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, September 21, 2006

YOU ARE ONE OF OUR WINNERS:

From: Postcodeloto-nl <info@onl1.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 21-Sep-2006 11:54
Subject: YOU ARE ONE OF OUR WINNERS:
To: Postcodeloto-nl


POSTCODE LOTTO NL.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Van Eeghenstraat 70,1071GK
Amsterdam,The Netherlands.
www.postcodeloterij.nl

Ref: kvk 41183598

ATTN:

YOU ARE ONE OF OUR WINNERS:

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Postcode Loterij-NL
Winners International programs
held on the 16th Sept.,2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket #:
0175655522 with prize #:
31765549NLP drew €1,000,000.00 which was 2nd in the first category of
the draws. You are to receive
€1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs,
we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your winning prize
(€1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by
our accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be adhere to,in order
to avoid loss of your cash prize -
winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions
to forestall the abuse of this
program by other participants. It is important to note that this draws
were conducted formally, and winners
are selected through an internet ballot system from 50,000 individual
and companies e-mail addresses -
the draws are conducted around the world through our internet based
ballot system. The promotion is
sponsored and promoted Postcode Loterij-NL . We congratulate you once
again. We hope you will use
part of it in our next draws; the jackpot winning is €85million.

Remember,all winnings must be claimed not later than 20days from
today.After this date all unclaimed
cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to
quote personal and winning
numbers in all correspondence with us. Congratulations once again from
all members of Postcode
Loterij-NL.Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

For immediate release of your cash prize to you,contact our Paying
Bank address written below.

Send them the following informations:

(i) Your name.
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers.
(iii) Contact Address.
(iv) Your ticket and prize numbers.
(v) Quote amount won.
(vi) Notification date.

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Contact Person: Mr.Edward Sager
Email: wagraphbnk111@gawab.com
Tel: +31 644 965 097

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Congratulations,
Yours in service,
Joan Van Henk(Lottery Co-ordinator)

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