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 15, 2006

CONTACT MR.EDWARD HANS:BANK GIRO AGENT!!

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: mrsjoyce@infonl.orangehome.co.uk <mrsjoyce@infonl.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 15-Nov-2006 04:29
Subject: CONTACT MR.EDWARD HANS:BANK GIRO AGENT!!
To: undisclosed-recipients

 


 
 
 
YOUR URGENT CONSENT IS NEEDED!!!
 
FROM:BANK GIRO LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
FILE REF:HL/5564/40/07
BATCH: 11/834/5PDH /EU
 
                                                  

 OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:



DEAR WINNER:
 
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a suprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by the Bank giro loterij corporation,in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products,( F.P.S.), held on the 6th of November 2006,in Amsterdam The Netherlands.
 
wherein your electrononic email address emerged as one of the online
winning email in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of  800,000.00Euros (Eight hundred thousand Euros only).
 
Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category.They are arranged
in this format below:
 
CATEGORY      NO.OF WINNERS          WINNING PRIZES
  1st.              6             1,350,000:00euros each
  2nd.             14             800,000:00euros each
  3rd.             22             470,000:00euros each
  4th.             36            170,000:00euros each
 
 
We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon
receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the
above prize to you.
 
It is important to note that your award information was released with the following particulars
attached to it.
(1) Award numbers: NL 56/7765
(2) Email ticket numbers: NL553/26/96
(3) Batch numbers: 11/834/5PDH /EU
(4) The file reference numbers: HL/5564/40/07
 
For verification purpose be sure to include:
(1) Your mailing address.
(2) Your telephone numbers.
(3) Your country.
 
 
To file for your claim,Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this winning notification.Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are required to mention the above particulars
of your award in every correspondence to enable him validate your winning.
CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
Name  MR. EDWARD HANS.
BANK GIRO LOTERIJ SECURITY DEPARTMENT.
Tel:+31-620-886-437;Fax:+31-84-7558-575.
E-mail:mredwardhans@aim.com
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The Bank giro loterij Awards is sponsored by a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell
Computers, Microsoft and other international companies. The Bank giro loterij internet draw is held periodically and is
so organized to encourage the use of the Internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.
 

 
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
Unvalidated winnings after Twenty-nine days of winning notification will be termed invalid and void.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Joyce Van Ken (Mrs)
BANK GIRO E-MAIL LOTERIJ PROMOTION COORDINATOR. 
 
 
 
Copyright © 1994-2006 Bank Giro E-mail Loterij Promotion Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline.

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