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.

Friday, October 13, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS!! ...............YOU HAVE WON

From: Australian Lottery INC <austl_01@hotmail.com>
Date: 13-Oct-2006 18:03
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! ...............YOU HAVE WON


AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY
UNI,24 HIGHER AVENUE HARRIS PARK
GRANVILLE NSW 0152 SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA.


Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 12th Oct.
2006, from the Australian Lotto incorporated program.This is a bonus
to promote lotto in australia Which is fully based on an electronic
selection of winners using their e-mail addresses form some site. Your
email address was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
5-13-33-37-42bonus number17,which consequently won the lotto in the
second category. You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit
file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst
eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada,Australia,United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,Africa
andOceania as part of our international promotions program which is
conducted annually.

This Lotto was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Africa
representative office in Abuja Nigeria, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$250,000.00 will be released to you from
this regional branch office in NIGERIA.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOWTO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially
agent,REV FREDERIC WILLIAMS E-mail address rev_frd_williams@yahoo.com
to file for your claim .


by filling this form below and send it to him to file for your claim
$250,000.00.
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.


FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................

SEX.........................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be
found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full
name, address and telephone number as to help us locate your file
easily.


Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be
found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full
name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!Best
Regards CarolSweet (coordinator)

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards Carol Sweet (co-coordinator) PLEASE DO NOT
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
rev_frd_williams@yahoo.com ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY
ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


Carol sweet

Yours faithfully,
Carol Sweet
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes International Program.
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