Lottery scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

  • you win any lottery where you didn't buy a ticket! It's really that easy! It's not just too good to be true: it's bait in a trap!
  • you receive a generous grant out of the blue. Sadly (but not surprisingly) there aren't any benevolent people regularly throwing around millions of pounds/dollars/euros to randomly chosen people. This is just the lottery scam without the ticket.
  • they send you partial payment in the form of a cheque, money order, or direct bank transfer and want you to pay them fees out of that money. They're playing you for a sucker: cheques are frequently forged, and direct transfers made by compromising some poor schmuck's online banking service. You'll wind up a victim of fraud, or a party to it.
  • they want you to send them any money of any sort for any reason. They might try to say there are courier fees or taxes to cover. They're lying. Call their bluff and tell them to take the fees out themselves -- they'll never ever agree, because they can't defraud you unless money is making the reverse trip from you to them somehow.

Friday, September 09, 2005

YOU ARE A MILLIONIAN ! ! !

NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ N.V.
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VAN EEGHENSTRAAT 70,AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS.
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PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ N.V.
PROMOTIONS PROGRAMS
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PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
RESULTS FOR SECOND CATEGORY DRAWS.

After a successful completion of the second category draws of NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ B.V.You have emerged one of the winners of the NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ B.V. which is part of our promotional draws.Participants were selected  through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 email addresses of  individuals and companies from America,Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East,and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program.
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You/Your Company, attached to:
TICKET NUMBER:715-4-7207-NL,with
SERIAL NUMBER:39-02-DNL drew the
LUCKY NUMBER:17,21, 27,RGN 38, 46, 50 and
REFERENCE NUMBER: ASL-WF97-5G3
BATCH NUMBER:OX9T-7T5T-D3N
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As a category B winner, you have been selected by computer balloting system  where only email addresses are oughted,from a total numbers of 30,000 email addresses drawn from all over the globe. After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program consequently won in the second Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 2,000,000.00 Dollas in cash, which is the winning payout for second categories winners.This is from the total prize money of 16,000,000.00 Dollas shared among the eight international winners in the SECOND category.

CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !

You have to contact the (VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT) for immdiate remittance, Your E-mail address won the lucky number. To avoid mix up of numbers  and names of any kind, we request that you keep this award strictly from public notice until the entire process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.This is part of our  security protocol to avoid double claiming or nscrupulous acts by articipants of this program.required by the (NATIONALE POST CODE LOTERIJ NETHERLANDS).

We also wish to bring to your notice our End of  Year (2005) high stakes where you stand a chance of winning up to 13 million Dollas, we hope that with a part of your prize you will participate and to begin your claims process please contact your claims agent.
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Dr.MARCO VAN DAMN.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER.
NATIONALE POST CODE LOTERIJ NL.
60 AMERSFOORTSESTRAATWEG.
1251AV LAREN AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
TEL: +31-61-973-4742,
FAX: +31-84-744-3245.
EMAIL: loterijpostcode0800@walla.com
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For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 30th September 2005 after this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every of your correspondence with your claims agent.

You are to provide the below details,to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of your winnings. we advice that you adhere strictly to their procedures to avoid any disqualifications and subsequent cancellation.
1). Your full names
2). Your full home / office address
3). Direct telephone/fax numbers
The above detailed information will be absolutely necessary to file in your claims.
Congratulations once again from all our staffs of (NATIONALE POST CODE LOTERIJ NL) thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ N.V. PROGRAMS.

Mrs.MARIA LUXEMBORG.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail.Contact your claims agent and finaly you are expected to pay a Notary / Legalisation Charges for the non Dutch citizens before the release of your prize.

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