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 04, 2006

SPANISH E-MAIL RESULT

From: SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY <spanishmillion@netscape.net>
Date: Oct 5, 2006 12:20 AM
Subject: SPANISH E-MAIL RESULT


SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
CALLE GRANVIA 32N 1C MADRID SPAIN
REF:SP/0534/30/05
BATCH: 75/011/ISP
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
04/10/06
Dear Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Royal spanish Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held by a group of Bank giro loteria
corporation, the Slidecircuir award and in conjunction with the
foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.), held in
Spain on the 1st of September 2006 in Madrid Spain.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 212005600545 188 with Serial number
4888/02 drew the lucky numbers: 41-6-76-13-45-8, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00 Euro(One million Euro) in cash
credited to file KPC/9080333308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
Ten Million Euro(10
million Euro), shared amongst the first Tenth (10th) lucky winners in this
category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
Madrid booklet representative office in Spain as indicated in your
play coupon.In view of this, your 1,000,000.00 Euro(One million Euro)
would be released to you by our security firm in Madrid,Spain.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw
system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes
place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and
your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim
your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be warned.

The information you received was to officially notify you of this
award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately
upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the
verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to
you Mr Jim Lopez
Santa Maria Loteria Security Depatment Madrid Spain.
Email:santamariaser@netscape.net or santamariasecuri@netscape.net
Tel:0034-650-013-942

You have been requested to also contact the security agent with the
following informations
FULL NAME:...............................
PHONE NUMBER:...........................
COUNTRY:....................................
ADDRESS:................................
SEX:.......................................
AGE:.............................
OCCUPATION:..............................

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

Remember,You are to contact our agents by email and within a week of
receiving this notice.After this date, all funds will be returned to the
MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. To avoid unnecessary
delays and complications,please quote yourreference/batch numbers in
any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations
once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours Sincerely,
Wilfred Enrique
Lottery Director.

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