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.

Friday, November 24, 2006

YOU HAVE WON THE XMAS 2006 END OF YEAR DRAWS ( CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT )

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: premierdraws100@stormpaymember.com <premierdraws100@stormpaymember.com>
Reply-To: premierdraws100@stormpaymember.com
Date: 24-Nov-2006 10:27
Subject: YOU HAVE WON THE XMAS 2006 END OF YEAR DRAWS ( CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT )
To:





PREMIER LOTTERY UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK. GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
UKONLINE?INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF ; (Registration Z720633X).

PREMIER LOTTERY UK
12 BRIDGE STREET, STAINES
MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
                                  DEAR PRIZE WINNER
 
 
Congratulations!!  We happily announce to you our Category A prize winner, that You have been selected as one of two winners of the PREMIER LOTTERY first draw of the year 2006 computer ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of £6,500,000 (Six million five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds only). Winning File Reference number for your prize is PLUK/2030/0181/08; ticket number 101-OIO-77/A.
 
We in the PREMIER LOTTERY is by this program, launching our model computer balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all Winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.
 
After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 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 winners of the Grand Draw prize.
 
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings and for security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim 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. Please be warned!!!
 
The transfer of your prize is to be handled by your Claims Director. You are to contact our agent by email and/or fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:
 
MRS. Susan EDWARDS
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
LINK TRUST FINANCE LTD
EMAIL:
linkfinancelimited@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44 703 186 0860
TEL: +44 703 181 7712
TEL: +44 703 181 7982
 
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, contact Mrs. Susan Edwards with the followings details below:
 
1. Your full names, telephone, sex, contact address, nationality, occupation, date and place of birth
2. Quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with our designated agent.
Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:

Draw Serial No: 55/849177
Batch No: 01-A223
Zonal Draw No: A1-101
Grand Draw No: 56748
 
Please direct all further correspondences and queries to your respective Category Prize Transfer handlers. Good luck, and Congratulations once again from the PREMIER LOTTERY FAMILY.
 
Yours Faithfully,
MR. ARET FRANKLIN
(COORDINATOR)
PREMIER LOTTERY UK
12 BRIDGE STREET, STAINES 
MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP
                             LONDON UNITED KINGDOM

                             TEL: +44 702 305 3533

WARNING!!!...............................................................................................................................
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