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, June 05, 2006

EMAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION 2006(CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON YOU A PRIZE)!!!

From: ROYAL SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY <royalspanishto@casinomail.com>
Date: 05-Jun-2006 20:23
Subject: EMAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION 2006(CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL
ADDRESS HAVE WON YOU A PRIZE)!!!
To: ideceive <ideceive@gmail.com>

ROYAL SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
CALLE GRANVIA 32N 1C MADRID SPAIN
REF: RSSL/61-ILGI0509/45
BATCH:RSSL/15/096/WRCS
DATE:05/06/2006

Dear Winner,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

This is to inform you of the release of the Royal Spainish Sweepstake
Lottery Email Promotional Program held on the 1st March 2006, this
result was initially delayed due to mix up of email addresses, the
results were finally released on the 30th April 2006, and your email
attached to Ticket number: 212005600545 188 with Serial number:
4888/02, which drew the Lucky numbers: 41-6-76-13-45-8, which
consequently won the lottery in the Second category of the year 2006.
You are therefore approved for a lump sum payout of €1,000,000.00 (ONE
MILLION EUROS ONLY) in cash accredited to file reference number:
KPC/9080333308/03 this is from a total cash prize of€19,000,000.00
(NINTEEN MILLION EUROS ONLY) Shared among the nineteen international
winners in this category.

Your fund is now deposited in a security company with your prize money
insured in your email. Due to mix up of some email addresses, 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 randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies,this
promotion takes place annually. We hope your lucky email address will
draw a bigger cash prize in the next high stake promotion agenda of
€30,000,000.00 (THIRTY MILLION EUROS)

To begin your lottery claim, please contact your claim agent,

WORLD ROYAL CONSULTANCY AND SECURITIES S.L. MADRID SPAIN

MR. JEFF CARLOS ( Remittance/foreign operations manager)

Tel: +34 676-756-576

Email:worldryconsec@mixmail.com or worldroyconsec@mixmail.com

For due processing and remittance of your winning prize money to
designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be
claimed not later than 21st June 2006. After this date, this fund will
be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA 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 contact email 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,
Wilfred Alberto
(Lottery Director).

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