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.

Sunday, February 05, 2006

FROM THE DESK OF THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR

From: Mrs Lissette Kersbeeck <lissette_kersbeeck2@virgilio.it>
Date: 10-Jan-2006 01:03
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR

FROM THE DESK OF THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR
FREE LOTTO B.V INTERNATIONAL
E-MAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM
AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS.

INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL
LOTTO PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
BATCH NO: 15027-BV-43
REF. No:
232/633/4519

We are pleased to announce you as one of the lucky
winners in the Free Lotto New Year draw held today the 9th of January
2006.

All winning Email addresses were randomly selected from a
batch
of 50,000,000 international emails.Your email address
emerged as a
category 2 winner in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.

Consequently,
you have therefore been approved for a total
pay out of Eight Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Euros (850,000 Euros)

In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your
reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence with your
claims officer.

1. BATCH:15027-BV-43
2.The file Ref number:
232/633/4519
3.lucky numbers 8- 16-18-23-31-45

Please contact the
underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate
release of your winnings:

MR Van Wilbert
CLAIMS OFFICER
FREE LOTTO B.V
freelottbv850@netscape.net
Tel:0031-647-250-097
Fax:31-205- 241-255

for processing and remittance of your cash to a designated
account of
your choice.

You are required to contact Mr Van Wilbert about the
claimant procedures, send your fax and telephone to Mr Van Wilbert,
this will enable his office to send the claims application form to you
the Beneficiary.

Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore,should there be any change
of address do inform the Claims Officer Mr Van Wilbert as soon as
possible as he is responsible for the processing of your
approved file
for payment.

Congratulations Once again on behalf of all our staff.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

Mrs Lissette Kersbeeck
(Lottery
Coordinator)

Please make sure you keep your winning confidential till
you have received your payment.This is to avoid double claims.

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