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.

Friday, November 17, 2006

WINNING NOTIFICATION.......Batch: 013/05/8394369

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: MRS ROSE CARL <revok@bellsouth.net>
Date: 17-Nov-2006 10:41
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.......Batch: 013/05/8394369
To: revok@bellsouth.net

Ref  :UK/776090X2/23
Batch: 013/05/8394369

Daily Draw Further results
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnationalhistorical.asp

Draw Date:  11 / 11 / 2006.

Winning numbers:  23,  24,  28,  33, 34, 41  (Bonus no.18),

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Game Lottery program held on  saturday 11th, November
2006.
Your e-mail address won the lottery, with Serial number 368/02 drew the
Winning numbers:  23,  24,  28,  33, 34, 41  (Bonus no.18),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3
plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of  691,252 .00(
Six Hundred And Ninety One Thousand, Two Hundred And Fifty Two Great Britain
Pounds) in cash credited to fileKTU/9023118308/07.
    This is from a total cash prize of  2,893,361{Two million,Eight
hundred and nintythree thousand ,Three hundred and Sixtyone Great Britain Pounds
Sterling} was approved for the four( 4)lucky winners in this category
i.e Match 6

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites/ emails  through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies
that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.
All participants were selected randomlly through a computer ballot
system drawn from a pool of over 25,000  names of distinguished
professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand,Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as
part of our international promotions programme conducted annually to
encourage prospective overseas entries.

The internet emailing diea was used, since most people do are not
able to purchase tickets and play outside the UK. We hope with part of
your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery
jackpots.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claim 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.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of our funds as soon as you contact Bar.Owen
Green.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claim is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize

To view more testimonies about the uk international lottery click on
the links below;

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15798589&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=eur--pound-77m-richer--name_page.html
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1721352005

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for
your claim,

Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.
**************************************************
BARR. OWEN GREEN.
FOREIGN MANAGER,PAYMENT AND RELEASE
DEPARTMENT,ALPHA CONSULATANT
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
TELL:+44 701 113 9525
E-mail : owengreen003@yahoo.co.uk
**************************************************
PLEASE FILL BELOW YOUR DETAILS AND SEND IT TO OUR CLAIM  AGENT.

Your Personal Data Form Fill Please.
Name Of Winner:_____________________________
Nationality:____________________________
Postal Address:________________________________
Sex_______________________________________
Age:________________________________
Occupation::_________________________________
Marital Status:________________________________
Tel No:______________________________________
Fax No:_____________________________________
Amount Won:________________________________
Winning E-mail Address:_______________________
Winning Number___________________________

Congratulations once more from me and members of staff of THE UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Rose Carl.
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,
UK National lottery  International Program.

1 comment:

undererasure said...

just received an owengreen reply email saying I was chosen by Microsoft/Aol to receive 500,000 GBP...

Microsoft MSN
MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM
Microsoft Corporation
#1 Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052.
www.microsoft.com
www.aol.com

Ref: BTD/968/06
Batch: 409978E.

Dear Lucky winner,

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the end of year anniversary we rolled out over 100,000.000.00 (One Hundred Million Great Britain Pounds) for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers.Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

Your email was luckily drawn by a computer balloting system as one of our winners in our experimental lottery bonanza from the prestigous MICROSOFT ONLINE PROMOTION. Thus, making you the winner

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you 500,000.00GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the jackpot winners in this draw. You have therefore won the entire winning sum of 500,000.00GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds). The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, Lon don United Kingdom on the 30th of November 2006. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.

Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.
**************************************************
Mr.Owen Green
Microsoft Promotion Award Team
Head Winning Claims Dept.
TELL:+44 701 113 9525
E-mail : owengreen003@yahoo.co.uk
**************************************************
PLEASE FILL BELOW YOUR DETAILS AND SEND IT TO OUR CLAIM AGENT.

Your Personal Data Form Fill Please.
Name Of Winner:_____________________________
Sex_______________________________________
Nationality:_________________________________
Age:________________________________
Occupation::_________________________________
Marital Status:________________________________
Tel No:______________________________________
Fax No:_____________________________________
Postal Address:______________________________
Country:_____________________________________
Amount Won:________________________________
Winning E-mail Address:_______________________
Lucky Number___________________________


Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish you the best of luck.Thank you for being part of our promotional award program and commemorative Anniversary Draws.

Sincerely,
Dr.Olivia Holland
Head Customercare Service
Microsoft Promotion Team

NB:Any claim not made before Ten (10) working days from date
of notification indicate that the winner has voluntarily forfeited his/her winnings.