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, September 13, 2006

Please Confirm Receipt

From: www. lotto. nl <lottery33@lottery.com>
Date: 13-Sep-2006 14:30
Subject: Please Confirm Receipt
To: WINNER


WWW.LOTTO.NL
Government Accredited Licensed lottery promoters.
International Promotions/Prize Award Department
This Lottery is approved by the Netherlands Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the The International
Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR)

WWW.LOTTO.NL

international emails. held on the 25th August, 2006.
all winnings must be claim not later than September 20th, 2006, after this
date,unclaimed funds will be returned to the Lotto. NL
Your email won the lottery.For a total pay out of €1,000,000
no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation
and privacy.

Please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers:
1, Batch 9484-9006-0076
2, Ref: 637409467-Nll
3, lucky numbers 1-0960-31-444

To file for your claim, please contact
**************************
Advocate Steven cox
Tel: +31 -630 143 359
Fax: +31-84-722-8603
Email:advocatekantoors@netscape.net
Email:aadvocakantoors@aim.com
law & Associates
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In other to claim your €1,000,000.00 prize winning, you will have to
fill the form below and send it to
Advocate Steven Cox for verification and then you will be directed how
to get a ticket in your name.

NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................

CONGRATULATIONS!
CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE
Advocate Steven cox
Tel: +31 -630 143 359
Email:advocatekantoors@netscape.net
Email:aadvocakantoors@aim.com
law & Associates

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Maria Van Boer
Online coordinator
Sweepstakes International Program.

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