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

END OF YEAR NOTIFICATIONA

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL <lucky4brilot@o2.pl>
Date: 08-Nov-2006 21:13
Subject: END OF YEAR NOTIFICATIONA
To: Undisclosed-Recipient


BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
60 Merriman Road
Blackheath
London SE3 8RZ
England.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Ref. Number: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch Number: 12/25/0304
Ticket Number: 564 75600545-188
Serial Number: 5388/02
Attn:Winner,

ONLINE NOTIFICATION OF WINNING
Europe/America private international e-games organizers and
co-sponsors,BRITISH LOTTERY, officially bring to your notice the
final draw result of July-2006 BRITISH LOTTERY-wheel E-game which was
conducted at our international corporate office complex in The United
Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 564
75600545-188 with serial number 5388/02 drew lucky numbers
7-14-18-31-45, which consequently won in the 2ND category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of USD2,500,000 (Two
Million, five hundred thousand dollars).CONGRATULATIONS!

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to award
prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM.By doing this the foundation
seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business
pursuits.Its major aim is to promote music,theater,art,literature,
projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health,as
well as science,research, and higher education.We wish to congratulate
and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was
selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have been fully
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some members of the public.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world. This lottery was promoted and sponsored
by a conglomerate a group of multinational companies in Europe as part
of their social responsibility to the citizens. This Lottery Program
Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery. The biggest was the
$363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of
The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.

Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover
insurance.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that
you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your

money remitted to your nominated bank account as this is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking
advantage of this program by the general public.

For the release of your winning, kindly contact your claims
supervisory officer at the The National Lottery Head Quarters via
bellow informations:

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Timothy Cromwell
Foreign Services Manager,
Payment and Release Order Dept.
Phone: +44-702 407 0891
+44 702 409 7008
mail@cromwell.vossnet.co.uk

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform
your Claims agent as soon as possible.you are to fill the form below
and send it to the claims agent via email:

First name:...............................................
Middle name:..............................................
Last name:................................................
Date of birth:............................................
Gender:..................................................
Marital status:..........................................
Lotto Batch Number:......................................
Lotto Reference Numbers:.................................
Home address and phone:.................................
Address:.................................................
City:....................................................
Occupation..........................................
State/province:..........................................
Zip/postal code:.........................................
Country:.................................................

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks
for being part of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Anthony Campbell,
Executive (International Sweepstakes).

Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to
be impersonator using our names and addresses, but are not from the
LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO CUSTOMER
CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT.
Note: Participants below 15 years are automatically disqualified. All
e-mail transmission/correspondence are 100% protected by our Secured
Socket Layer (SSL) server.

The NLS is an institution under public law. Therefore, the lottery
contract is concluded between the lottery participant and the public
law institution LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM

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