Your full name ,Your telephone number including area code, your cellular phone number (most importantly including area code)

Your fax number including area code

Your recent email address and mailing address (for delivery of your certified check)

Your reference number: BENTLEY28722662/726-099Maltesi Diego

Your claims executive shall provide you detailed information about the promotions and also advice you on how to receive your cash award. Your certified check has been issued and currently with your claims agent hence contact him for further information.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY THIS EMAIL RATHER CONTACT ONLY YOUR CLAIMS AGENT

Congratulations on your success in this years Bently promotions award

Linda

Regional cordinator

Hi,

RE: BENTLEY28722662/726-099

I am delighted to announce to you an award from Bentley organization.

Via a computer ballot system conducted by Bentley as part of their Easter promotions for the year 2007, your name and email address came up in a random draw for a cash award of $300,000 (Three hundred thousand United States Dollars only).

Your award winning number is: BENTLEY28722662, ticket number 726-099. You are strongly adviced to keep your winning confidential. Hense contact your claims executive immediately to begin processing your cash award winning.

Mr. Robert West

E-mail: robertwestmail@sify.com

Please email the following details to Mr. Robert West your claims executive:

Your full name ,Your telephone number including area code, your cellular phone number (most importantly including area code)

Your fax number including area code

Your recent email address and mailing address (for delivery of your certified check)

Your reference number: BENTLEY28722662/726-099

Your claims executive shall provide you detailed information about the promotions and also advice you on how to receive your cash award. Your certified check has been issued and currently with your claims agent hence contact him for further information.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY THIS EMAIL RATHER CONTACT ONLY YOUR CLAIMS AGENT

Congratulations on your success in this years Bently promotions award

Linda

Regional cordinator

also a recipient of the Linda Smith mail and 300,000 to the good because of it (not)- note that sify.com is an Indian “news portal” which no doubt flogs email addresses cheap as well. cant quite see what they are after at this stage, but presume phishing for bank details later in the exercise.

had a similar “lottery win” at the ned of last year, but curiously they didnt respond to me trying to collect the money as I failed to dosclose bank details.

rogern ingles

I did receive a cheque for £10,500. I took it to the bank and showed them the correspondence I’d been receiving.

Stuart from HSBC fraud team called and told me I’d been subject to the 419 scam.

The 419 scam is named after the penal code in Nigeria for advanced fee fraud. Apparently you bank the cheque and after four days – when the cheque is cleared- you mail the money on often via Western Union (the scammers told me this 10.5k was for Inland Revenue before getting the real winnings!) In the meantime, the cheque would have actually bounced (my cheque was from a ‘lost’ book) and if I’d wired the money on (supposedly for Inland Revenue)..I’d then owe the bank £10,500! This is a scam basically to beat the clearing cycle!!

Everyone should STAY CLEAR!!!!