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

SEE MESSAGE IN BOX!!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: our listed <our@listed.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 11-Nov-2006 04:03
Subject: SEE MESSAGE IN BOX!!
To: undisclosed-recipients


SEE MESSAGE IN BOX!!

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
GROOPEN STRAAT 34, 1093LA,
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Ref. Number: N3L/412/894/2006
Batch Number: 187/941-NL13

Dear winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 9th November 2006,Your e-mail
address attached to ticket
number: 2781294-7319 with drew lucky numbers 09-1-57-93-61- 92-3
which which consequently won in the 1st category B,Therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,500,000.00 Euros (One Million
Five Hundred Thousand Euros)

This is from a total cash prize of 3 Million Euros,shared amongst the
First Three lucky winners in this category.All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw
system and extracted from over 25,000 companies
email addresses and 30,000,000 Individual email addresses from
Australia, New Zealand, America,Europe,North America and Asia as part
of International Promotions Program.Europe Klassenlotterie wish to be
grateful to sponsors who made this year's program a reality
(Sponsors//www.25peaces.at)Revenue for this programme is derived from
the financing from major multinational firms cut across the European
community. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
Netherlands booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in
your play coupon.
In view of this,your One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros)would be
released to you by our payment office in Europe.
Our Netherlands 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 by some unscrupulous
elements.Please be warned To file
for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

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DR, Benjamin Edgar.
Claims processing manager
EUROPW LOTTO PLUS
europwlisted@myway.com
Tel: +31 626 477 455
Fax:+31 847 250 449

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Immediately to process your winning which will not take more than 10
working days from today.Congratulations once more.
NB:Kindly indicate your Ticket No in your
reply.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs, Elizabeth Wilcox.
Lottery Coordinator
EuroPW Lottery Program.

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