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, December 03, 2006

Internet Sweepstake

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From: Derick Hans <derick@hansderick.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 02-Dec-2006 02:11
Subject: Internet Sweepstake
To: undisclosed-recipients

Kresoft Intl Limited.
Sweepstakes Department.
Oostern Centrum 488.
2289 DG Rijswijkek
The-Netherlands
Serial No: 223155-06
                                                                           Date: 1st December, 2006.


Dear Sir/Madam,


We write to inform you that your email address as attached to Serial Number: 223155-06 and selected by our Sweepstake Electronics Games Selection System, has won you our Kresoft Sweepstakes Internet Program that was conducted on the 30th day of November 2006 in the general prize category. You have already been approved among the winners to apply for a total payment claim of 1,000,000:00euro (One Million Euro Only) each as approved by our governing board. This program was conducted as a new promotional means of introducing our sweepstake services while at the same time as a means of providing each beneficiary with capital funds for positive investment purposes. All email addresses that were used in this program were extracted from the Internet through our associate's partners without the knowledge of each beneficiary.


You can only claim these funds by contacting the assign payment firm (House) as approved by our management. Kindly contact the officer (Mr. Jesen Bakker) at the payment Firm on Telephone Number +31-626-333806 and email address: gilmacservices@aim.com with your Complete Names, Postal (Resident) Address, Telephone and Fax Numbers, Occupation, Age, the amount approved (Won) and the payment Reference Numbers. All funds not applied for after the 15th day of December 2006 will be regarded as unclaimed funds. In other not to complicate the claim processes, we advices that you keep a copy of this message safe until your claim has been processed and collected either through the Bank-to-Bank Transfer means or in a Certified Bank Draft.


Congratulation from our company as we expect you to make good use of the funds.


Sincerely Yours,
Derick Hans (Dr).
Head Award Services.
Email: kresoft@excite.com


Copyright © 1991-2005 Kresoft International.


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Note: In accordance with the Kresoft policy and regulations, this message is dispatched directly to the recipient only. If you are not the rightful owner of this email address or feel that you have received this message by error, we advice you destroy this copy as you are not authorized to read, print, retain or disseminate any part of it.
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Friday, December 01, 2006

CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK.

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From: bernard@vandough5.orangehome.co.uk < bernard@vandough5.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 02-Dec-2006 01:14
Subject: CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK.
To: undisclosed-recipients

CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK.
WINX LOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

We are pleased to congratulate you, and announce to you,
the results of the First Category draw of THE WINX
LOTTO PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you that you
have emerged a winner under the First Category, which
is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being
officially announced today 15th of November 2006. Participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 e-mails addresses of individuals and companies
from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East,
and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.
Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 78432092150,
with prize number 59918/UK, which consequently won in the
First Category. You have been awarded a lump sum pay-out of
€1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the winning payout
for Category "A" winners. This is from a total cash prize of
€10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Euros) shared amongst the first
Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is currently now deposited with the paying Bank.
In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names
of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of
your award strictly from public notice till the process of
transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds
remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants/non-participants of this
program. Please contact our paying bank (Inter Continental Alliance
Finance & Securities) immediately for due processing and remittance
of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, do remember to quote
these numbers in your correspondence with your paying bank:
To claim your funds, please contact the paying bank.
*************************************************
Contact person: Mr. John Kane,
(International Remittance Department).
Email: winxlot@netscape.net
Tel:  +31-610-069-066
Fax: +31-847-292-338
*************************************************
N.B: All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
Congratulations once again from all members of Winx
Lotto International. Thank you for being part of our
promotional program.

Yours in service,
Dr. Bernard Van Dough.

MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: UNITED KINGDOM

Note well: there is no such thing as a Microsoft Lottery.

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From: MICROSOFT WEB INFO <[chengli]@[adelphia.net]>
Reply-To: microsoft.lotteryagent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 01-Dec-2006 14:58
Subject: MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: UNITED KINGDOM
To:

MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: UNITED KINGDOM

Identification number {CPEL/OWN/98755}

Dear Sir/Madam .

Top of days greetings to you.Finally today, we announce that you are
one of the winners of the MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS
held on 25th November, 2006. Your company and your personal e-mail
addresses, attached to winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100, With serial
number 647489, consequently won in the Tenth lottery category.

You have been approved for lump sums pay out of £00.000.00 in cash
Credited to file identification number {CPEL/OWN/98755} .Selection
process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email
selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email
addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search
from the internet. No ticket were sold but all email addresses were
assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. This
is to encourage our prominent and consistent Microsoft Internet Explorer
users all over the world, and for the  Continues use of E-mail.

Your fund  has been insured with your identification
number{CPEL/OWN/98755} .To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims
department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize to you.

The Claims Processor/Agent:
Name: Mr.John Woodsen
Tel:+44-701-113-9488.
Tel: +44-701-1139487.
E-mail: microsoft.lotteryagent@yahoo.co.uk

Do email the above email address all at once. In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference
and winning numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer.
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number.All your personal datas are
to be sent to YAHOO/MICROSOFT ACCREDITED AGENT via email for the
processing of your winning.
NOTE:
Do not reply to this mail. You are to contact your claims processor
immediately by email.
WARNING!!!
ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS
SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS PROCESSOR IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP
US TO
FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED
CO-OPERATION.

Congratulations once again.
please quote your winning number.
Regards,
MRS ROSE WOOD.
Online Co-ordinator.
BRITISH LOTTERY
The Lottery Company
England”

Payment Notification (Contact Oscar Anthonio by email & telephone)

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From: maeria jose <maeria@maeria.orangehome.co.uk>
Reply-To: maeria@maeria.orangehome.co.uk
Date: 01-Dec-2006 06:04
Subject: Payment Notification (Contact Oscar Anthonio by email & telephone)
To: undisclosed-recipients

EURO MILLIONS

AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT

MADRID. SPAIN.

http://www.loteria.com/euro.php

 

 

       EMAIL-LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME

 

 We are pleased to inform you that your EMAIL ADDRESSE has been selected as one of the 10 lucky winners in the email lottery programme conducted by the EURO MILLIONS on the 30th of December, 2005.

 

The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 500,000,000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside with 10 others as a numerous "5" winner in this year's euro millions award Draw.

 

HOW WAS THE SELECTION DONE?

 

Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the computer balloting system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER). As a Numerous "5 " winner, your lucky email addressee was selected by the email computer balloting device, where only email addresses are soughted, from a total number of 500,000,000 international email addresses drawn from all over the globe, only ten winners emerged in this category.

 

You winning email addressee has therefore been approved a lump sum payout of €466.812, 79(Four hundred and sixty-six thousand, eight hundred and twelve euro, seventy nine cent ) in cash credited to file REF.NO: ZA/04678/RA. This from a total cash prize €4.668, 127.09 (Four million, six hundred and sixty-eight thousand, one hundred and twenty seven euro, nine cent) shared among the 10 international winners in numerous "5.  Below are the particulars attached to your LUCKY WINNING EMAIL?

 

 (i) The file Ref number: ZA/04678/RA

 (ii) Result winning numbers: 8-16-19-43-45-1-4

 (iii) Email ticket number: 754/22/76

 

To immediately claim your prize, contact the claim/paying agent on the telephone number below.

 

 EURO CASH  S.L.  

=========================
Mr. Oscar Anthonio
CALLE LIMA 10(29842),
MADRID, SPAIN.
TEL: 0034-649-701-853.

         : 0034-685-364-550
EMAIL TO:
euroecash@mixmail.com

 

                

 

The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your winning prize (funds) to you. Also note that you are to contact and process your winning prize not later than five working days, after this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.

 

 N.B: Terms and conditions to claim your prize:

 **********************************************

1. Please quote your Reference number, your full name and address, Country, Telephone, mobile, fax number and occupation to your claim agent.

 

2. Your winning prize is not DEDUCTABLE until it has been fully processed, approved and transferred to your designated account of your choice, by your claim agent above.

 

3. You the beneficiary of the winning email would be responsible for the

VETT/APPROVAL DOCUMENT CHARGES (FEES) of your lucky WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE to your real NAMES.

 

For  proper verification on your lucky winning email prize, you are to visit our online website page ( http://www.loteria.com/euro.php ) and indicate the date this email lottery programme draw of the EURO MILLIONS was held [30th(dia) -12(mes)- 2005(Ano)] and there you will find your result winning number(8-16-19-43-45-1-4 ). Please verify your information's on the website page before contacting your claims agent.

 

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!! . This promotion programme is sponsored by EURO MILLIONES TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET. All information's have to be kept out of public until your winning prize has been processed and transferred to your designated bank account; this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.

 

 

Sincerely,

Maria Jose.

Promotions Manager

Euro Millions

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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above.

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REPLY TO:   euroecash@mixmail.com   AND CALL  MR. OSCAR  ANTHONIO ON  0034-649-701-853 OR  0034-685-364-550, FOR MORE INFORMATIONS ON HOW YOUR WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE CAN OBTAIN  THE VETTING APPROVAL DOCUMENTS ON YOUR NAME.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                       

                                                                                                                Copyright © 1994-2006 The  Euro Millions Lottery S.l..
                                                                                                                                    All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline.

 


AWARD NOTICE

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From: jude@judetutu.orangehome.co.uk < jude@judetutu.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 01-Dec-2006 05:04
Subject: AWARD NOTICE
To: undisclosed-recipients

AWARD NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the of the Lotteria Shop Nacional  programs held on the 22of NOV 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 241918906-076 with game Number 54568 drew lucky numbers 16,11,52,33,44,42 which consequently won.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of(350.000.00Euro)CONGRATULATIONS!!

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100.000.00 company and 1.000.000.00 individual email addresses and names from Middel East, Asia,Africa, Canada, Europe North and south America, Oceania and around the world. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent;

CARFER SECURITY AGENT,S.L
Mr.Tony Raul
Email:CARFERinfo@netscape.net
Tel:+34699127502

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your Winning information confidential until your claims have been processed. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participant.

Please, note that you will be required to pay for the issuance of your winning certificate. Be notify also that all winnings must be claimed not later than 12th of DEC 2006.After this date all unclaimed winnings will be null and void.In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,

should there be any change of address do inform our agents as soon as possible.Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note:Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

 

Sincerely yours,

Mrs.Jennifer Moolman
Winning Co -ordinator


LOTTERIA SHOP NATIONAL CONTACT CENTER/PRIZE AWARD SPAIN