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.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

CLAIM TICKET NO: 17940128111

From: awardnet16@virgilio.it <awardnet16@virgilio.it>
Date: 13-Aug-2006 00:12
Subject: CLAIM TICKET NO: 17940128111

CLAIM TICKET NO: 17940128111
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
NB:CLAIM
YOUR PRIZE THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESSES:
agentyosi2006@netscape.net

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
WORD LOTTO ABONNEE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Word
Lotto Abonnee Winners International programs held on the 12th of
August, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket No: 17940128111
with prize No 1581015/HL drew €500,000.00 which was first in the 2nd
class of the draws. You are to receive €500,000.00( Five Hundred
Thousand Euros Only ). Please be informed that because of mix up in
cash pay-outs, we ask you to keep your winning information confidential
until your fund (€500,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our
accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be adhered to in order to
avoid the loss of your cash prizes. Prize-winners of our cash prizes
are advised to adhere to these
instructions to forestall the abuse of
this program by other participants. It's important to note that this
draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through an
internet ballot system from 74,000 individual and companies e-mail
addresses, hence, the draws are conducted around the world through our
internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted
by Word Lotto Abonnee.We congratulate you once again. We hope you will
use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot winning is €20million.

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30th September
2006 days of this draw. After this date all unclaimed cash prize will
be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in order to
avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your
winning numbers in all correspondence with us. Congratulations once
again from all members of Word Lotto Abonnee. Thank you for being part
of our promotional program. For immediate release of your cash prize to
you,please kindly contact our processing Department with the following
information for onward forwarding to the paying Bank:

(i)Your names,
(ii)State amount won.
(iii)Contact Address
(iv)Your winning numbers
(v)Contact telephones and fax numbers

Contact person: Mr. Yosi Cole
(International Processing Department).
Email:agentyosi2006@netscape.net
Telephone: +31-641-435-142

Congratulations once again.
Yours
Sincerely,

Mrs. Doris Twins(Lottery Coordinator).

NB:CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESSES:
agentyosi2006@netscape.net

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