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, November 08, 2006

CONGRATULATION :YOU HAVE WON..

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: DR. ROBERT SANCHEZ <eulotteryespana@netscape.net>
Date: 09-Nov-2006 06:18
Subject: CONGRATULATION :YOU HAVE WON..
To: ideceive <ideceive@gmail.com>


EURO MILLIONS SPANISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REFERENCE: 67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782:
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions
Spanish Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the 3RD
OF NOVEMBER 2006 and result where release on the 6TH OF NOVEMBER
2006. Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 653-908-321-675
with serial main number 345-790-241-671 drew lucky star numbers
34-32-90-43-32 which consequently won in the 2ND category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1.000.000.00
Euro.(One Million Euro)CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed
and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email
addresses and names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Spainsh European Lottery
board in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer
Users and Microsoft-wares around the globe. This promotional program
takes place every three year. We hope with part of your winning you
will take part in our end of year 50 million Euro International
lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent: DR.ROBERT SANCHEZ
(SANCHEZ SECURITY COMPANY ESPAÑA)
CONTACT CLAIMS AGENT ON TEL:0034-699-752-404
Email: sanchezclaim@netscape.net

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than one month,After
this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in
all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address
do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
MRS,COMFORT JOSE
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This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise
protected by work product immunity or other legal rules. If you have
received it please let us know by reply it from your system; you
should not copy it or disclose its contents to anyone. All messages
sent to and from Sanchez Security Company España may be monitored to
ensure compliance with internal policies and to protect your winning
from the Euro Million Spanish Lottery Award Promotion.
The contents of any email addressed to our clients are subject to our
usual terms of business; anything which does not relate to the
official business of the firm is neither given nor endorsed by it.

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