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, October 11, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

From: 2010 Lottery Award <koyawilliams_47@hotmail.com>
Date: 11-Oct-2006 22:03
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME

FROM NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY HQ.

SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY AWARD.
LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS: 31, BRITON COURT,
KEMPSTON PARK, JHB.
TICKET NUMBER: 74454774
SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584
BATCH NUMBER: BT-4478474121P

DRAWS NUMBERS: 6, 7, 11, 21, 26, 37, 44.

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:


We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the South African 2010 World cup Bid award INTERNANTIONAL
LOTTERY PROMOTION held in Zurich, Switzerland on the 12th AUGUST
2006.You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference SERIAL
NUMBER: 144-66584 and Batch number BT-4478474121P.
Your email address attached to the ticket number: 74454774 that drew
the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the
first category,in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of
US$2,000,000.00 (Two million United States Dollars) in cash credited
to file reference
number: IPL/4249859609/WP1.This is from a total cash prize of US
($400,000,000.00) shared among the first 200 Hundred and lucky winners
in this category world-wide.

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from (100,000,00) companies and individual emails address, as part of
our international promotion program. Due to mixed up of some names and
addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims
has been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is part of
our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking
advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators, You
are therefore directed to contact your claim agent immediately on
receipt of this massage for quickened and urgent release of your
wining fund. His contact

information is as follows:

NAME: MR. James Zulu.
TEL: +27-73-135-8128
EMAIL: jameszulu_0007@yahoo.com

He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of
your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS Z-90237-Y67/U4
(keep personal) Remember, your winning must be claimed not later than
(1 MONTH) From the date of acknowledgement receipt. Failure to claim
your fund will be added to the next 10 Million Dollars lottery
promotion. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Once again,
Congratulations.


FILL THE DETAILS BELOW:

REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE SERIAL NUMBERS:
1.TEL:
2.SEX:
3.AGE:
4.NAME:
6.ADDRESS:
7.COUNTRY:
8.OCCUPATION:
9. SERIAL NUMBERS:
10.BATCH NUMBERS:
11TICKET NUMBERS:
FILL AND SEND IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT OFFICE FOR IMMEDIATE
TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK
ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

Yours Sincerely,

MR K. Williams.

Congratulations from the Staff & Members of the
National Lottery Board Commission


Mr James Nkomo Mr. Rudolf P. Markhams
Mrs. Rosemary Moyo
(Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.) (Zonal Co-ordinator)
(Board Member)

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All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline


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THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSURED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY. AND
SUPPORTED BY: (F�d�ration Internationale de Football Association) FIFA
SUPPORT .
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