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, July 24, 2006

HAVE YOU BEEN INFORMED

From: Jennifer Ann Bruce <bruce.jennifer@virgilio.it>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:27:54
Subject: HAVE YOU BEEN INFORMED
To: ideceive@gmail.com

THE UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY
Triton Square Regent's Place London NW1 3AN
The United Kingdom
Date: 18 - 07 - 2006
(Customer Services)
Ref: NL/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the UNITED KINGDOM INTERNET
LOTTERY, International online sweepstakes program held on Monday July
1st 2006. This draw is part of our New Year bonus to all Internet and
email owners and users world wide.

Your email address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
14-18-29-33-37-39-47(Bonus No.) which subsequently won you the lottery
in the second category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total of 1,000,000.00
Pounds (One million Pounds Only) credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of 5,100,673.00 British Pounds only
shared among the first six (6) lucky winner in this category i.e.
Prize for six winners. All participants for the online version were
selected randomly from a World Wide Web Sites through a computer draw
system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations and
corporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place periodically, please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European booklet representative office
in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
1,000,000.00 Pounds (One million Pounds Only) would be released to you
through any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European nominated
lawyer will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your winning price to you as soon as you contact him.

It is important that you keep your winning details to yourself so as
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program; you
are free to announce your winning as soon as you confirm that you have
received your winning prize. PLEASE BE WARNED.

To file for your claim, kindly fill out the claims form below and
send to our nominated lawyer representing you in one of our branches
in the United Kingdom with the contact below

ADVOCATE MARK JOHNSON
Email: advocatemarkjohnson@zensearch.com
Tell: 0044 703 184 8217
Fax: 0044 871 247 4874

1. FULL NAMES:.........................................................

2. DATE OF BIRTH:.........................................................

3. SEX:...........................................................

4. MARITAL STATUS:.........................................................

5.CONTACT ADDRESS:........................................................

6.TELEPHONE/ FAX NUMBER:........................................

7.OCCUPATION:...................................................

8.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:.............................................

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Jennifer Ann Bruce
Online coordinator
UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-8pm.

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