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.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Promo/Program Internation

From: o_onlae24@virgilio.it <o_onlae24@virgilio.it>
Date: 13-Jul-2006 05:38
Subject: Promo/Program Internation

Promo/Program Internation
ONLAE LOTERIA INTERNACIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE
AWARD SPAIN

REFF: OZA/7367/45/19/97
BATCH: 14/321/IPD/ES
www.onlae.
com

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the of
the onlae
loteria Internacional programs held on the 24th of
June, 2006. Your e-
mail address attached to ticket
number 241918906-076 with game Number
54568 drew lucky
numbers 16, 18, 52,33,44,90 which consequently won.
You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
150,000.00
Euro. (One Hundred and Fifty
Thousand) CONGRATULATIONS!!
All
participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from
over 100.000.00 Company and
1.000.000.00 individual email addresses and
names from
Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe North and
South
America, Oceania and around the world. To file
for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary agent:

GLOBAL FINANCIA AGENCY,S.L
MR. ALBERTO
CHARLES
TET:+34695096991
FAX:+34695096992
Email:globafina@netscape.net

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep your
Winning information confidential until
your claims have been processed.
This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participant.
Please, note
that you will be required to pay for the
issuance of your winning
certificate. Be notifying also
that all winnings must be claimed not
later than 28th
July, 2006. After this date all unclaimed winnings will
be null and void. In order to avoid unnecessary delays
and
complications remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers
in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of
address
do inform our agents as soon as possible. Congratulations
once more and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs.R.T.Moolln
Winning Co -coordinator

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