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.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS!YOU WON............(7PWYZ2006)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY <[redacted]>
Date: 18-Nov-2006 06:55
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!YOU WON............(7PWYZ2006)
To:

THE COCA'COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA'COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

                  THE COCA'COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the (13th November, 2006)  by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion,  your email  was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000, 000.00 each on the THE COCA'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION

However the results were released on  15th November, 2006 and  your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT:12052006/20) In other to claim your £1,000, 000.00  prize winning, which has been deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE COCA'COLA COMPANY for verification and then you will be directed to the bank where a cheque of £1,000, 000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.

NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)

Name: MR. MIKE OWENS
Phone # : +447031911203
FAX # : +448704795126

E MAIL: info_cocacolacompanyaward@yahoo.co.uk



Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
MR. MIKE OWENS.

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