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.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON

From: Rita <ritamaxwell1@walla.com>
Date: 14-May-2006 15:46
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON
To: ideceive@gmail.com

EL GORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COMPANY S.L
C/ VILLAFONTANA 1,Nº 38-43,MORATALAD.28056.
MADRID-ESPAÑA

FROM: THE DESK OF VICE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF NO: EGS/2551256003/05
BATCH NO:14/0017/IPD

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

AWARD NOTIFICATION,FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the release today,{19th May, 2006},of

the EL GORDO SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on
the 6th April,2006. Your name attached to ticket number 025-11464992-750
with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 4-18-24-30-31-35 wich
consequently won the lottery 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of €
1,185,010,00 ( ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND, TEN
EUROS ONLY)
in cash credited to file REF NO; EGS/2551256003/05.This is from a total
cash of € 16,368, 770.00 ( SIXTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
EIGHT THOUSAND,SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EUROS ONLY ) shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category.

Congratulations!!!!

Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured to your
name.Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names,we ask that you keep
this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your nominated account as this is a part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage
of this program by participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from Asia,Australia,MiddleEast,Newzealand,Europe and
Noth America as part of our international promotions program which we
conduct once every year.We hope that with a part of your prize,you will
take part in our end of year highstake € 2.3 billion international
lottery.

Provide them with the information below:

1. FILE REFERENCE NUMBER:
2. BATCH NUMBER:
3. WINNING NUMBER:
4. CATEGORY:
5. AMOUNT WON:
6a. FULL NAME:(MR/MRS)
b. TEL AND FAX NUMBER:
7. CITY/COUNTRY:
8. ADDRESS:
9. OCCUPATION/ORGANISATION:
10. POSITION :
11. DATE OF BIRTH:
12. PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:
13. BANK INFORMATIONS:

To commence your lottery claim please contact your claims agent,MISS.
RITA MAXWELL ,foreign services manager EUROLINK SECURITY COMPANY S.A on
TEL:0034 695-707-588,FAX:- 0034 692-513-453 Or Via E-mail:
ritamaxwell@walla.com for processing and remmitance of your prize
money to a designated account of your choice.

Remmenber,all prize money must be claimed not later than 14TH JUNE,
2006.After this date all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE
ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please
remmenber to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with us or your agent.Furthermore,should there be any
change of your
address,do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Remember that you have to pay your claims agent 10% of your fund after
the money gets to you.Congratulations again from all the members of our
staff and thank you for being a part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

DON JOSEF DALLAS
VICE PRESIDENT

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