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.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

VOLKSWAGEN ONLINE EMAIL SELECTIONS ***CONGRATULATIONS***

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: INFORMATION DEPARTMENT [fake address redacted]
Sent: dinsdag 10 oktober 2006 4:37
To: [submitter address redacted]
Subject: VOLKSWAGEN ONLINE EMAIL SELECTIONS ***CONGRATULATIONS***

THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
Volkswagen Automobiles
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom
www.volkswagen.co.uk

OFFICIAL PRIZE
NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you that have been selected for a cash prize of
£100,000.00 ( One Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) and a brand new
Volks Wagen Car , International programs held on the SEPTEMBER 11TH 2006
in London The United Kingdom..
Description Of Volks Wagen Car to be Shipped to you.
BRAND:........................................Fift Edition
MODEL:.......................................2006 Model
COLOUR:......................................Metallic Blue
ENGINE TYPE:...........................1973cc 4-cylinder
POWER:........................................145bhp
TRANSMISSIONS:.......................Adaptive Automatic Transmission
FUEL:............................................29.1mpg (combined The
selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

The Volks Wagen Car Promotional Lottery is approved by the British Gaming
Board and
also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the
public.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims
officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:
================================================================
Mr. David Smith,
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom

Email: contactpersondavidsmith@yahoo.co.uk
Phone Number Tel: +447024014140
Time to call(10am to 5pm london time)
================================================================
contact him, please provide him with your secret pin code x7pwyz2006 and
your reference number VM:12052006/21. You are also advised to provide him
with the under listed information as soon as possible:


Claims Requirements:

1.Name in
full---------------------------------------------------------------
2.Address-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
3.Sex-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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4.Nationality---------------------------------------------------------------
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5.Maritual Status-----------------------------------------------------------

6.
Age-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
7.Next Of
Kin-----------------------------------------------------------------
8.Occupation----------------------------------------------------------------

9.Phone/Fax-----------------------------------------------------------------
-
10.Present Country--------------------------------------------------------
==================================================================

If you do not contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this
notification, your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep
their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim
(IMPORTANT)pending the transfer/claim by Winner.

*Winner under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.
*Staff of the Volks Wagen Company are not to partake in this Car
Promotional Lottery.


Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
With Best Regards

Mr Henry Hills
Lottery Manager.

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