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

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUATERS. <admin@uknational-lottery.co.uk>
Reply-To: michaelwolyn@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 26-Nov-2006 01:35
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS:YOU HAVE WON £750,000 (DRAW#1137).
To:

UK LOTTERY ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

UK Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD, CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

WINNING NOTIFICATION


We happily announce to you the draw (#1137) of the UK
NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held
on Saturday 18th
November 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
96857354626 with Serial
number 8249/01 drew the lucky numbers 01 19 20 32 42
46 (bonus no49 ),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd
category i.ematch 5 plus
bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £750,000 (seven
hundred & Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file
KTU/8023485308/91.

This is from a total cash prize of £10,000,000
shared amongst the first
four (4) 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 until the end of the
year. (31/12/2006)


Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated
in your play coupon.
(5647560054) In view of this, your £750,000 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 claim is processed and your
money remitted to you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

please you are advised to contact the agent with your
winning numbers,
this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To claim your prize, please write to the fiduciary
Agent Mr.Michael A.Wolyn

FIDUCIARY AGENT
OVER SEAS CLAIM UNIT
MR.MICHAEL A. WOLYN
TEL:+44-702 401 8758
TEL:+44 702 401 8761
TEL:+44 701 112 7956
TEL:+44 701 112 7960
FAX:+44-870 478 0359
EMAIL- michaelwolyn@yahoo.co.uk
YOUR DETAILS

1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. John Moore
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
NATIONAL LOTTERY.


Mr. John Moore

Online coordinator

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