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 16, 2007

Good News, Your Compensation

AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
 

AUSTRALIAN LOTTO LOTTERY INC HEAD OFFICE
6123 COOL STREET ROAD,               
SOMEWHEREVALUE, AX 34587,
AUSTRALIA
  
OUR REF:A2000 SO/AB/CI049/01
    
CONGRATULATION!!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON AUSTRALIA ONLINE LOTTERY PROGRAMME:
  
 
Dear Sir/Madam,

  We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from the Australian Lottery lotto incoperation Which is fully based on an electronic selection of email address using their e-mail account form some site,Your email address was attached to
ticket:17212,serial:7741137002,winner's:GB8701/LPRC,batch
7056490902/188,ref numbers. 475061725 and this batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 8382-42
bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second and final category.
  
You are here by approved a lump payment of two
hundred thousand united states dollars(US$200,000.00)in bank draft file number:ILP/HW 47509/02 shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category and all participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia,United States,Asia,Europe, Middle East ,Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is
conducted annually.
  
  For security reasons,we advice all winners to keep
this information confidential from the public until
your claim is processed and your prize is been
released to you,This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this programme by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.
  
  HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:-Below is the claims form you are required to fill:
 
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
 
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:__________________________________
3.SEX:________________________________
4.AGE:________________________________
5.MARITAL STATUS:_____________________
6.OCCUPATION:__________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_______________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.AMOUNT WON:____________________________
10. COUNTRY________________________________

 
Do not reply to this E-mail,Contact your fuducial
agent Rev.Johnson James,Email:johnsonjames5@yahoo.com
to file your winnings for payment.
 
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

Rev. Fr. Paul Anderson
(International  Coordinator )

BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
 
                       
 
THANKS:
MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.

     
LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;
MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK,MICROSOFTCORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFTCORPORATION ASIA


 


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