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.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Ideceive , YOU ARE THE CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER!!!

From: CONGRATULATIONS <lotteriaesperanz@aim.com>
Date: 11-Oct-2006 05:06
Subject: Ideceive , YOU ARE THE CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER!!!
To: Ideceive <ideceive@gmail.com>


ESPERANZA LOTTERY. S.L.
AVENIDA FANJU 121,
28011 MADRID, ESPAÑA
WINNING NOTIFICATION
******************************************
Ref. Number:ESL/35-H679471550
Batch Number:13/8674/06
Credited file Number:ESL81/06/021/73ES
******************************************
Dear Ideceive,
Sequel to the lottery draw of the above named establishment in
Europe,conducted on the 2nd of October ,2006.I am glad to notify you
that your e-mail address attached to ticket No ;541 37190162 516 won
in the second category a lump-sum of Eight hundred and sixty thousand
seven hundred and fifty Euro (EUR 860,750.00).
Congratulations and be advised to keep confidential till your prize is
processed to avoid multiple applications/filings.All participants were
selected randomly by a computer software ballot device.
This promotion is sponsored by a group of corporate establishments and
accredited charitable organizations in Europe.
Be informed that a minimum of 10% of your prize must be donated to a
remarkable charity organization in your locality.To file for your
claim,please contact your fiducial agent;
*********************************************
Mr. Raul Mendoza
(e- mail:raul20mendoza@yahoo.es)
Telephone:0034 655 543 782
*********************************************
Congratulations once more,
Sincerely yours'
Dr. Antonia Asun
NB;Kindly state your credit file number when contacting the fiducial
agent for your claim.

WARNING
ANY MAIL RECEIVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS
SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP
US TO FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED
CO-OPERATION.

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