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, March 20, 2006

AWARD/WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

From: NEW MEXICO LOTTERY <winningnotification@nml.com>
Date: 20-Mar-2006 05:54
Subject: AWARD/WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

New Mexico Lottery Headquarters
Palais Des Nations,
109 Geneva 14,
Switzerland.
19th March 2006.

AWARD/WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

The members and sponsors happily announce to you the draw of the New
Mexico Lottery programs held on the 1st of March, 2006 in Melbourne,
Australia. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2247887653
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
individuals and companies.

The Lottery teams up with local companies and media partners to
promote Lottery products, and informs citizens on where the proceeds
from Lottery ticket sales go.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000
EURO (ONE MILLION EURO) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of
FIFTY THREE MILLION EURO,shared amongst the first hundred (53) lucky
winners in this category.

A statewide focus is taken on most large promotions, and the Lottery
works with local companies, such as Pepsi and IBM, in "co-promotional"
partnerships. These partnerships help each company introduce new
products to customers.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you
deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.

In view of this, your 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) would be
released to you by our Security firm. To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary/Claims Agent:

Name: Terry Morgan
Email: info@terrymorgan.vossnet.co.uk

File the following to him when you want to contact Agent.

VERIFICATION FORM.

(Form HLP)
REFERENCE NUMBER: K/9420X2/68

FULL NAME...............................................
COMPANY NAME: ........
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:..............
AGE...................................
OCCUPATION..............
TEL......................FAX.............. (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL................
INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION: (A) CHEQUE
(B) DRAFT
(C) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER
IF BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER
(Details of the account where you want your funds transferred):
........................................................
...........................................................
............................

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:

................................................
..........................................................
.....................................

_______________ _________________

Date. Signature.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mr
Terry Morgan with followings details above:

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

The Lottery is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of
personal information that is gathered from the use of its web site and
web services. The following statement discloses the Lottery's privacy
policy and its information gathering/dissemination practices.

The Lottery will not release personal information to third parties
except where it is already provided by law. Depending on the specific
nature of the service, information may be shared with other state
agencies as stated in the Open Records Act.

This statute allows for the exchange of public records or sharing of
information between public agencies when the exchange is serving a
legitimate governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a
legitimate government function.

E-mail addresses or other information that is obtained as a result of
interacting with the Colorado Lottery web site will be used for the
benefit of the Lottery and will not be sold to third party companies
except as required by the Open Records Act.

The Lottery will not share personal information with any private
party, except as required by the Open Records Act.

Sincerely,
Katty Lasely
(Zonal Coordinator)

NB.
please contact our fiduciary/Claims Agent:
Name: Terry Morgan
Email: info@terrymorgan.vossnet.co.uk

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