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.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Yahoo Annual Financial Awards(You Have Been Granted The Sum Of €500,000 GBP)

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27
BATCH:15/623/UK.
Registered Lottery No 220949
 
Dear Esteemed Winner,
This is a short notice from Yahoo! Financial Promotions Department United Kingdom, informing you
of the 2007 Financial Promotions Draw in which your email address won you the total sum of
€500,000.00 GBP(Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterlings). The reason this lottery was organized is to thank the numerous public including users and non-users of YAHOO! MAIL, for the financial benefits THE YAHOO CORPORATION have received as a result of their patronage this financial year. For processing and remittance of your winnings, you are required to contact our designated claims director providing him with your detailed information as listed below;
 
CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM
1.Full Names
2.Contact Address
3.Telephone Number
4.Age
5.Sex
6.Nationality
7.Occupation
 
Mrkennedy spencer
REMITTANCE DIRECTOR
YAHOO PROMOTIONS UK
44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +447031920807
Email:mrkennedyspencer10@yahoo.it
 
Thanks For Contributing To Our Financial Success!!!!
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Amelia Hunts
Online Promotions Manager
Uk Administrative Unit
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