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 26, 2006

Lottery Winning Notification

From: saaward2006@webmail.co.za <saaward2006@webmail.co.za>
Date: Jun 26, 2006 7:41 PM
Subject: Lottery Winning Notification

FROM THE DESK OF THE CO-ORDINATOR
SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
105 2ND AVE. SANDTON, 1892
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.

WEB NOTIFICATION OF LOTTO WINNINGS:

This is to inform you that have been selected for a cash prize of
$1,000.000.00(one million one United state dollars.) International
programs held on the 24th of June 2006 in (Johannesburg).

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system(s) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This lottery is approved by the South African Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
This promotional lottery is the tenth of its kind and we intend to
sensitize the public.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims
officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:

Mr.Steve Lutuli
Tel: +27-72-540-9839
Email:saclaimdept01@mailbox.co.za

Contact your claims officer and provide him with the following,
your secret pin code. x90pwyz2006 and your reference number
BWBI:2451256005/24.
Claims Requirements:

1.Name in full--------------------------------------------------------------

2.Address-------------------------------------------------------------------

3.Nationality---------------------------------------------------------------

4.Age-----------------------------------------------------------------------

5.Occupation----------------------------------------------------------------

6.Phone/Fax-----------------------------------------------------------------

7.Present Country-----------------------------------------------------------

If you do not contact your claims agent within 14 working days of this
notification, your winnings would be revoked.

Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public
to avoid fraudulent claims. (IMPORTANT)pending the transfer/claim by Winner.
Accept my hearty congratulations once again! Regards,

Susan Nkosi
Lottery Co-ordinator

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