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, October 10, 2006

YOU ARE OUR WINNER.....CONGRATULATIONS!!!

From: SWISS LOTTO <swisslottoagent@swisslotto.ch>
Date: 10-Oct-2006 18:06
Subject: YOU ARE OUR WINNER.....CONGRATULATIONS!!!
To: ideceive@gmail.com


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Message-Id: <20061010080658.EA4766E87FA@iverzio>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:06:58 +0200 (CEST)

SWISS LOTTO UK.

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

https://www.swisslotto.ch

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON &#8364;750,000 Euros

You have have been awarded &#8364;750,000 Euros in the SWISS-LOTTO
Satellite software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked
Randomly by software powered by the Internet through the worldwide
website.

Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the SWISS
LOTTO Satellite lottery. And this promo is proudly sponsored by the
SWISS-LOTTO UK organization.

You can log on to our website for more information concerning our
entire lottery promo https://www.swisslotto.ch .

Your email address,attached to Ref number 5, 7, 14, 17,18, 43 with
Serial number 1979-12 drew the lucky Numbers 10, and consequently won
the lottery in the "A" Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of &#8364;750,000 Euros

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
Booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.

In View of this, your &#8364;750,000 Euros will be released to you by
our security firm in Europe. Our European agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon
as you contact them.

All participants Were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw System and extracted from over 300,000 companies
and individual email addresses.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you
deem fit to Claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some unscrupulous elements.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. Mark Wright

Email:swisslottoclaimsagent06@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: +44 704 010 1519

Provide him with the information below:

1.Name:

2.Address:

3.Marital Status:

4.Occupation:

5.Age:

6.Sex:

7.Nationality:

8.Country Of Residence:

9.Telephone Number:

10.Fax Number:

11.Draw Number above:

This information facilitate the due process of the release of winnings
avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your
winnings.

Always remember to quote your Reference / serial number in any
correspondences with us or our Designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of This program
and Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mark Wright

Fiduciary Agent

SWISS LOTTO UK.

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

https://www.swisslotto.ch

N:B - PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CORRESPONDENT WILL BE TEMPORARILY BE VIA
EMAIL UNTIL 24 HOURS BEFORE PAY-OUT THEN YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA
TELEPHONE

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