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 13, 2006

LOTTERY AWARD WINNER 2006

From: WIN OFFICE <winningoffice@zwallet.com>
Date: 11-Mar-2006 01:17
Subject: LOTTERY AWARD WINNER 2006

LOTERIA PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION.
CALLE/BUSMAN EL-BUENO, 13728007 MADRID SPAIN.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/02 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.

WE ARE PLEASE TO INFORM YOU OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF
LOTTERY PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS HELD ON 20Th
FEBRUARY 2006 YOUR CONTACT IS ATTACHED TO THE TICKET NUMBER
004-05117963-198, WITH SERIAL NUMBER 99375 DREW THE LUCKY
NUMBERS : 01-15-37-38-48-49 AND CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN
CATEGORY 1B. YOU HAVE BEEN THEREFORE APPROVED THE SUM OF EUR
1,500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED EUROS) CREDITED TO THE FILE
NUMBER: LP/2656043/ES/104 THIS IS FROM THE TOTAL PRICE MONEY OF EURO
31.472.765.00 SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY THREE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL
WINNERS IN ALL CATEGORIES. ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH
COMPUTER BALOTTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 45,000.00 NAMES FROM AUSTRALIA,
NEW ZEALAND, AFRICA, EUROPE, AMERICA AND ASIA AS PART OF OUR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM WHICH IS CONDUCTED EVERY TWO YEARS.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

YOUR FUND IS NOW INSURED TO YOUR CONTACT. DUE TO THE COMPUTER MIX-UP
OF SOME NUMBERS AND CONTACTS, WE ASK YOU TO KEEP THIS AWARD STRICKLY
FROM PUBLIC NOTICE UNTILL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEING PROCESSED AND YOUR
MONEY REMITTED TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY
ADVICE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR UNSCRUPULOUS ACTS BY THE
PARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROGRAM. YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE UNDERSIGNED
OFFICE FOR THE CLAIMING OF YOUR AWARD PRICE winning2006@message.com
SINCE ALL WE HAVE NOW IS THE WINNING TICKET NUMBER AND YOUR EMAIL
ADDRESS WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE WINNING TICKET NUMBER.FOR DUE
PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR AWARD PRICE, YOU ARE TO REPLY THIS
MAIL STATINGYOUR NUMBERS. DO NOTE THAT ALL PRICE MUST BE CLAIM NOT
LATER THAN 25TH MARCH 2006.AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE
RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED TO THE MINISTRY. NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID
UNNECESSARY DELAY AND COMPLICATIONS,PLEASE QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND
BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. FURTHERMORE,SHOULD
THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS DO INFORM THIS OFFICE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FROM ALL OUR STAFF.
SINCERELY

MR. DENNIS COLE
THE PROMOTION MANAGER
0034-627-747-095: CALL FOR MORE CONFIRMATION
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YOUR CLAIM
winning2006@message.com
YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO THIS OFFICE (winning2006@message.com ) THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. FILE NUMBER:
2. BATCH NUMBER:
3. REFERENCE NUMBER:
4. WINNING NUMBER:
5. CATEGORY:
6. AMOUNT WON:
7a. FULL NAME:(MR/MRS)
b. TEL AND FAX NUMBER:(Office,Home and Mobile)
8. CITY/COUNTRY:
9. ADDRESS:(HOME AND OFFICE)
10. OCCUPATION/ORGANIZATION:
11. POSITION :
12. DATE OF BIRTH:
13. PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:
ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION,WE WILL GIVE YOU THE
CONTACT DETAILS OF THE BANK THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT
OF YOUR AWARD. THEREAFTER,YOU WILL BE ISSUED WITH A CLAIM CERTIFICATE
OF WINNING THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE CLAIM OF THE MONEY FROM YOUR
BANK,AFTER GETTING CLEARANCE FROM THE MINISTERIO DE INTERIO HERE IN
SPAIN.

NOTE:YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS AWARD OUT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE TO AVOID DOUBLE
REPRESENTATION .YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY BE CONFIDENTIAL UNTILL THE BANK
TRANSFERRED YOUR FUND INTO YOUR
NOMINATED ACCOUNT. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
THANKS
DENNIS COLE

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