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

YOU HAVE WON THE UK LOTTERY

From: Brian Hunt <postmaster_uklotto223@msn.com>
Date: 09-Jan-2006 20:51
Subject: YOU HAVE WON THE UK LOTTERY

WINNING NOTIFICATION         

We happily announce to you the draw (#966 ) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on  1st January , 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number : 56475600545  188 with  Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
Bonus Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of  £2,500,000 (Two million five hundred  thousand pounds sterling)  in cash credited to file  KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £10,000,000 shared amongst the first four(5)lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.

All  participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly until the end of the year.  (31/12/2006).

 
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.  (5647560054 188)   In view of this, your £2,500,000 (Two million five hundred  thousand pounds sterling)  would be released to you anywhere in the world by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

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.
 
Please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. William Crawford 
Email: Crawford_uknationallotto@hotmail.co.uk
 
Phone Number1:+447023053581
 
Phone Number2:+447031846431
 
             Phone Number3:+47031850061
 
CONGRATULATIONS  FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Brian Hunt.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

                              Mr.  Brian Hunt.                          
    Online coordinator

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