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

VCONGRATULATION!!!YOU HAVE WON EUROMILLION/MICROSOFT LOTTERY

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: MRS SONIA GOMEZ <euromillionoffice@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: eurolinkoffice@myway.com
Date: 28-Nov-2006 23:51
Subject: VCONGRATULATION!!!YOU HAVE WON EUROMILLION/MICROSOFT LOTTERY
To:

EURO MILLIONS SPANISH LOTTERY
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REFERENCE: 67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782:
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Spanish
Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the14Th OF NOVEMBER 2006
and result where release on the 27TH OF NOVEMBER 2006. Your E-mail address
attached to ticket number 653-908-321-675 withserial mainnumber
345-790-241-671 drew lucky star numbers 34-32-90-43-32 which consequently won

in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of 1.000.000.00Euro.(One Million Euro)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keepyourwinning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over
100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all
over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Spainsh European Lottery board in
order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and
Microsoft-wares around the globe. This promotional program takes place every
three year. We hope with part of your winning you will takepart in ourend of
year 50 million Euro International lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent: DR.HUGO POLLO
(EUROLINK CLEARING HOUSE ESPANA)
CONTACT CLAIMS AGENT ON TEL:0034-656-620-177
Email:eurolinkoffice@myway.com
Remember, all winning mustbe claimed notlater than one month,After this date
all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform
our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
MRS,SONIA GOMEZ
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This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected
by work product immunity or other legal rules. If you have received it please

let us knowby reply it from your system; you should not copy it or disclose its
contents to anyone. All messages sent to and from EUROLINK Security Company
EspaƱa may be monitored to ensure compliance with internal policies and to
protect your winning from the Euro Million Spanish Lottery Award Promotion.
The contents of any email addressed to our clients are subject to our usual
terms of business; anything which does not relate to the official business of

the firm is neither given nor endorsed by it.

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