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.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

LOTERIA PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL

From: Bank Giro Email Award <madridgiro@virgilio.it>
Date: 29-Aug-2006 23:27
Subject: LOTERIA PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL


LOTERIA PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT.
CALLE GRANVIA 32N 1C MADRID SPAIN
REF: RSSL/61-ILGI0509/45
BATCH:
RSSL/15/096/WRCS
DATE:28/08/2006


CONGRATULATIONS!!!We are pleased to
inform you of the
result of the LOTERIA PRIMITIVA Winners International
programs held. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
No:014032581085
with prize No 43450845/sl
drew(1,500,000.00) Dollars which was first in
the 2nd
class of the draws. You are to receive a
(1,500,000.00) (One
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars).


Be informed because of
mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask
that you keep your winning information
confidential
until your fund (1,500,000.00) has been fully remitted
to
you by our accredited pay-point bank. This measure
must be adhere to
avoid loss of your cash prize
winners of our cash prizes are advised to
adhere to
these instructions to forestall the abuse of this
program by
other articipants.

It's important to note that this draws were
conducted
formally, and winners are selected through an internet
ballot
system from 60,000 individual and companies
e-mail addresses- the draws
are conducted around the
world through our internet based ballot
system.

The promotion is sponsored and promoted by LOTERIA
PRIMITIVA
.

We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use
part of it in
our next draws; the jackpot winning is
85million Dollars. Remember,
all winning must be
claimed not later than 25 days. 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
LOTERIA
PRIMITIVA .

Thank you for being part of our
promotionalprogram.
For immediate release of your cash prize to you,
please kindly contact your claims agent:
MR. PEDRO SANZ
TEL: + 34 67-
660-0351
EMAIL: madridgiro@aim.com

Kindly send the following
information to the claim agent

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:
CONTACT
ADDRESS:
CITY/STATE:
COUNTRY:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX/AGE:
MARITAL
STATUS:
TEL/FAX:
AMOUNT WON:
REFENCE NO/BATCH NO:
LUCKY NO/TICKET NO:
SERIAL NO/LOTTERY DATE:

Remember that this program is organised to
enhance
unity and also encourage all micro-soft users all over
the
world. Congratulations once again from all members
of our staff, and
thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

Yours faithfully,
REV. GEORGE HARRIS
Online coordinator for LOTERIA PRIMITIVA AWARD DEPT
Sweepstakes International Program.

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message, including any
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intended recipient(s) and may contain information that
is privileged,
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unauthorized disclosure under
applicable law.

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WARNING!!!
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OTHER TRADE
MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO THIS BOX
IMMEDIATELY,
THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND
LOTTERY IMPOSTERS.

THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.
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