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.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

=?WINDOWS-1252?Q?CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU_HAVE_WON_=80750, 000_Euros?=

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From: SWISS LOTTO <swisslottery@swisslotto.ch>
Date: 08-Nov-2006 19:34
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON €750,000 Euros
To: ideceive@gmail.com


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Message-Id: <20061108075334.5DB62577493@mo.cg.ac.yu>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:53:34 +0100 (CET)

SWISS LOTTO UK.

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

https://www.swisslotto.ch

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.....YOU HAVE WON €750,000 Euros

You have have been awarded €750,000 Euros in the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite

software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked Randomly by

software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website.

Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the SWISS

LOTTO Satellite lottery. And this promo is proudly sponsored by the

SWISS-LOTTO UK organization.

You can log on to our website for more information concerning our

entire lottery promo https://www.swisslotto.ch .

Your email address,attached to Ref number 5, 7, 14, 17,18, 43 with

Serial number 1979-12 drew the lucky Numbers 10, and consequently won

thelottery in the "A" Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €750,000

Euros Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our

EuropeanBooklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your

play

coupon.

In View of this, your €750,000 Euros will be released to you by our

security firm in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence

theprocess to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you

contact

them.

All participants Were selected randomly from World Wide Web site

through computer draw System and extracted from over 300,000 companies

and individual email addresses.

This promotion takes place annually. 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.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. Aron Baker

Email: onlineclaimsdepartment002@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: +44 7031846163

Provide him with the information below:

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:

11.Draw Number above:

This information facilitate the due process of the release of winnings

avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your

winnings. Always remember to quote your Reference / serial number in

any correspondences with us or our Designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of This program

and Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Yours faithfully,

Sharon Cole

International Coordinator for SWISS LOTTERY

Sweepstakes International Promotions Program

https://www.swisslotto.ch

N:B - PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CORRESPONDENT WILL BE TEMPORARILY BE VIA

EMAIL UNTIL 24 HOURS BEFORE PAY-OUT THEN YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA

TELEPHONE

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