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.

Monday, February 06, 2006

LOTTO.NL AWARD.

From: internationalresults@virgilio.it <internationalresults@virgilio.it>
Date: 28-Jan-2006 22:40
Subject: LOTTO.NL AWARD.

LOTTO.NL AWARD.
FROM THE PROMOTIONAL MANAGER
LOTTO.NL NATIONAL
LOTTERY.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
www.lotto.nl

AWARD WINNING PROMOTION.

Dear Lucky
Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected
winners of the lotto.nl Lottery Promotion held on Friday 27th January
2006. Your email address attached to ticket number 564 64701565 177,
with serial number 7288/03 drew the lucky numbers 42-6-37-13-37-8; the
lottery was categorized into four zonal (Africa, America, Europe and
Asia) stages. Consequently you have won the lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
Euros 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Euros ) Credited to file REF
NO: 428/77/UML,Batch No. 46/304/GMA.

All participants in this
Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a computer Ballot
System drawn from over 200,000,00 Companies and 30,000,00 individual
emails address from all search engines and web sites. This promotional
program will take place every year until the games begin in Beijing
China in 2008. However,winners are only eligible for claims once. Due
to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program.

ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only
electronically via the Internet and is open to all persons from age 18
years and above with a valid email address and who live in any of the
aforementioned countries. This promotion is void in all other countries
and is also void where prohibited. Principals and employees of the
Lotto.nl lottery company and its respective Parents, subsidiaries and
their immediate families are not eligible to participate in this
promotion.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to
allocate accredited agents for the processing of claims application. It
is even more imperative for overseas winners. To begin your claims ,
you are therefore advised as a matter of urgency, to contact the under
listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your
prize award winning. Please contact the clearing house (through your
claims agent only) the body assigned with the verification of all
emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be
followed so as to facilitate your claims;

CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICER.
LOTTO.NL 2ND CATIGORY WINNER'S
MR. GILL MARTINS.
TELEPHONE :0031 647
416 459.
EMAIL: lottonlclaims@netscape.net

Please note that you will
be required to pay for the issuance of your legal back up
legalization/notarization document in court. When contacting your
claims agent, you are to provide them with

1. Your full name and
address
2. Your contact telephone number.

Remember, you must contact
your claim officer not later than two weeks of receiving this
notification. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore you are seriously advised
to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in
line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.

Congratulations once again from all members of staffs and thank you for
being part of our Promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,

MRS. LORETHA
WAXLE.
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY/GAME CO-ORDINATOR,
LOTTO.NL INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY.

.....................................................................................................................................
THE LOTTO.NL AWARD BONANZA IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY THE NETHERLAND
GOVERNMENT.

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