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 01, 2007

****YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON****

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England
Ref: L/200-26937
Batch: 2007MJL-01



We are pleased to inform you today October 27th, 2007 of the result of
the winners of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, held on the 4th week of
October, 2007.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1,000 000
(One Million Pounds Sterling)
in cash credited to file YL/26510460037/07.

To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent;

Dr. Pinkett Griffin
Email: informationofficeruklottery@yahoo.co.uk
TELL +447 045 720 964

Provide him with the information below:

REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/786543X4/28
BATCH NUMBER:034/099/YX46
TICKET NUMBER:005-4432-971-878

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Sincerely,

Mrs. Lewis Braxton
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.





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