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.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

YOU HAVE WON A LOTTERY

From: payworthclaims3@yahoo.com <payworthclaims3@yahoo.com>
Date: 02-Aug-2006 20:37
Subject: YOU HAVE WON A LOTTERY
To: payworthclaims3@yahoo.com

PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICA
PAYWORTH ONLINE PROMOTIONS
PRIVATE BAG X70, EASTERN CAPE 2016
SOUTH AFRICA.

RE: OFFICIAL LETTER - PRIZE WINNING NOTICE

Dear Prize Winner,

We happily announce to you the Draw # (5-56-21-85-44 WOP34) of the
PAYWORTH ONLINE PROMOTIONS held recently. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 342 67 33 38 7 43 64 with Serial number
8625/07 drew the lucky numbers 45-326-26-29 56 43 which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 3rd category i.e. Thunder ball Jackpot. You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,750,000.00
only in cash credited to file ZAR/5533-SDS2/06. All participants for
the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations and corporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place monthly. Please note that your Lucky
Winning number falls within our International Booklet representative
office here in South Africa as indicated in your winning numbers. Your
fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
email address, we request you to quote your Ticker Number and Serial
numbers. We also advice you to keep this award strictly from Public
Notice until your claim has been processed.
To begin your claim, urgently contact your claim agent through the
below information.

CLAIMS MANAGER
PAYWORTH ONLINE PROMOTIONS
MR. Maxwell Hann
TEL: +27-07-359-77599
FAX: +27-11-507-6737
E-MAIL: payworthclaims@webmail.co.za
OR payworthclaims@hotmail.com
==========================================================================
APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter)
[Ticket Number: 342 67 33 38 7 43 64]
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[FULL NAME OF WINNER]......................................................................
[FULL MAILING ADDRESS].............................
.......................................
[COUNTRY/ REGION]..........................................................................
[STATE/ PROVINCE]..........................................................................
[DATE OF BIRTH]..................../........../..................
[SEX]......................................................................................
[MARITAL STATUS]..................................................
[OCCUPATION].....................................................
[CURRENT E-MAIL].................................................
[TEL]............................................................
[FAX].............................................................

WINNING INFORMATION:
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[LUCKY NUMBER]...................................................

[SERIALNUMBER]...................................................

[DATE OF NOTIFICATION]...........................................

You are to fill and complete these APPLICATION and send it back to
Claims Manager's Email Address (payworthclaims@yahoo.com)

Please indicate "X" for the option you want your prize remitted to
you. Listed are the options of receiving prize payment.

(1) PAYMENT BY ONLINE BANK TRANSFER: ...........................[____]

(2) COURIER DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE CHEQUE: .....................[____]

PAYMENT APPROVAL PROCESS:
-------------------------
Submitted Form will be manually verified and processed by the assigned
Claims Manager. The Processing of your form will be completed within
the next 24 hours of receiving your LOTTERY CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM-C.
You will receive an update on the status of your application once
completely processed.

DENIAL OF APPLICATION:
-------------------------------------
Please be informed that the following listed Country have been banned
from participating in the lottery. Vietnam, Iraq, South Africa,
Nigeria, Venezuela and North Korea if you are a resident of the listed
country you cannot file claims for this lottery prize. Please delete
this Notification, as your prize processing will be annulled without
notice.
Once again, accept our congratulations on your prize winning.

Sincerely,
Becky Mbeki ,
Director, Prize Disbursement Center,
==========================================================================================================================
(c) 2006 PAYWORTH ONLINE PROMOTIONS. All rights reserved. Offer valid
to winners who are at least 18 years of age. Void where prohibited. No
purchase necessary to claim winning prize. See web site for details.
You will need to meet all of the steps to redeem as outlined in the
Terms & Conditions before you can receive your promotional prizes. To
receive this promotion, you must:
1) submit email and mailing address information
2) select one of the option listed for receiving prize
3) check your email inbox for "Redemption Notification"
4) follow Redemption instructions. You can unsubscribe from our
promotional updates.

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