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, May 26, 2006

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

From: winner@willip.com <winner@willip.com>
Date: 27-May-2006 02:10
Subject: AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION
To: winner@willip.com

The National Lottery
P.O.Box 17,
Kempsford GL7 4WZ
London.
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Date:26th of May 2006.

FROM:UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
TICKET NUMBER: 74454774
SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584
BATCH NUMBER : BT-4478474121P
AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#999) of the UK NATIONAL LOTERY
,online Sweepstakes International program held on the 10th of May
2006. You were entered as dependent clients with: SERIAL NUMBER:
144-66584 and Batch number BT-4478474121P.

Your email address attached to the ticket number: 74454774 that drew
the lucky winning numbers:
Bonus Ball [38] which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus. You have been approved for a
payment of £800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING.) in
cash credited to file reference number: UKL/K5998/U4. This is from a
total cash prize of Eight million pounds shared among the ten
international winners in first categories.

All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of
email users around the world, as part of our international promotion
program. Due to mixed up of some names and address,we ask that you
keep this award personal, till your claims has been processed and your
funds remitted to you.This is part of our security measures to avoid
double claiming or unwarranted takingadvantage of the situation by
other participants or impersonators,You are to contact our accredited
agent for your winnings.

Mr.Mike Williams .
UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY CLAIMS AGENT.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY SECURITY AGENCY.

E-mail: uk_nationallottery2006@mail.md
TELL: 44-(0)7932904669
FAX: 44-(0)8717223472

He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of
your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS Z-90237-Y°67/U4
(keep personal) Remember, your winnings must be claimed not later than
(21st of May 2006)

In other to file for your claimfill out this form;

1.YOUR FULL NAMES:.............................................

2.SEX:....................................................................
3.YOUR ADDRESS:...................................................

4.YOUR COUNTRY:...................................................

5.NATIONALITY..........................................................
6.YOUR FAX:............................................................

7.HOME PHONE NUMBER :.......................................
8.MOBILE PHONE NUMBER.......................................

9.OCCUPATION:........................................................

10.YOUR AGE:...........................................................

Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your
fund Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities and option of
payment.
(1) TRAVELLING TO THE UK ( LONDON ) FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send flight
itinerary to confirm your arrival/appointment Date}:..............
(2) BY COURIER SERVICE:.....................
(3) BANK TRANSFER ………………………………....

Our Lottery agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to
establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above
citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. Our
winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully, Mrs Mary Robert
Online co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info=commonscams
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