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, November 28, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS!CONTACT DIPLOMAT KELVIN AND COMFIRM YOUR AWARD

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: uklottorypromo@aim.com <uklottorypromo@aim.com >
Date: 29-Nov-2006 03:45
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!CONTACT DIPLOMAT KELVIN AND COMFIRM YOUR AWARD
To: [redacted]

  THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
 P.O.Box 1010
 Liverpool L70 1NL,
 United Kingdom.
 Batch: 074/05/ZY369                        
             
                                UKONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.    
                           GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
                           UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
                             IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION  
                                   ACT OF; (Registration Z720633X).
                                               National Lottery                                 
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD
        We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the UK NATIONAL OTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 274th Nov , 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number : 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:and bonus ball number:
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 Remitt ed to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £ 600,000 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash credited to file KTU/ 9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £2.5,000,000 shared amongst the first four(5)lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly until the end of the year. (31/12/2006)
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.(5647560054 188) In view of this, your £600,000 (Six Hundred Thousand Pounds
sterling) would be released to you anywhere
in the world by any of our payment offices in Europe.
      Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
  Please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
 Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional
information and processes for the claims of your consultation prize. For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information Officer
Diplomat Kelvin Smith
who has been assigned to you.  Do fill in the form to
proceed with claims filled in the lottery office
 1. Name in full:.....................................
2. Home Address:....................................
3. Age:.............................................
4. Occupation:......................................
5. Phone Number:....................................
6. Present Country:..................................
7. Sex:..............................................
8. Ref and Batch Number ...............................
 
Diplomat Kelvin
Tel: +447011137001
Contact E-mail:
diplomatkelvin@yahoo.co.uk
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation prize winning, we hope you will
partake in our forth coming British Lottery -Wheel Email-games.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
 Yours faithfully,
 Mrs Julie Van Hans                     
 Vice President
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM
         
 Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams etc.
 

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