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.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

***YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON***

UK ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
60 MERRIMAN ROAD BLACKHEATH
LONDON SE3 8RZ ENGLAND

REF NO: SL/74/368/05
BATCH NO:SL-121-LT-11-12-05

ONLINE NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result Draw winners of the UK
ON-LINE LOTTERY PROMO PROGRAMME, held on the 15th of November, 2007.You
 
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £750, 000.00
(Seven hundred and fifty thousand Pounds Sterling) To file for your
claim,please contact our fiduciary agent claims officer via email as
soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

MR PINKETT GRIFFIN
E-mail address: regardsclaims@hotmail.co.uk
TEL:   +44 70457 51327
       +44 70457 51333

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.

Sincerely,
Mrs Rose Woods
UK ON-LINE LOTTERY.

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