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.

Monday, September 18, 2006

COCA-COLA AWARD

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From: pearlbluee11@yahoo.com <pearlbluee11@yahoo.com>
Date: Sep 18, 2006 9:26 PM
Subject: COCA-COLA AWARD


COCA-COLA ONLINE PROMOTIONS!!!

THE COCA COLA COMPANY Hong Kong office is Giving Away 1
cars For "FREE"!! And cash bonus of $800,000.00
The Company is trying e-mail to e-mail advertising to
introduce its products.
The reward you received for advertising for them is a Mercedes-Benz,
ML class jeep convertible free of cost! Including cash prize of
$800,000,00

To receive your free car all you need to do is send us your
1. Full name
2. Address / contact number
3. Country of origin
4. Occupation
5. Email.

Within 1 month you will receive a free car. a draw has just been
concluded in Hong Kong last weekend
(we contacted you via your email address).

You must send your contact information to,
aasuka@excite.com or cocacolahongkong@fatearn.com

Kind Regards,

Sandy Robert
Sales /Marketing Manager
coca cola Asia
Hong Kong

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