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.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS MY DEAR FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!

From: PEPSI PROMOTIONS <pepsipromotions@atmail.com>
Date: 09-Aug-2006 16:57
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS MY DEAR FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!

PEPSI PROMOTIONS 2006.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws held on the 7th of August, 2006 PEPSI Company
Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who
won ?1,000,000.00 each on the PEPSI Company.

However the results were released on the 8th of August, 2006 and your
email was attached to ticket number (PSPPR2006) and ballot number
(BN:225182006/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection
of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses
of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated
random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were
sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers
for representation and privacy.

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

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed
by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This
lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In other to claim your ?1,000,000.00 prize winning, which has been
deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form
below and send it to the Promotion manager of The PEPSI Company for
verification and then you will be directed to the bank where a cheque
of ?1,000,000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.

NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately
to our Promotion manager through email or fax for prompt collection of
your fund from the designated bank.

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)

Name: Mr. Donald Stone
Phone # : +44702 406 3499
FAX # : +44870 478 0283
E MAIL: donald4stone@yahoo.co.uk

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as
a case of double claims will not be entertained).

*Staff of PEPSI Company are not to partake in this Lottery PLEASE BE WARNED*

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Daisy Louis.

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