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.

Monday, September 26, 2005

YOU ARE A WINNER

THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
EU HEAD OFFICE
DENSTRAAT 100B
2053 DS AMSTERDAM,
HOLLAND.

log into: www.freelotto.com
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION.CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Free Lotto draw held on the 26th
September, 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's
Annual Free Lotto Draw.Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
1,000,000 Us Dollars (one million Dollars) only. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers:

1, TICKET 175420658766483
2, BATCH: 427901527-Dg43
3, Ref : 232/656/4509
4, lucky numbers 8-16-18-23-31-45
5, lotto code number: FL09622Holland
Please contact the under-listed claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your
winnings:
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Advocate Dr John Peters
Telephone number +31 -626 448 919
Fax: +31-847-545-681
Email: bejesbejes330@netscape.net
BEJESBEJESLAW  FIRM
21B EGGERRST RAAT NN 102
AMSTERDAM, N.L

For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all
winnings must be claim not later than October 3rdth, 2005, after this date, unclaimed funds will be
returned to the International Lotto, We're so sure that FreeLotto F.A.S.T. is the easiest way to win money
online that we're giving you a  to prove it! Click here
http://www.freelotto.com/offer.aspoffer=44010&FID=4ba231019557
Below is your personal Identification Number and can only be used by you to claim prizes from FreeLotto
Automatic Subscription Play and prize verification. Do not disclose this number to anyone. It assures you,
that upon submitting the winning entry in accordance with the Rules of FreeLotto to Advocate
Dr John Peters
Telephone number +31 -626 448 919
Fax: +31-847-545-681
Email: bejesbejes330@netscape.net
This will enable his office to send the claims application form (A4) to you the Beneficiary.

Sincerely,
Maria J. Chambers
Promotions Manager
The Lotto Company
Holland & Europe.

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