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

Winner

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: virgin@virgininternational2.orangehome.co.uk < virgin@virgininternational2.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 26-Nov-2006 23:34
Subject: Winner
To: undisclosed-recipients



 


VIRGIN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
www.Virgininternationallottery.org
www.virgin.com
Ref Number: VLTT/34173HPG/GRCC
Category: 2B
Winning Number: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40
Batch Number: ATP/44863214257/3445328/511


Hello,


Congratulations! We happily announce to you the draws of the Virgin Promotional Lottery Programme sponsored by European Lotteries and recently held in The United Kingdom in which you and five (5) provisional winners were selected as winners under draw number 50.


Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 08-04-33-38-BL-AU drew the lucky numbers: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40, which subsequently won you the lottery in Category 2B. All participants were selected randomly through computer ballot draw system and from 150,000 individuals as part of our international promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. You have therefore been granted provisional approval to claim a total sum of 1,500, 000.00 Pounds (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds only) as your winning prize.


This is from a total prize pool of 8,000,000.00 Pounds. You have the options of being paid by cash, certified bank draft or Swift Telegraphic Transfer.


For lucky winners, it is our standard practices to allocate accredited claims agents for the processing of claim application and payment of prize winnings to the benefit of beneficiaries after all modalities have been completed satisfactorily.


Due to mix up in some numbers and names the results of the draw were withheld and released today. For the purpose of security you are therefore strongly advised to keep this award notification secret from public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money paid as this is part of our security protocol to avoid duplicity of claims or
misuse of this programme by miscreants and hackers. Thus,your prize award winning is confidential as our winners are at liberty to remaincompletely anonymous until payment is effected to the benefit of the beneficiary. Our staff are sworn to secrecy, so you will be the only one to know what you have won.


To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lucky Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and payment after all statutory obligations have been concluded satisfactorily.


To file for your claim,Contact the under-listed institution by phone, fax or email for your application to be submitted and processed for payment thus:


CONTACT PERSON:
MS. ELLYN YASBECK,
INVESTICA CONSULTANTS.
Address: The Beeches, Upper Hasfield, Gloucester, GL19 4LD
Tel: +44-207-060-0312
Tel: 44-7031972941
Tel: 44-7031972766
Facsimile: +44 20-7060-0319
Facsimile: +44 20-7060-0319
Personal Email: ellyn_yasbeck@yahoo.co.uk


You are adviced to provide Ellyn Yasbeck of INVESTICA CONSULTANTS with the details below:


1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.AGE:
4.OCCUPATION:
5.NATIONALITY:
6.TEL/FAX:
7.EMAIL:


In line with this, your 1,500,000.00 Million Pounds will be paid to you upon confirmation and clarification by our claims agent who will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as you contact her. Do please quote your Draw, Reference and Winning numbers in any correspondence with our designated agent. Also include your telephone number(s) when contacting the agent.


Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this programme and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programme.


N.B. Should there be any changes in address do inform our agent as soon as possible

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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