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, May 29, 2006

Prize Notification

From: BINGO LOTTO <onlinebingolotto@wanadoo.es>
Date: 30-May-2006 07:20
Subject: Prize Notification

ONLINE BINGO LOTTO COMMISSION
FROM: THE DESK OF MANAGING DIRECTOR
REFERENCE NUMBER: OBLC/00002564123
BATCH NUMBER: 253001/1589630.
ATTN: LUCKY WINNER,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE
This is to inform you of the release of the Online Bingo Lottery
International sweepstake lottery-promotion held on the 20TH OF MAY
2006, this result was initially delayed due to mix up of numbers and
addresses, the results were finally released on the 23RD OF MAY 2006,
and your name attached to ticket number 256398002 with Serial number
02104-06, which drew the lucky numbers of 31-05-67-75-25-40, which
consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. You are therefore
approved for a lump sum payout of € 718,581:00 (SEVEN HUNDRED AND
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE EUROS ONLY) in cash
accredited to file reference number: OBLC/00002564123, This is from a
total cash prize of € 10,778,715.00 (TEN MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN EUROS ONLY) Shared
among the Fifteen international winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS !
Your fund is now deposited in one of our accredited finance house here
in Italy insured in your favor. Due to mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your
claim has been processed and money remitted to your account as this is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted
abuse of this program by participants as it has happened in the past.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot systems /
shopping ticket-foils and traveling ticket-foils and e-mail addresses
drawn from 45,000 Company names and individual names from Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, Europe, America, Africa and North America as
part of our annual-international promotional programs. We hope that
with this winning , you will be able to participate in our next high
stake promotion of EURO 58,680,000.00 (FIFTY-EIGHT MILLION, SIX
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND EUROS )

To begin your lottery claim, please contact your claims agent, JOHN
GREEN, on agentjohngreen@netscape.net , onlinebingo@wanadoo.es or
the above indicated telephone or fax number . Do Complete the attached
payment processing form and return by fax to your claim agent or
through e-mail as scan. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later than 28TH OF JULY 2006. After this date, this fund will be
returned to the next draws as unclaimed fund.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complication, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with your agent or us. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claim agent as soon as
possible. Congratulation once again from all members of our staff and
thank you for being part of our International promotion program. We
wish you continued good fortunes.
Yours Sincerely
DR.. PIER DON ALBERO
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication and any attachments
may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the
designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this
communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination,
distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you
have received this communication in error, please notify the Gaming
Control Board immediately by e-mail at postmaster_bingo@virgilio.it
and destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments

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