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

CONGRATULATION!!!

From: Paul Johanson <pjohanson@luxmail.com>
Date: 26-May-2006 23:03
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF NO: EGS/2551256003/02
BATCH NO: 14/0017/IPD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE,ALL WINNERSINFORMATION.

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our RECENT LOTTERY
DRAWS HELD on the 1st of JAN, 2006.Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number:11 23 34 38 48 49 46 750 with serial number:2113 05
drew lucky numbers:1315 22 37 39 which consequently won in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of
US$915,850.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND
FIFTY EUROS ONLY)

Note that All participants in this lottery program have been selected
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000
companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search
engines and web sites.This promotional program takes place every
year,and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the
Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates of microsoft inc and other corporate
organisations.This is to encourage the use of the internet and
computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and
your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants.We look forward to your active participation in our next
4 million euro\'s slot. You are requested to contact your
clearance/cliam agent Johnson Adams , Foreign Operations Manager,
LYCOS FINANCE AND SECURITY with his contact Email:(adamsj@di-vi.com)
for processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice All winnings must be claimed not later than one
month After the date of this notice.
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change
of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations!!! once more and thank you for being part of our
promotional program by using electro mail.
Sincerely,
MR. PAUL JOHANSON
VICE PRESIDENT.
INTL LOTERIA PRIMITIVA

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