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.

Monday, October 02, 2006

SUB : FREELOTTO WINNING NOTIFICATION

From: FREELOTTO SWEEPSTAKES <lottojames@aim.com>
Date: 03-Oct-2006 02:57
Subject: SUB : FREELOTTO WINNING NOTIFICATION
To: ideceive@gmail.com


FREELOTTO SWEEPSTAKES
P.O BOX 4562,
GRAND CENTRAL STATION,
NEW YORK, NY 10163.
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.
REF: FLUS/2537/4361/53
BATCH: UFS/FL312-00

WINNING NOTIFICATION

WE ANNOUNCE TO YOU THE DRAW (#2012) HELD ON 16TH OF LAST MONTH

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO TICKETNUMBER: 4347560051233 WITH
SERIAL NUMBER 2054/44 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS: 12,39,39,21,18,45,33.
THIS SUBSEQUENTLY WON YOU THE MATCH 5 PLUS BONUS.

YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED TO CLAIM A TOTAL SUM OF
USD$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) IN CASH CREDITED
TO FILE NO: FLS/23118308/05/07.

ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR THE ONLINE VERSION WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM
THE WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) THROUGH A COMPUTER DRAW SYSTEM AND EXTRACTED
FROM OVER 100,000 UNIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATE
BODIES EMAIL ADDRESSES THAT ARE LISTED ONLINE.

THIS PROMOTION TAKES PLACE QUATERLY. IN VIEW OF THESE, YOUR
USD$1,000,000.00 WOULD BE RELEASED TO YOU BY ANY OF OUR PAYMENT OFFICE
.

TO APPLY FOR YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT OUR ONLINE CLAIM AGENT BELOW:-

MS. CLARA ROBERT.
ONLINE CLAIM PROCESSING DEPT.
FREELOTTO SWEEPSTAKES
EMAIL:lucky.winner@claranet.de

ENDEAVOUR FORWARD TO COPY OF THIS WINNING EMAIL WITH ALONG WITH THE
FOLLOWINGS INFORMATION(S) BELOW:-
YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES:
YOUR COMPLETE HOME ADDRESS
YOUR MARITAL STATUS:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR SEX:
YOUR NATIONALITY:
YOUR DIRECT TEL AND FAX NO.

THAT WAY YOUR WINNINGS CERTIFICATE AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS /
PAPERWORK CAN BE PREPARED FOR YOU SO THAT OUR PAYMENT OFFICE WILL
RELEASE YOUR WINNING TO YOU.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL UNTILL
YOUR CLAIMS IS PROCESSED AND RELEASE, THIS IS PART OF OUR
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE
OF THIS PROGRAM.

NOTE THAT ALL WINNING MUST BE CLAIM NOT LATER THAN TWO (2) WEEKS,
PLEASE BE WARNED AND TREAT AS URGENT.

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE!!!

JAMES STILLMAN
INFORMATION CENTER
FREE LOTTO - USA


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