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, February 26, 2006

RECONFIRMED AWARDS ! ! !

From: maria_djplnl@virgilio.it <maria_djplnl@virgilio.it>
Date: 26-Feb-2006 14:34
Subject: RECONFIRMED AWARDS ! ! !

RECONFIRMED AWARDS ! ! !

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT
DEAR SIR/MADAM,

We are pleased to notify you of the
release today as dated of the De Jackpot Straat/International
Promotions programs held on the 19th day of Febuary 2006. Participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 98,000 names
from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East,
Africa, and North & South America as part of our international
promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas
entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in
our end of year Mega jackpot Straat of 1.3 Billion International.

You/Your Company, attached to:
TICKET No: 715 – 4 – 7206-NL,
SERIAL
No: 39- 02 – DNL drew the
LUCKY No: 04, 07, 29, 30, 42, 44, 39 and
REFERENCE No: ASL- WF97 – 5G3
BATCH No: OX9T – 7T5T – D3N

As a category B winner, you have been
selected by computer balloting system where only email addresses are
oughted, from a total numbers of 30,000 email addresses drawn from all
over the globe. After an automated computer ballot of our International
Promotions Program consequently won in the second Category. You have
therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 1,850,000.00 Euros in
cash, which is the winning payout for second categories winners. This
is from the total prize money of 16,000,000.00 Euros shared among the
eight international winners in the SECOND category.
CONGRATULATIONS
! ! !

You are to contact the (VERIFICATION
DEPARTMENT) for immediate remittance; Your E-mail address won the lucky
number. To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request
that you keep this award strictly from public notice until the entire
process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds
remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our End of Year (2006)
high stakes where you stand a chance of winning up to 13 million Euros,
we hope that with a part of your prize you will participate and to
begin your claims process please contact your claims agent. Customer
Service Unit,

DE JACKPOT STRAAT NETHERLANDS.
TEL: +31-61-973-4742,
FAX: +31-84-744-3245.
Email: jackpotclaims@netscape.net
CONTACT
PERSON: MARCO VAN DAMN (MR)
Note: To enhance the processing of your
claim by our accredited claim agent, you are advised to officially
introduce yourself to the claim agent and also provide them with your
valid means of your personal identification with a copy of this awards
notification for references.

Very Truly Yours,
MARIA LUXEMBORG (Dr),
DE JACKPOT STRAAT N.V.
VAN EEGHENSTRAAT 70,
AMSTERDAM, THE
NETHERLANDS.

Saturday, February 25, 2006

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

From: DR. DAVID THOMAS <asiacoordinator2@yahoo.com>
Date: 24-Feb-2006 17:54
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
To: ideceive@gmail.com

ASEAN PROMOTIONS ORGANIZATION PRIZE/AWARD
BANGKOK THAILAND.
SUBJECT: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
Date: 20th May 2004. >>>>>>>>Machine Used For the Draw: MOONSTONE.
<<<<<<<<Ball Set Used: 6. >>>>>>>Winning Numbers: 08 - 35 - 23 - 28 -
90 – 57 – 12>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Prize Awards: USD $350,000.00
<<<<<<<<<<<<Our Ref: ASEAN/391/04.VOL.2/BK <<<<<<<<<<<you're Ref:
ASEAN/02ABT/0508/04/BK

Dear our treasured lucky winner,

It is our pleasure to inform you of the announcement today as dated of
our promotions program held on the 20th of March 2005.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
300,000 names of people living in the following countries: United
Kingdom, America, Switzerland, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, and
other parts of Europe, Middle-East, Asia, Africa and North & South
America as part of our international promotions program conducted
annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. The result of our
computer draw 874 of this day selected your names and email address on
the lucky jackpot winning number 08 - 35 - 23 - 28 - 90 – 57 – 12
which consequently won the lottery jackpot prize awards in the 2nd
category.
As a result, you have been approved a lottery jackpot lump sum grand
prize awards winning of
[350, 000.00]. (THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS
ONLY), insured under a comprehensive insurance policy in your
names for security reasons and credited to file in cash credited to
file with REF:N.Asean/3662367114/18. This is from a total cash prize
of 7,200.337.00, shared among the twenty-five international winners in
this category.
CLAIM PROCEDURES: For overseas lucky winners, it is our standard
practices to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claim
application on behalf of overseas lucky winners and payment of grand
prize awards winning to the benefit of beneficiaries after all
modalities have been completed satisfactorily. To begin your claims
therefore, you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited
claim agent for Overseas Lucky Winners for the processing of your
prize awards winning and payment to your designated bank account or
sending you a draft to your postal address after all statutory
obligations have been concluded satisfactorily. Remember, all prize
money must be claimed not later than 30th of November
2005. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTY'S
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.
Contact the under-listed Promotion Coordinator
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
We wish you continued good fortunes.
NAME:DR. DAVID THOMAS
Promotion coordinator,
ASEAN Promotions Organization
TEL: +66-5--1336612.
EMAIL: asiacoordinator2@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
DR. CLIFFORD WATSON.
VICE PRESIDENT
ASEAN PROMOTIONS BANGKOK THAILAND

Thursday, February 23, 2006

YOUR EMAIL WON THE LOTTERY

From: FREE LOTTO <freelotto@freelotto.com>
Date: 23-Feb-2006 01:11
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON THE LOTTERY
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Free Lotto Ltd,
406 Bury New Rd.,
Whitefield, Manchester
M45 7SX U.K.
www.freelotto.com

Ref Nr: FL/89123/ZV,

Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

RE: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE

Europe/ America and Asia private international e-games organizers and
co-sponsors, FREE LOTTO
Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw
result of the 10th FEBUARY 2006
FREE LOTTO -wheel E-game which was conducted at our international
corporate office complex in
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM.

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give
out prizes based on
COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage
the use of Internet for
academic and business pursuits. It major aim is to promote music,
theater, art, literature, projects in the
social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as
science, research, and higher education.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email
coupon number which was
selected among the 45 lucky consultation prize winners Your email ID
identified with coupon No.
FL34841121 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System
(ERSS) with entries from the
50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.

Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses
submitted by our partner
international email provider companies. You have won a consultation
cash prize of € 800.809.00 (EIGHT
HUNDRED THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINE EURO ONLY). The FREE LOTTO Group,
have approved a payout of your consultation cash prize which will be
remunerated directly to you by the
official Payment Agency Board. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render
to you complete
assistance and provide additional information and processes for the
claims of your consultation prize.

For due processing of your winning claim. Please contact the DPU
Information Officer, Mr. Alphonso
Ketter who has been assigned to assist you.

Complete Solutions Ltd
Korte Lijnbaanssteeg 1201
1075 CN Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: 31 617 594 984
Fax: 31 847 200 825
Email-alphonsoketter@netscape.net

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation
prize winning, we hope you will
partake our forth coming FREE LOTTO -wheel Email-games.

You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information as
well as other relevant information
in the format stated below so that Mr. Alphonso Ketter can instruct
the bank for immediate contact to you
for further remittance advice to your local account.

The Requested Information is to ensure that no error is made and it
should be forwarded in the manner
stated below:
Your Full Name:
________________________________________________________________________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not P.O.BOX):
__________________________________
Name of City of Residence:
_______________________________________________________________________
Direct Telephone Number: __________________________________ Fax Number
___________________________
Mobile Number:
___________________________________Email:________________________________________

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation
prize winning, we hope you will
partake our forth coming FREE LOTTO -wheel Email-games.

Sincerely remain

Mrs. Lucy Woods

In accordance with the FREE LOTTO -wheel E-games policy and
regulations, this notification is
dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky consultation prize Winners.
This notification also contains
information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or
otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If
you are not the right recipient whose fax number attached to the lucky
numbers along with the winning
information's you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or
disseminate this notice or any part of
it.

REPLY

From: EVEREST <everest@zwallet.com>
Date: 18-Feb-2006 13:08
Subject: REPLY
To: ideceive@gmail.com

EVEREST LOTTERY
POSTBUS 2014,
5611GJ EINDHOVEN,
THE NETHERLANDS
TEL: +31-633-747-013
FAX:+31-847-594-801

FROM:THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT,
EVEREST LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT.

REFERENCE NUMBER:HFR/OO117/CRZ
BATCH NUMBER:PR/33I12/997JH

Dear winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
winners of the EVEREST LOTTO programs held January 31,
2006 Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
011-9085555-326 with serial number 22-33-22 drew lucky
numbers 4-82-12-69-44 which consequently won in the
category A.You have, therefore, been approved for a
lump sum pay of €1,000,000.00(one million euros)in
cash credited to file Ref.number:HFR/00117/CRZ.This is
from a total cash prize of €10,000,000.00
international winners inthis category.
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
400,000 companies and 300,000,000 individual email
addresses and names from all over the world.This
promotional programme takes place every year
globally.This lottery was promoted and sponsored by
the president of the world largest softwares to
increase the awareness of microsoft software
packages.We hope with part of your winning you will
take part in our next €40 million international
lottery.

To file for your claim please contact our DR. ROLAND
BART, Foreign Operations Manager with a
photocopy of your ID for age verification,telephone
and fax numbers.
Working hours:8.00 am to 18.00 gmt monday to friday
TEL:+31-633-747-013,FAX:+31-847-594-801
Email:jjsecu@netscape.net

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than
APRIL 12, 2006.After this date all unclaimed funds
will be included in the next stake.Please note in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers in all correspondence.Furthermore,should there
be any change of address do inform our agent as soon
as possible.Congratulations once more, and thank you
for being part of our promotional program.
N.B:Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

Sincerely yours,

CEES VANDERPUT,
EVEREST LOTTERY NL

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

From: Union Australia Lottery <arielsbertis@mails.de>
Date: 15-Feb-2006 01:08
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Union Australia Lottery,
38 Archerfield Road,
Darra, QLD, 4076,
Queensland, Australia.
Union Australia Lottery partners: ABN Gaming Board.
PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands.


Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON.

It's our pleasure to inform you of the result of the Union Australia
Lottery,
held on the 13th, February 2006. Your e-mail address attached to e-ticket
number: 000101376290, with Cash Prize
number 09910987612, drew €2,000,000.00 (Two Million EUros), which was first
in the 3rd Category of the draws. You have
been approved to receive the sum of €2,000,000.00 (Two Million Euros) from
our paying bank.
Because of mix-up of information(claims) and the limited time for your cash
prize pay-out, we will advice that you keep all
information about this notification confidential(secret) until your prize
(€2,000,000.00 ) have been remitted to you by our
accredited paying bank. You must adhere to this instructions strictly to
avoid the loose of your cash prize to internet abusers
– this program has been abused severally, so we are doing our best to
forestall further abuse by false claims.
It's important to note that this draws were conducted formally under the
watchful eyes of over a 8,000
audiences. Winners were selected through an internet ballot system from
250,000 e-mail addresses(both personal and
corporate e-mail addresses). This program is sponsored and supported by
T-NET ASSETS, in conjunction
with Union Australia lottery.
Congratulations once again. Your e-mail address will be used to participate
in our  next, mega,
draw: €65Million.
BE INFORMED:  all winning (cash prize) must be claimed not later than
10-days after you receive this notification.
Failure to claim your cash prize after this date will result in your cash
prize forfeiture.
Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications during the
remitance of your funds, remember to always quote
your personal and winning information in your correspondence with the
paying bank.

Please contact the paying bank with these information for the immediate
remittance of your funds to you.
Kindly send them the following:
(i). your names,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.

Contact the paying bank with the following:
Swissfirst Bank AG,
Attention: Daniel Hefti.
Swissfirst Bank AG, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
E-mail: swissfirstservic@netscape.net
Tel: +31 633 785 416.
Fax: +31 847 504 579.

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Judith Clayton (Ms.) CPA.
Lottery Coordinator.