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, August 21, 2006

FROM:ANDALUCIA LOTTO SHOP-SPAIN.

From: lola_franco@virgilio.it <lola_franco@virgilio.it>
Date: 22-Aug-2006 03:16
Subject: FROM:ANDALUCIA LOTTO SHOP-SPAIN.


FROM:ANDALUCIA LOTTO SHOP-SPAIN.

REFF:/HGT/AWS/OO/ES.
BATCH:
ES/657/L08/PO5.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of 19th of
AUGUST 2006. Your e-mailaddress attached to ticket
number 4586998-52698
with game Number 11588 drew lucky
numbers 03,02,00,33,08,17 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 70.000.00 company and
1.000.000.00
individual email addresses and names from
Middel East, Asia,Africa,
Canada, Europe North and
south America, Oceania and around the world.
To file
for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent;

STEPPINGSTONE SECURITY AGENCY
Mr.David A.Alvarez.
Email:
stepinstoneag@netscape.net
Tel:+34-627-864-515

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 notify
also
that all winnings must be claimed not later than 20th
September
2006 After this date all unclaimed winnings will
be null and void.In
order to avoid unnecessary delays
and complications remember to
quoteyour reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore,

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

Sincerely yours,

Mrs.Lola Franco,
Winning Co -ordinator.

ANDALUCIA LOTTO SHOPS/CENTRE.

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