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, November 27, 2006

ATTN: Winner.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
X-Originating-IP: [82.159.87.182]
From: [redacted]
Date: 25-Nov-2006 04:59
Subject: ATTN: Winner.
To: undisclosed-recipients

ATTN: Winner.

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting sweepstake held on 22nd of November 2006. This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. You have been approve f or the star prize of € 150.000.00 Euro.(One Hundred and Fifty Thousand) CONGRATULATIONS!!

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

CAPITAL FINANCIAL AGENT .S.L
Mr. Frank Sancho.
Tel:+34 652 547 686
Email: infocapitals@netscape.net

Batch No: SUTO/980/TWM/EU
Ticket No: WRNM/SMI/5990
Lucky No: 10-23-44-72-80
Serial No: MUOTI/82536

You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via email to process the immediate payment of your prize.

Note: You will be require to pay for the issuance of your winning certificate only. The certificate is your legal prove/guarantee.

The Validity period of the winnings is for 30 working days hence you are expected to make your claims immediately, any claim not made before this date will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA.

Once again congratulations !!!

Best Regards,
 
Mrs Emily Simon.

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