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 06, 2006

GOOD NEWS!YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT / ADDRESS HAVE WON.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ladyhillary hoofd <ladyhillary@lhoofd.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 07-Nov-2006 04:53
Subject: GOOD NEWS!YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT / ADDRESS HAVE WON.
To: undisclosed-recipients


GOOD NEWS!YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT / ADDRESS HAVE WON.

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF MICROSOFT / STAATLOTERIJN,
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY"A" WINNER.
Ref. No.- LSLUK/2031/8161/06.
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD.
Email:Netpointagents@aim.com

Attention: Dear Winner ,

Microsoft / Staatloterij International has just concluded its final
draws of it's periodical promotional program. An exclusive list of
email addresses of thousands of individual and corporate bodies were
picked by automated random computer search from the internet with
serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and
consequently won in the First Category.

No tickets were sold. Your email address emerged as one of two winners
in the gold stakes category "A" as email addresses were soughted, from
a total number of 1,000,000 addresses drawn from all over the globe.
After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions
Program, only two winners emerged in this category and therefore each
are to receive payouts of $1,000,000.00(One million United States
Dollars)only from the total of $2,000,000.00 usd ( Two million united
states Dollar ).
However, every email address selected was accompanied by a reference
and ticket number, after the cyber lotto selection, the below ticket
and reference numbers emerged as one of the lucky winners in the above
category.

Reference number for your prize is: LSLUK/2031/8161/06.
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD.
ticket number: 50941465206-529.

For your prize claim processing, we have employed the service of an
lnternational Trust firm. They are to handle the transfer of your cash
prize of 1,000,000.00 Dollar in line with our procedures and upon your
directions. Your prize has been insured to its full value with your
email address and will be transferred to you under their professional
service.
To immediately initiate the processing of your prize claim, please
contact the under-mentioned at our claims department;

Dr.Hendrik Van Bos , Mrs Cheryl Klein Huis
NETPOINT CLAIM MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
TEL/ 0031-619-253-449.
Email:netpointagents@aim.com

In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within three weeks
of receipt of this Correspondence. Attorney / Fiduciary Agents, are to
handle all matters with regards to legalization of your winning
documents.You are also advised to send a copy of this email, to the
Director of operations at the claims department, Dr. Hendrick Van Bos.

You may be required to provide any of the above information during the
process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you once again and
it is our hope that you participate in any of our international
programs in the nearest future.

Thank you and Congratulations!!!.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Hillary Van Der Hoofd.
Promotions Manager,
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are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify
the system manager.


*Microsoft Copy right 2006*

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

lol yeah, me too