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, November 11, 2007

NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING!!!

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Programs and Events Department
The United Kingdom - Frontline Group
The National Lottery,
P.O. Box 251,
WatfordWD1 8GD

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are officially informing you of the result of the Frontline Lottery
Winners International programs held on the 10th of November, 2007. as
part of our promotional programs for the year 2007. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with reference number
EGS/2251256003/02 drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to
batch number 121FTG, which consequently won in the 3rd category via our
electronic ticket as stated above. You have therefore been approved for
a pay out of 900,000 GBP (NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY).
CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

We also advise that you keep your winning information very confidential
as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals.The selection
process was carried out through random selection in our computerized
email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 500,000 email
addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

Forward response of acknowledgement ot the above contracted agency.This
promotional lottery is promoted and sponsored by software corporations
and other private organizations and we intend to use this medium to
help individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them to expand
their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and
assisting with humanitarian concerns within their immediate
environment.

Remember,all winning must claimed not later than one month,After this
date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number,batch numbers and other
information as required by fill the details below.

1.Full Name:............................
2.Address:..........................
3.Marital Status:.....................
4.Occupation:........................
5.Age:............
6.Sex:.............
7.Nationality:........................
8.Country Of Residence:.........................
9.Telephone Number:..............................
10.Fax Number:....................................
11.Batch Number :.........................
12.Reference Number:.....................
13.Alternative email address if any.................

NOTE: SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO
Customer Service Unit
CONTRACTED AGENCY: MACLEAN STONE AND ASSOCIATES LTD,UK
Barrister.MacLean Stone
Tel: +(44) 704 570 2135 (44) 702 402 6240
Email:mcleanstone@hotmail.com



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