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.

Monday, November 13, 2006

FROM FREE NATIONAL LOTTERY LONDON

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: national_lottery_uk_2000@yahoo.com <national_lottery_uk_2000@yahoo.com>
Date: 10-Nov-2006 20:02
Subject: FROM FREE NATIONAL LOTTERY LONDON
To: national_lottery_uk_2000@yahoo.com


FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
www.freelotterynl.com
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We happily announce to you the draw (#909) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 9th of Nov
2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:05-06-15-38-48-50-06-07(bonus No.), which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,500,000
(one million five hundred thousand great british pounds sterling) in
cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of 10,500,000 shared amongst the
first seven (7) 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.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your 1,500,000 (one million five hundred
thousand great britain pounds sterling) would be released to you 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 claims is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your
prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary Agent in London:

MR.JOHN COLMAN
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Maximum Security Trust & Ace Finance Int'
Tel:44-703-181-8288
Email: johncolman_esq@freelotterynl.com
Email:johncolmanandassociates2001@gmail.com

You can go to our online result site to confirm the Value of your
winnings and also get a prize
www.freelotterynl.com

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later
than 20/11/ 2006. Please note, in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your
reference number and batch number in all correspondence. Furthermore,
should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as
possible.

Once again congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
ANGELA COLE
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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