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, August 31, 2006

BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION

From: BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION <britishtobacco@dublin.ie>
Date: 31-Aug-2006 09:00
Subject: BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION


BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION UNITED KINGDOM
406 Bury New Rd., Whitefield, Manchester M457SXU.K.

Lucky Winner;
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
TICKET NUMBER 9901-0148-790-691
SERIAL NUMBER 6109-17
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD PROMOTION.;

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners
of the BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION held on 30TH AUGUST2006.
Your email address attached to ticket number 9901-0148-790-691, with
serial number 6109-17 drew the lucky numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83; the
lottery was categorized into four zonal (Africa, America, Europe and
Asia)
stages. Consequently you have won the lottery in the 2nd category. You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (ONE
MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED)US dollars Credited to file REF NO:
MELI-T/17-F044262312
Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe,
USA and North America. All participants in this Lottery Program have
been
selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over
200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual emails address from all
search
engines and web sites. This promotional program will take place every
year until the games begin in Beijing China in 2008. However,
winners are only eligible for claims once.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of
this program.

ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is
open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email
address and who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This
promotion
is void in all other countries and is also void where prohibited.
Principals and employees of the Camelot Lottery Promos and its
respective Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate families are not
eligible.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the
processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for
overseas winners.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of
urgency, to contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims
agent for the processing of your prize awards winning.
Please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent only) the
body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore
all protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your
claims;

CONTACT Details:
Mrs. VANESSA CAMPBELL
Email.vanessacampbell_14@yahoo.com
Email. vanessacampbell_13@myway.com
20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K

You to provide the claim agent with the under listed information as
soon as possible:
1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY:.................................
4. AGE:.........................................
5. OCCUPATION:..................................
6 SEX----------------------------------------------
7. PHONE/FAX:...................................
8.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE..........................
IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process,
failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.
Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.

(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions
of
claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize
awards winning.

(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning
details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a
breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be
covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of
secrecy taken on employment.

For processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later
than the 10TH SEPTEMBER ,2006.All funds not claimed on or before the fixed
date will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part
of our Promotions program.

Sincerely,
KAREN PETERSON.
Co-coordinator.

AGENT.===========================================================
The BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION is proudly sponsored by the
Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers,
Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.
The BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION internet draws in each
quarter of the year and is so organized to encourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that up to One
Million
Euros are won annually in more than 150 Countries worldwide.

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims processor
immediately by email.This promo is all about emails, be aware.

WARNING!!!
WARNING!!!
WARNING!!!
ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS
SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY; THIS WILL HELP US
TO FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED
CO-OPERATION

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