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.

Monday, November 06, 2006

Your email address have won the prize

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: NOTIFICATION <penalopez@aim.com>
Date: 07-Nov-2006 03:40
Subject: Your email address have won the prize
To: ideceive@gmail.com


FINGS LOTTERY GAMES INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMS
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67 ROSENDAL STRAAT 4567 HB
AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS.
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PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
RESULTS FOR FIRST CATEGORY DRAWS.
After a successful completion of the first category
draws of FINGS-LOTTERY GAMES INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS.

You have emerged as one of the winners of the
FINGS-LOTTERY GAME INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, which is part of our
promotional draws. Participants were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 email
addresses of individuals and companies from America,
Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East,
and New Zealand as part of our International
Promotions Program.

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You/Your Company, attached to:
TICKET NUMBER:AS1-VC9-65LU
SERIAL NUMBER:TYP-LDD
LUCKY NUMBER:DSE-MJK-29RGN
REFERENCE NUMBER: QUI-UU4-5L
BATCH NUMBER:BXQ6-Y22UY-POQ
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As a category (A) winner, you have been selected by
computer balloting system where only email addresses
are soughted,from a total numbers of 30,000 email addresses
drawn from all over the globe. After an automated computer
ballot of our International Promotions Program
consequently won in the first Category.(A)

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of
2,000,000.00EUROS. Which is the winning payout
for first categories winners. This is from the total
prize money of 12,000,000.00Euros shared among the
six international winners in the FIRST categories.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
You have to contact the (File/Claim Officer)
for immediate remittance your E-mail address won the lucky number.
To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we
request that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until the entire process of transferring your
claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to
your account.

This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program required by the
(FINGS-LOTTERY GAMES INTERNATIONAL).

We also wish to bring to your notice our End of Year
(2006) high stakes where you stand a chance of winning
up to 13 million Euros; We hope that with a part of
your prize you will participate.

To begin your claims process of your winning prize,
please contact your claims agent through e-mail or telephone,fax
immedaitely you received this notification
for due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice.

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File/Claim Officer
MR.IGNACIO PEREZ.

manager International Remmittance/Credit unit
Facility Management Region
Citi Trust Finance & Security
AVENIDA DE EUROPA 75, 28046
MADRID - ESPAÑA.

TEL: 00-34 -649-615-960
FAX: 00-34-911-817-527

EMAIL: claimsagentperez@aim.com
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Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later
than november 30th 2006 after this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers provided below in every one of your correspondence
with your claims agent.

You are to provide the below details,to enable the speedy evaluation and
processing of your winnings.
we advice that you adhere strictly to their procedures to avoid any
disqualifications and subsequent cancellation.

1.Your full names:

2. your full home / office address:

3. direct telephone/fax numbers:


the above detailed information will be absolutely necessary to file
in your claims.

Congratulations once again from all staffs of
(FINGS-LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS)

thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
FINGS-LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS.

Sincerely Your's,
Pena Lopez.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification.

Please do not reply to this mail.

Contact your claims agent.

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