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.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

From: APEC PROMOTION PRIZE/AWARD BANGKOK THAILAND <asianslotto2006@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: 08-Apr-2006 03:52
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
To: ideceive@gmail.com

APEC PROMOTION PRIZE/AWARD BANGKOK THAILAND.
SUBJECT: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
Date: 14th March 2006. >>>>>>>>Machine Used For the Draw: MOONSTONE.
<<<<<<<<Ball Set Used: 7. >>>>>>>Winning Numbers: 07 -
25-25-25-25>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Prize Awards: USD $800,000.00
<<<<<<<<<<<<Our Ref: APEC/111/05.VOL.7/BK <<<<<<<<<<<you�re Ref:
APEC/25/35/BK

Dear our treasured lucky winner,

It is our pleasure to inform you of the announcement today as dated of
our promotions program held on the 20th of JANUARY 2005.Participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 400,000
Mobile numbers/Emails/Names of people living in the following
countries: United Kingdom, America, Switzerland, Australia, Spain, New
Zealand, and other parts of Europe, Middle-East, Asia, Africa and
North & South America as part of our international promotions program
conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. The
result of our computer draw 874 of this day selected your names and
email address on the lucky jackpot winning number 07 - 25 - 25 - 25 -
25. which consequently won the lottery jackpot prize awards in the 3rd
category.
As a result, you have been approved a lottery jackpot lump sum grand
prize awards winning of
[800, 000.00]. (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS
ONLY), insured under a comprehensive insurance policy in your names
for security reasons and credited to file in cash credited to file
with REF:APEC/25/35/BK. This is from a total cash prize of
9,100.448.00, shared among the twenty-five international winners in
this category.
CLAIM PROCEDURES: For overseas lucky winners, it is our standard
practices to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claim
application on behalf of overseas lucky winners and payment of grand
prize awards winning to the benefit of beneficiaries after all
modalities have been completed satisfactorily. To begin your claims
therefore, you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited
claim agent for Overseas Lucky Winners for the processing of your
prize awards winning and payment to your designated bank account or
sending you a draft to your postal address after all statutory
obligations have been concluded satisfactorily. Remember, all prize
money must be claimed not later than 30th of MARCH
2006. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTY'S
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
Contact the under-listed Promotion Coordinator
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
We wish you continued good fortunes.
Contact Name:
Dr Cassidy Rogers
Promotion coordinator,
ASIAN PROMOTION ORGANIZATION.
TEL: +66-477-34-633
EMAIL: rogerscassidy@yahoo.com <mailto:rogerscassidy@yahoo.com>
Sincerely,
DR. Recoba Jonathan
VICE PRESIDENT
APEC PROMOTIONS BANGKOK THAILAND

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