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, December 03, 2006

Attn:Winner{October British Lottery Lotto Ref. Number: BTL/491OXI/04}

Images have been removed from this spam. This is one of those "cute" frauds that makes you think it's not fraud by warning you about frauds. In the movie "Cassablanca" there is a pickocket who picks people's pockets while warning them about the dangers of having one's pockets picked.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Online Promo <onlinepromo07@ace-mail.com>
Reply-To: lottogames@ace-mail.com
Date: 30-Nov-2006 03:57
Subject: Attn:Winner{October British Lottery Lotto Ref. Number: BTL/491OXI/04}
To:

BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
60 Merriman Road
Blackheath
London SE3 8RZ
England.

CUSTOMER SERVICE
Ref. Number: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch Number: 12/25/0304
Ticket Number:564 75600545-188
Serial Number: 5388/02

Attn:Winner,

                           ONLINE NOTIFICATION OF WINNING

Europe/America private international e-games organizers  and co-sponsors,BRITISH LOTTERY, officially bring to your  notice the final draw result of October 2006 BRITISH LOTTERY-wheel  E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex  in The United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 564 75600545-188 with serial number 5388/02 drew lucky numbers  7-14-18-31-45, which consequently won in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of USD2,500,000 (Two Million, five hundred thousand dollars).CONGRATULATIONS!

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to award prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM.By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits.Its major aim is to promote music,theater,art,literature, projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health,as well as science,research, and higher education.We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been fully processed and your money remitted to you. This is part  of our security protocol to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of  this program by some members of the public.

All participants were selected through a  computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate a group of multinational companies in Europe as part of their social responsibility to the citizens. This Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery. The biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.

Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover insurance.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your nominated bank account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public.

For the release of your winning, kindly contact your claims supervisory officer at the The National Lottery Head Quarters via bellow informations:

Dr.Winston Gilbert
Foreign Services Manager,
Payment and Release Order Dept.
Phone: +447011127630
E-mail:
mail@agentbritishlottoint.vossnet.co.uk

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your Claims agent as soon as possible.you are to fill the form below and send it to the claims agent via email:

First name:...............................................
Middle name:..............................................
Last name:................................................
Date of birth:............................................
Gender:..................................................
Marital status:..........................................
Lotto Batch Number:......................................
Lotto Reference Numbers:.................................
Occupation:...............................................
Home address and phone:.................................
Address:.................................................
City:....................................................
State/province:..........................................
Zip/postal code:.........................................
Country:.................................................

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Campbell,
Executive (International Sweepstakes).

Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be impersonator using our names and addresses, but are not from the LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT.

Note: Participants below 15 years are automatically disqualified. All e-mail transmission/correspondence are 100% protected by our Secured Socket Layer (SSL) server.


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