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.

Friday, June 09, 2006

CONGRATULATION YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON YOU THE LOTTERY!!!

From: EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL <eupromotion@casinomail.com>
Date: 10-Jun-2006 00:46
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON YOU THE LOTTERY!!!
To: ideceive <ideceive@gmail.com>

EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
CALLE GRAN VIA 4D PISO 9A 28008 MADRID ESPANA
FROM: THE DESK OF THE LOTTERY DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD..
BATCH: EMLS-433-908-622
REFERENCE: 71/95/ZPMD
ATTENTION:WINNING NOTIFICATION.

This is to inform you of the release of the EURO MILLION LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL held on the 24th of MAY 2006.The results were released
on the 28th of MAY,2006.Your email address was attached to ticket
number
255-719-492-678 with serial number 762-851-311-900 that drew the lucky
numbers of 47-90-11-56-92, which consequently won the lottery in the
2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum of payent of
€1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION EURO,ONLY) This is from 80,000.000.00
(EIGHTY MILLION EURO) in cash among the 20 participating finalist
playing 9,000 full
tickets.CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our Paying Bank and insured in your
name.Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
this award from public notice untill your claims has been processed
and the money remitted to your account as this is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming of unwarranted taking advantage of
this program by
participants as it has happened in the past.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 75,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and
South America, Middle East and Africa .This programme is sponsored by
EUROPEAN UNION/BILL GATES and WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATION
TO PROMOTE and ENAHNCE the use of SOFT WARE IN THE GOBAL WORLD.we hope
your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent
programs. To begin your lottery claims , please contact your claims
agent, MR GEORGE PRATT on Telephone number:+34-606-742-900 or
email:santaseguro@mixmail.com OR santaluciasec@mixmail.com with all
your information provided that you are the user of this mail,either
your country passport or any other identity.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than two weeks
from the day you receive this notification.Any claim not made before
this date will be returned to the EUROPEAN UNION MINISTRY OF FINANCE
of such country. And
also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to your
agent because they are the companythat bought your ticket and played
the lottery on your name, NOTE this 10% will be remitted.AFTER you
have received your winnings prize because the money is insured in your
name already.

Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with us or your claim agent.Furthermore, should there
be any change of address, please do inform your claim agent as soon as
possible.
A copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit certificate will
be sent to you by your claim agent,MR GEORGE PRATT.
Once again CONGRATULATION from all members of our staff and thank you
for being a part of our International promotions program.we wish you
continued good fortunes.
Sincerely,
MRS,MARY KOBE

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