Scam Email: Your Email Has Won US$2,500,000.00.

Some home truths about those 'winning notifications'.

Introduction

Hey Guys, just now i have recieved one email which says that my email won US$2,500,000.00 along with tickets and so on. So what kind of mail is this? It could possible be scam.

Fake Lotteries and Sweepstakes are part of the Advance Fee Fraud toolkit, and widely used to scam millions of people worldwide. Unlike the general Advance Fee Frauds, this one deserves special attention because it is hugely popular and highly effective.

How many times I have seen questions like: "I have been notified I have won a Lottery I never entered, is this a scam?". Oddly, this is actually called a Rhetorical question because it contains the answer within the question itself. Here is the simple version for people that do not understand what I mean:-
If you never purchased a ticket, you can never win..
The answer given is usually ignored by the person asking, simply because they refuse to use common-sense and logical thinking. However let me reiterate the point being made in a wordy way so that the 'Doubting Thomas' screaming inside your head shuts up.

Facts Be In It, To Win It
You cannot win a lottery or sweepstake without actually purchasing a ticket or other entry token. It does not matter one iota that the email you have recieved states "your email was randomly selected", because it is complete rubbish. Likewise, any excuses such as "Sponsored by [insert major company]" is equally false. Major companies may support a real lottery, but they do not provide the millions in winning funds... that is NOT how lotteries and sweepstakes operate.

Lotteries and Sweepstakes are commercially oriented, and they have to make money. The ONLY way they make money is by selling tickets to the public... ie: YOU. The old saying "There is no such thing as a free lunch" fits quite well here.

Foreign Lottos Banned
In some countries, foreign lotteries are outlawed and you would not be allowed to accept any winnings anyway (if it were a real lottery). This is worth noting, though really only a minor point when dealing with these types of frauds.

Types

There are two main types of Lottery and Sweepstake scams, which may be transmitted by email, sms or postal mail.

Advance Fee

In the case of the Advance Fee scam, you would be asked for personal information, possibly a scan of your passport or drivers license. You may also be asked for your banking details too. This seemingly insignificant data can lead to Identity Theft. However, once getting through that stage, you will be asked to pay a fee. The fee may be for taxes, clearance, insurance... whatever. THAT is the scam, and if you pay, you loose.

Fake Cheque

The alternate Fake Cheque scam is very similar to an Overpayment Scam. Here you are issued a plausible looking cheque as "an advance of the winings" or similar excuse. You are told to cash the cheque and to forward a part of the monies somewhere else, again for taxes etc.
In this type of scam, the cheque is really a counterfeit. The proceeds of the cheque will be added to your bank account as you expect. Having sent the requested amount, usually via Western Union or MoneyGram, you sit and await your winnings.

Unfortunately all you are really waiting for is the bank to discover that the cheque is a counterfeit. At that point, the proceeds from the cheque are removed from your bank account and you are investigated for bank fraud. Depending on what country you live in, you may also be liable for immediate arrest and prosecution. Moreover, the bit that you sent to the scammers has to be repaid by you to the bank.

Generally the Advance Fee type is restricted to email or sms and the Fake Cheque type to postal mail. In the case of a Postal Scam, you should take the letter and cheque to your local police and make a report. You will help the authorities gather more evidence to catch those responsible.

Summary

Hopefully this serves as enough information to provide clarity to the question raised. Take away the big company names, excuses and theories and you are left only with a common scam that fools many people worldwide. Don't be a lemon, keep your wallets and purses in the closed position. Having read this article, you should never need to ask that question again, because the answer will be YES, IT'S A SCAM.

Source: www.fraudwatchers.org

How to use Elements array in VBScript!

The concept of the elements array in the VBScript!!!

Objective Question Answers!!

1. Result of 2+2 is:

4 5 6 10

2. Who is father of computer?

Mr. Rajan Charles Babbage Charles Darwin Charles Angels

3. What is DML?

Do More Language Data Mining Language Develop Money Land Data Manipulation langauage

Source Code:
<html>
<head><title>Use of VBScript</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="mystyle.css">

<script language="vbscript">
sub scoreclick()
dim score
if (form1.elements(0).checked = true) then
score = score + 5
end if
if (form1.elements(5).checked = true) then
score = score + 5
end if
if (form1.elements(11).checked = true) then
score = score + 5
end if
msgbox ("Your score is:" & score)
end sub
</script>
</head>

<body>
<form name="form1">
<p class="question">1. Result of 2+2 is:</p>
<p class="answer">
<input type="radio" name="q1" >4
<input type="radio" name="q1" >5
<input type="radio" name="q1" >6
<input type="radio" name="q1" >10
</p>
<p class="question">2. Who is father of computer?</p>
<p class="answer">
<input type="radio" name="q2" >Mr. Rajan&nbsp&nbsp
<input type="radio" name="q2" >Charles Babbage &nbsp&nbsp
<input type="radio" name="q2" >Charles Darwin&nbsp&nbsp
<input type="radio" name="q2" >Charles Angels
</p>
<p class="question">3. What is DML?</p>
<p class="answer">
<input type="radio" name="q3" >Do More Language&nbsp&nbsp
<input type="radio" name="q3" >Data Mining Language&nbsp&nbsp
<input type="radio" name="q3" >Develop Money Land&nbsp&nbsp
<input type="radio" name="q3" >Data Manipulation langauage
</p>
<input type="button" name="bttncalc" value="Show Score" onclick=scoreclick()>
<input type="Reset" name="reset" value="Reset">
</form>
</body>
</html>

How to find Largest Number in VBScript?

This is the simple vbscript program which is will find the largest number from the given three inputs. Here the use of if...then..elseif...else statement is used. Hope you will learn and feel it easy!!

Find Largest Number!!

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The user interface goes like below:

First No:
Second No:
Third No:
Result:

Source Code :

<html>

<head><title>Find Largest Number using vbscript!</title>

<script language="vbscript">

          sub large_no()

             dim a, b, c, res

             res = 0

             a=cint(document.vbtest.txt1.value)

             b=cint(document.vbtest.txt2.value)

             c=cint(document.vbtest.txt3.value)

             if (a>b) And (a>c) then

                res= a

             elseif (b>a) And (b>c) then

                res = b

             else

                res = c

             end if

             document.vbtest.txtres.value = res

          End sub

</script>

</head>

<body>

<form name="vbtest">

<h2> Find Largest Number!! </h2> <hr>

First No:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="text" name="txt1"><br>

Second No:<input type="text" name="txt2"><br>

Third No:&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<input type="text" name="txt3"><br>

Result:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<input type="text" name="txtres"><br><br>

<input type="button" name="bttncalc" value="Show Result" onclick="large_no()">

<input type="Reset" name="reset" value="Reset"><br>

</form>

<hr>

</body>

</html>

What is VBscript, Script?

Brief Introduction to VBScript!

1. Vbscript is the scripting language.
2. Scripting languages are such type of programming languages which is used to provide control in another host enviroment.
3. Scripting Languages are interpreted not compiled. They can be embedded to the <head>..</head> section or the <body>..</body> section of the html tags.
4. <head>..</head> section is prefered one because the head section gets interpreted first than the <body>..</body> section.Vbscript is the client-sided scripting languages which is the light version of VB and default scripting language of ASP.
5. If you are the good vb programmer then you will not have difficulties in using the vbscript language in your web page.

Sample Vbscript Program:

<html>
   <head>
      <title> Title of Your page!</title>
      <script language = "vbscript">
         Sub welcome()
            Dim String
            String = "Hello"
            String = String & " world!"
            document.write(String)
         End Sub
      </script>
   </head>
   <body onload=welcome()>
      <h3>Use of vbscript in webpage! </h3>
   </body>
</html>

About The Blog - My Few Words

Hi Pals and novice programmers out there,

As we all know today is the world of digital world. The world which is very competitive. There are lot of opportunities in the world but you must the one who is going to grab it. Opportuniy knocks very softly so... be ready to grab it.

Hi, I am Rajan Maharjan. I am the final year student of Engineering in Computer. I have created this blog to share all the lab reports to learn a programming language, the project works, the assignments and all my experiance that I have gained from beginning of my career in engineering till now. I hope that it will help you all guys. The main aim of my blogging is to share the knowledge and gain more and more. You may also have the knowledge which might be helpful to us. So share it and we will be able to establish the social network of engineers and the programmers.

Basically in this blog, I would like to focus on the B.E. in Computer Engineering Faculty. Other faculties will also be included as in earlier semesters, the learning would be quite similar to other faculty like Electronics and Communication and Civil Engineering.

But the focus would be on Computer coz I am computer Student and I may not have the sufficient stuffs of other faculties. But if you know any of it, you may mail me or post a comment on it. It would be a great help and an honor for me for your support.

Yours

Rajan © 2009