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.

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

FIRST CATEGORY AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION(CONGRATULATIONS)

NATIONAL POSTCODE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AND PROMOTIONS.
VANM EEGENSTRAAT 70,
POST CODE 1122GK,
AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE,AWARD DEPT.
SCFN: GWK/5333/025648/03UAD.
BATCH: 241/2002/BLL.

Attn:

We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting
sweepstake held on the 8th day of Nov,2005.

This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were
used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users;therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.

However,your email address was attached to Ticket No:1001-58255563-2285 ;
with SerialNo:8888/03 and LuckY No:02-22-00-66-99-85-52-12-36-50, which
eventually won the lottery in the first category of the draws. Thisentitled
to a cash prize of SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS(�750,000.00) in
cash credited to security file number GWK/5333/025648/03UAD.This is from a
total cash prize of (EUR 3.Million)share among four individuals in this
category.

We hope with a part of your winning ,you will take part in our NEXT year
stake of Twenty million Euros(�20,000000.00)International Lottery Program.

Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of
philanthropist, industrialists and some other big multinational firms who
wish to be anonymous.

Your funds is now deposited with our Payment/Finance Department in the
security company to your name ,Due to the mixed up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this winning a top secret from the public notice
until your claims has been processed and remitted to your account as this is
a part of the security protocol, to avoid double claiming or unwarranted
taking advantage of this program by participants.

TO begin your claims, please contact your claim agent:

NATIONAL POSTCODE LOTERIJ AGENCY:

DR.Smith Morgan(Director of Foreign Transfer).
TEL: 0031-628-396-069
Fax: 0031-847-304-633
Email:postcodeagents01@netscape.net

For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of your
choice. Remember,all winnings must be claim not later than 22nd day of
November,2005.After this date, all unclaimed funds will be returned to The
Netherlands Gaming Board .

Furthermore, should there be any change of email address, do inform your
claim agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Doris Phillips(Lottery Coordinator).

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