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.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

YOU HAVE WON !!!!!!

MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.


FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REFERENCE: 87/60/IPDHJK662091
BATCH: EU-983-741-2883992MG02

Sir/Madam,

The Mega Lottery Promotion team is proud to inform you of the Mega Millions
Lottery
Online International E-mail programs held on the 9TH OF NOVEMBER 2007.And
result
where release on the 16TH OF NOVEMBER 2007. Your E-mail address attached to
ticket number
07 09 31 29 41 07 02  with serial main number 605-990-291-681 which
consequently won in the
1ST category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
1.500.000.00 Euro.
(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your
money
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants
were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company
and
50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by  European Union Lottery Board in
order
to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and
Microsoft-wares around
the globe. This promotional program takes place every Month. We hope with
part
of your winning you will take part in our end of year 28 million Euro
International
Jackpot.
To file in for the processing and release of your money, you are advised to
contact our
accredited Paying Bank  with the information stated below:

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ATLANTIC FINANCE INC.
Rotterdam-Netherlands.
Contact Officer: Mr. Paul Anderson
(Director of Operations)
Tel: + 31-61-928-1884
Fax: + 31-84-736-7601
E-mail: atlanticfins@aim.com

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You are to furnish them with the following:

1.First Name:
2. Last Name:
3. Telephone:
4. Fax number:
5. Address:
6. Nationality::
7. Reference Number:
8. Batch Number:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 10 days, thereafter
unclaimed funds would be forfeited
after a trio repeated forwarding of this message to you without your
response.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember
to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore,
should there be any change of address do inform us as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of
our promotional program.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Rosemary Philips
(Coordinator)
Mega Million Lottery International.


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