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

WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

From: EUROS MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL//2006 <europromo2006@casinomail.com>
Date: Sep 18, 2006 10:41 PM
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE


EUROS MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF:SDE/4481/0006-01
BATCH:PDP/0472/030
WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euromillions
Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the 2nd of
september, 2006.Your E-mail address attached to a serial number
4781415366-759 with winning number 74 05 23 25 28 drew lucky star
numbers 63 45 04, which consequently won in the 3rd category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €1.000.000.00 (ONE
MILLION EUROS) CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and
names/programme abuse, we ask that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Euro Millions Lottery, the
world's largest Lottery company, in order to enhance and promote the
use of Internet Explorer Users and microsoft-wares around the globe.
This promotional program takes place every year. We hope with part of
your winning you will take part in our end of year 50million Euro
International lottery. To file for your claim, please contact our
fiducial/Claim agent:+34-626-974-489, fax: +34-635-837-722 DR.MARK
THOMAS BLANCO (ZINTEC WORLD SECURITY) Email(zintecworld@fsmail.net or
zintecworldsec@myway.com Remember, all winning must be claimed not
later than 25th of october 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds
will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your
reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of
18 is automatically disqualified.


Sincerely yours,
Mrs MILLER GILLS MERCY.
Lottery Coordinator.
SEND REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT
(zintecworld@fsmail.net or zintecworldsec@myway.com)


VERIFICATION FORM
1. FULL NAMES: _______________________________
2. ADDRESS: __________________________________
3. SEX: _______________
4. AGE: ________
5. MARITAL STATUS: ___________________
6. OCCUPATION: _______________________
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: ___________________
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ________________
9. SERIAL NUMBER: _______________ LUCKY STAR NUMBER: _____________
10.WINNING NUMBER: ___________________
11.REF NUMBER:___________________
12.BATCH NUMBER: ______________
13.AMOUNT WON: ______________________
14.CATEGORY:________________________
15.IDENTIFICATION NUMBER EITHER INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING
LICENCE / NATIONAL ID CARD.
16.COUNTRY___________________________

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