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.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

CONGRATULATION....YOU..ARE.... A ..LUCKY... WINNER!!!

From: lotto winners <uk_natlottery@globalum.com>
Date: 02-May-2006 11:25
Subject: CONGRATULATION....YOU..ARE.... A ..LUCKY... WINNER!!!

UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

UK National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

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WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#978) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on 23rd April ,2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 jack pot lotto winners drew the lucky
numbers:(-02-06-21-34-35-49-(46-)"bonus no 46. which subsequently
won"you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 500,000(five
hundred thousand , pound sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of £2,000,000 (two million pounds
sterlings) lotto jackpot shared amongst the first four lucky winners
in this category i.e. Match 5 plus! Bonus with .All participants for
the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, a
ssociations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our London booklet representative office in London
as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 480,204 (four
hundred and eighty thousand , two hundred and four pound sterling)
would be released to you by any of our payment offices in London.Our
fiduciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claims is processed and your moneyremitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part! of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program. Please be warned.

For payment, please do provide with the following informations: And
send to our Fiduciary Agent.

FULLNAME:.................................................
SEX:......................................................
ADDRESS:..................................................
COUNTRY:..................................................
FAX:......................................................
PHONE NUMBER:.............................................
OCCUPATION:...............................................
COMPANY'S NAME:...........................................
AGE:......................................................
REF NUMBER:...............................................

Mr Lawrence Fisher

Email: info_ukclaims@excite.com

+44 702 406 3802
CONGRATULATIONS from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Brain Hunt.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY
Brain Hunt Controller
GeoTrust SSL Reseller

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