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, November 13, 2006

National Lottery

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY <play02@dodo.com.au>
Date: 10-Nov-2006 09:29
Subject: National Lottery
To:


National Lottery
8 LOWER MALL,
HAMMERSMITH
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Phone:+44-702-402-5348
:+44-20-3002-5621

Dear Lucky Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the British National
Lottery (international program) held on the 7th November, 2006.Your
e-mail. address attached to ticket #: 34090322816 with prize #
435680-00/12
drew 2,000,000.00 GBP which came out first in the 1st Category of the
draws.You have been approved to receive 1,000,000.00 GBP(One Million
Pounds).

Because of claims mix-up and the limited time claims pay-outs, we will
advice that you keep your winning information confidential unt il your
prize (1,000,000.00 GBP) has been remitted to you by our accr edited
paying bank.You must adhere to this instructions strictly to avoid loss
of your cash prize - this program has been abused severally , so we are
doing all we can to forestall further abuse by way of wrong claims.

It's important to note that this draws were conducted formally under
the watchful eyes of over 45,000 audiences. Winners are selected
through an internet ballot system from 160,000 personal and corporate
e-mail addresses.

The program sponsored/supported by MCI Networks in conjunction with
British National Lottery.Congratulate you once again. We hope you will
use part cash prize to participate in our next mega draws of 85 million
Pounds. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than
10-days after you receive this notification.

Failure to claim your cash prize after this date will result in prize
forfeiture.In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
remember to quoteperson al and winning numbers in correspondence with
paying bank.
Kindly send the following for remittance of your funds:

(i) Your names...................................
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers..............................
(iii) Contact Address..................................................
(iv) Your winning numbers.........................................
(v) Quote amount won..........................................
(vi) Occupation.....................................................
(vii) Sex................................................
(viii) Country..................................
(ix) Age.......................................

Contact the fudiciary with the following immediately:
FRONITER FORWARDING SERVICES LTD
Contact person: Peter Clark
E-mail: links4_swtbplc@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-702-402-5348
: +44-20-3002-5621
Fax: +4420-7900-2930

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Mrs Sarah Milch.
Lottery
Coordinator.

________________________________________________


Dodo - an Official Sponsor of the
2006 FORMULA 1 (tm)
Foster's Australian Grand Prix

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