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, November 28, 2006

RESULTS OF THE EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY November 1st DRAWS - WINNERS NOTIFICATION 2006

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Well <Allison>
Reply-To: martins_peter01@excite.com
Date: 26-Nov-2006 10:33
Subject: RESULTS OF THE EUROMILLIONS  LOTTERY November 1st DRAWS - WINNERS NOTIFICATION 2006
To: [quite a few email addresses redacted]

EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT: RESULTS OF THE EUROMILLIONS  LOTTERY November 1st
DRAWS - WINNERS NOTIFICATION 2006

Attention: Dear Prize Winner,

RE: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LOTTERY WINNING!


This is your official winning notification issued by the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY, organisers of the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY and EUROMILLIONS Plus lottery.


This message confirms that you have received from EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY OFFICE a notification of your lottery prize winning in the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY draws of November 1st 2006 held at the The Netherlands Lottery Office.

Lottery Winning No.:     16 26 34 35 49  2 6
Lottery Draw Date:       November 1st, 2006
Winning Ticket Number:   2 16 35 34
Winning Group:                 2ND Prize Winners
Draw Number:                   114
AMOUNT WON/PRIZE:  € 887,536.10 - PAY-OUT IN EURO ONLY.

Your entry ticket number drew as one of the lucky winning ticket number for the EUROMILLONS LOTTERY 2ND PRIZE DRAWS in which three lucky winners emerged.


You have won a lottery prize amount of € 887,536.10 THOUSAND EURO. The prize pay-out of your winning will officially be approved by the National Lottery Board of Europe in accordance with the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY REGULATIONS AND POLICY.
ABOUT EUROMILLIONS:
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The EUROMILLONS LOTTERY is world promotional lottery program organised by the joint European states comprising of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands and 8 other european nations as its partner.


This promotion is entry free which NO TICKETS ARE PURCHASED! Winners are randomly selected systematically online by City code and email entry only, selections of winners are generated by an Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) used by EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY.


From a total of 1440 thousand email addresses and 200 world cities codes entered for EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY 2ND PRIZE GROUP, Your email entered for draw No.114 and was luckily selected among 3 lucky winners in your group.


1ST TICKET NO#  2 6 16 26 35 49
2ND TICKET NO#  2 16 35 34
3RD TICKET NO#  6 16 26
LOTTERY PRIVACY:
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All e-mails are submitted by our partner international email service providers/ marketing companies and public services providers. EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY holds the right to annual or cancel prize payment to winners upon request by winners. Secrecy is utmost observed by the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY for winners privacy. All prize payment will be paid out securely to winners.


CLAIMING YOUR LOTTERY PRIZE:
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If you have received this notice via email, you are authorised as the official lottery prize winner to make claims for your winning prize within 30 days of receiving this notice. You are required to confirm receipt of this Winning Notification. For your processing of your lottery winning claims, please contact the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICER (CPO) contact information below.


EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY OFFICE.
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
MR. PETER WELLS (CPO)
EMAIL:martins_peter01@excit.com


An official LOTTERY CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM will be sent to you once a confirmation of this notification has been received by the Claims Processing Officer.


Once again, congratulations on your prize winning.Sincerely yours,Allison Powell,
Director General, EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY Award Disbursement Center.The Netherlands.


Thank you for contacting us at the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICE. We are assigned to render advice and assistance in line with your winning claim process.


The EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY, Europe Coordinate have finally conducted the EUROMILLIONS lottery promotion for 2006, our aim was developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing number of world participants in the 2006 promotional lottery programs EUROMILLIONS.


This is an official draw which launches the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY for 2006, with funds accrued exclusively from previous draws. Payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.


After randomly selecting 3 winning ticket from an initial database of 1440 emails and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the 3 lucky prize winners in the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY.


This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings. Provided below is your Lottery Winnings Claims Form you are required to completely fill the claims form with your correct information and submit the form for processing.


We look forward to receive receipt of your information. Congratulations once again on your winning.


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EUROMILLIONS WINNING CLAIMS FORM (NON-RESIDENT)
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FULL
NAME:....................................................................
FORWARDING
ADDRESSE:..........................................................
CITY/STATE:....................... COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN:.........................
MARITAL STATUS:..................... NATIONALITY..............
SEX.......
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT NR:..................   DATE OF
BIRTH:.................
TEL/FAX NR: .........................
OCCUPATION:..........................
CURRENT EMAIL:............................
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WINNING INFORMATION
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COUPON NR:..................................LOTTERY REF
NR:..................
LOTTERY DATE:..................CLAIMANT
SIGNATURE:...........................
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Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities and option of payment.


(1) COURIER DELIVERY OF WINNING CHECK:.......................


(2) BANK PAYMENT (Online Account required):..................


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This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). This email and its attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by mistake please let us know by reply immediately and destroy the email and its attachments without reading, copying or forwarding the contents.
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