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, June 11, 2006

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

From: fisher brown <mswordlottery066@mail.ru>
Date: 11-Jun-2006 08:56
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
To: mswordlottery066@mail.ru

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY,UK
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the MSW MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 1ST MARCH 2006.

Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to winning
number 20-12DEC-2005-02MSW, with serial number S/N-00168 drew the
lucky numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and consequently won in the first
lottery category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP
5,500,000.00 POUNDS in cash credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
This is from total prize money of GBP 27,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared
among the Twenty (5)international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through our microsoft computer ballot
system drawn form 21,000 names,3,000 names from each continent, as
part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually for our prominent MS WORD user all over the world, and for
the continues use of E-mail.

We are sorry to let you know that our site is still under
construction, as we are updating our site.

Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account and insured with
your REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 and your E-mail address, Please note
that, you are to contact us via email and not phone as we are
promoting the use of E-mail, any communications with this office
should be by mail, You have the right to call the bank, as we will
provide you with the necessary details on how to claim your prize.

You are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public,
until you have been processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
the act of scamming people of their ref number and prizes. We hope
with a part of your prize, you will participate in our year high
stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims
department by email for processing and remittance of your prize money
to you. The claims officer contact email is:
Name: FISHER BROWN
E-mail: claims_fisherbrownuk@yahoo.co.uk

AND PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED
TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:
1. FULL NAMES: _______________________________________________________
2.NATIONALITY: _______________________________________________________
3. DATE OF BIRTH ________________________________________
4. SEX: _________________________
5. MARITAL STATUS: _____________________________________
6. CONTACT ADDRESS: _____________________________________________
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ___________________
8. OCCUPATION: _________________________________
9. WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:________________________________
10.REF/ BATCH NUMBERS:_________________________________________
11.TOTAL AMOUNT WON:_________________________________________
Upon reciept of the duly requested data,i`ll send you the contact
information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting
the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit, summit back
immediately
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the 19th of
JUNE, 2006. All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date will be
penalised accordingly.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences with your claims officer. Do not reply any other mails
like this on net as they are alot of scam artist out there pretending
to be us. You may see mails like this do not reply. Do contact your
claims officer MR.FISHER BROWN at once by email. You will be asked to
provide some details to enable us proceed file keeping.
PLEASE KEEP THIS CONFIDENTIAL.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Monica Lopez
For MS WORD LOTTO UK;
NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer
immediately.
SPONSORS:
CHIEF SPONSOR;
MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS UK, MICROSOFT CO OPERATIONS ASIA MICROSOFT
CO-OPERATIONS USA ,
!!!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

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