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!!!YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS MADE YOU A WINNER

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: benson@bensonstevens.orangehome.co.uk <benson@bensonstevens.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 28-Nov-2006 01:14
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS MADE YOU A WINNER
To: undisclosed-recipients

KRASLOT LOTTERY NETHERLANDS
CERAMSTRAAT 100J
1104 CH,AMSTERDAM
NETHERLAND.
REF: S23/15/40/12/29/
BATCH: 54/010/0-PD
                                      
          EMAIL WINNING CONFIRMATION NOTICE:  
 
Dear Sir/Madam
 
We are glad to inform you that your E-mail address appears as the confirmed
Winner of our last KRASLOT email lottery program held on the 24th of november 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 216-365-787
with Serial number 34/15/65 drew lucky numbers 32-15-54-35-47, which Consequently won in the 2ND category,you have therefore been approved
for a lump sum payment of  750,000,00 EURO {SEVEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS ONLY}.
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!      
 
This promotional program takes place every year. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system raw from over 100,000
companies and 50,000, 000 individual email addresses and names from all
over the world. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. We ask that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
remitted to you. To file for your claim or for further details, please
contact our agent:
 
MR PIXIE TURKER
KRASLOT CLAIMS OFFICE
CERAMSTRAAT 100K
1104 CH,AMSTERDAM
NETHERLAND
Email: processingoffice@gawab.com
Tel: +31-649-212-800 
 
NOTE
Please remember to send  the details below to our agent.
=YOUR  CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
=YOUR WINNING NUMBERS.
=YOUR ADDRESS
=YOUR FULL NAMES
 
In respect of our commitment towards helping the less privilege, we ask
that you voluntarily contribute 1% of your Global winnings to any charity
organization you desire at your convenience. Note that all winning must
be claimed not later than one mounth. After this date all unclaimed funds
will be included in the next stake. Congratulations once more from our
members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Benson stevens
(Lottery coordinator)
KRASLOT LOTTERY NETHERLANDS
CERAMSTRAAT 100J
1104 CH,AMSTERDAM
NETHERLAND.
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1 comment:

rakesh said...

HI, all,I have also gotten a exact this type of email thanks to this web site ,from here i come to know that it is a fraud unit..Dont believe in this type of mail..
-Rakesh

27 January 2007 at 06:24:00 UTC

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