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, October 19, 2006

!!!CONGRATULATIONS!! EURO MILLION LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAM LUCKY/WINNING NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

From: EURO MILLION LOTTERY PROMOTION AWARD WINNERS NOTICE
<euromillionlottery@fsmail.net>
Date: 19-Oct-2006 20:49
Subject: !!!CONGRATULATIONS!! EURO MILLION LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAM
LUCKY/WINNING NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE
To:


FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
CALLE GUZMAN ELBUENO 48, 28936
MADRID ESPAÑA
WWW.EUROMILLIONS.ORG
REF: LP/67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782
DATE: 19th October, 2006

Dear Winner,

EURO MILLION LOTTERY AWARD WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions
Lottery International award e-mail programs held on the 13th of
October , 2006.Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 653 908
321 675 with lucky main number 02-25-32-38-41 drew lucky star numbers
03, 05, which consequently won in the 3rd category, you have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000 Euro. (One Million
Euro Only)
!!!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.
We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of
year 50 millions Euro International lottery.
This is an irish woman who won ,
ihttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial/Claim agent:
*********************************************************************************
OFFICE : EURO CREDIT SECURITY & FINANCE S.A MADRID SPAIN
CONTACT : Snr Juan Carlos ( Seguro Officer)
TELEPHONE : +34 - 651 - 109 - 627
E- MAIL : eurocreditoseguro@yahoo.es
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Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 29TH of Octuber,
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.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible.
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.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr .Fernando Sanchez
Lottery Coordinator.
**************************************************************************************
SEND REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT
( eurocreditoseguro@yahoo.es )
VERIFICATION FORM
1. FULL NAMES: _______________________________
2. ADDRESS: __________________________________
3. SEX: _______________
4. AGE: ________
5. MARITAL STATUS: ___________________
6. OCCUPATION: _______________________
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: ___________________
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ________________
9.COUNTRY__________
10. BATCH NUMBER: _______________
11. REFRENCE NUMBER: _______________
12.AMOUNT WON: ______________________
13.IDENTIFICATION EITHER INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENCE /
NATIONAL ID CARD FOR PROPER IDENTIFY

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