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.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Your Email ID Has Won...Ref. No.(BLT/491OXI/04)

BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
60 Merriman Road
Blackheath
London SE3 8RZ
England

CUSTOMER SERVICE
Ref. Number: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch Number: 12/25/0304
Ticket Number: 564 75600545-188
Serial Number: 5388/02

Date: 07-11-07.

Attn: Winner,

                                              ONLINE NOTIFICATION OF
WINNING

BRITISH LOTTERY, officially bring to your notice the draw result of the
2007 BRITISH LOTTERY-wheel  E-game which was conducted at our
international corporate office complex  in The United Kingdom.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 56475600545-188 with
serial number 5388/02 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-31-45, which
consequently won in the 1ST category, you have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00Pounds (ONE MILLION POUNDS
STERLING).CONGRATULATIONS!

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from which your Email was selected.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have been fully
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part  of our security
protocol to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of  this
program by some members of the public.

For the release of your winning, kindly contact your claims officer at
the The National Lottery Head Quarters via bellow informations:

Mr Powell Paul
Payment and Release Order Dept.

Phone:   +44-701-112-9582, +44-703-192-5165

Fax :     +44-707-505-5521

E-mail:   claims_releasedepot@hotmail.com

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
Claims officer as soon as possible.Complete the form below and send it
to the claims officer via email:

Full name:........................................................
Date of birth:.....................................................
Sex:..............................................................
Marital status:.................................................
Email:.............................................................
Occupation:......................................................
Nationality:...................................................
Lotto Batch Number:......................................
Lotto Reference Numbers:............................
phone Number:................................................
Address:...........................................................
Country of Residence:...................................

Select mode of collection of winning prize:

(1) ELECTRONIC ONLINE BANK TRANSFER

(2) COURIER DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED CHEQUE.

Upon completion of the above form,you will be directed to contact the
courier company or paying bank in charge of transfer of winning funds
to winners

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for
being part of our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Campbell,
Executive (International Sweepstakes).

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