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.

Saturday, September 30, 2006

NOTIFICATION OF LOTTERY WINNING

From: Lottery Award Company <info.management@comcast.net>
Date: 30-Sep-2006 23:19
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF LOTTERY WINNING


SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
BRITISH LOTTERY
P O Box 4539.
#24 Lyndhurst Road,
London NW3 5PQ,
United Kingdom.
Ref : UK/9420X2/68.
Batch: 074/06/ZY369.
(Customer Services)

NOTIFICATION OF LOTTERY WINNING

We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE
LOTTERY International program held on 23th September, 2006.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number : 56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
05 06 08 19 34 38
and bonus ball number: 11
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.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£1500,000 (One million five hundred thousand pounds sterlings) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £6,500,000 shared amongst the first
four(4)lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.All
participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place yearly. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European booklet representative office
in Europe. In view of this, your £1500,000(One million five hundred
thousand pounds sterlings) would be released to you in our ANY OF OUR
BRANCH office.Our European agent will immediately commence the process
to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.Please you are
advised to contact the validating officer with your winning numbers
this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our validating officer via his
email below and provide him with this info

1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10. Cell Number (Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. lucky Numbers above:
12.payment method:check delivery or Bank transfer
Mr.JOHN CLARKE(claim officer)
Phone Number: (44) 701 112 8490
Email: claimagent_johnclarke@yahoo.co.uk

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Brian Hunt.
Online coordinator for SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY.

Mr. Brian Hunt.
Online coordinator
BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM
Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations),
Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations),
Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs.
Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla
Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris
Moritz(International Relation Officer).

Friday, September 29, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!

From: Australian Lottery INC <aults_13@hotmail.com>
Date: 29-Sep-2006 20:34
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!


AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY
UNI,24 HIGHER AVENUE HARRIS PARK
GRANVILLE NSW 0152 SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA.


Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 25th Sept
2006, from the Australian Lotto incorporated program.This is a bonus
to promote lotto in australia Which is fully based on an electronic
selection of winners using their e-mail addresses form some site.

Your email address was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
5-13-33-37-42bonus number17,which consequently won the lotto in the
second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$250,000.00 (TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners
in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada,Australia,United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,Africa
andOceania as part of our international promotions program which is
conducted annually.

This Lotto was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Africa
representative office in Abuja Nigeria, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$250,000.00 will be released to you from
this regional branch office in NIGERIA.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOWTO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially
agent,REV FREDERIC WILLIAMS E-mail address rev_frd_williams@yahoo.com
to file for your claim .


by filling this form below and send it to him to file for your claim
$250,000.00.
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.


FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................

SEX.........................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be
found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full
name, address and telephone number as to help us locate your file
easily.


Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be
found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full
name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!Best
Regards CarolSweet (coordinator)

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards Carol Sweet (co-coordinator) PLEASE DO NOT
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
rev_frd_williams@yahoo.com ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY
ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


Carol sweet

Yours faithfully,
Carol Sweet
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes International Program.
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Thursday, September 28, 2006

YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON $1.000,000.00 USD CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

From: microsoft promo <microsoft@microsoft01.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 29-Sep-2006 01:45
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON $1.000,000.00 USD CONGRATULATIONS!!!.
To: undisclosed-recipients


YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON $1.000,000.00 USD CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD.
PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE
(MICROSOFT ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Microsoft B.V. Boeing Avenue 44 9459 PE Schiphol-Rijk.

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
First Category draws of MICROSOFT
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. We are happy to inform you that you have
emerged a winner under the First Category in our yearly promotional
draws. The draws are being officially announced today 27th of
September 2006.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email 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 50941465206-529, with
serial number 337-454 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and
consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore been
awarded a lump sum pay out of $1,000,000.00 (One Million United State
dollars), which is the winning payout for Category A winners. This is
from the total prize money from 2,000,000 shared among the 2 winners
in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest
to aviod mix up of numbers and
names of any kind, We request that you keep the entire details of your
award strictly confidential from public notice until the process of
transferring your won money prize has been completed, and your funds
remitted into your bank account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by Participants / Nonparticipants of this program.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary agent.
**********************************************
Dr.Hendrik Van Bos , Mrs Cheryl Klein Huis
NETPOINT CLAIM MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
(Claims undewriter, Claims assessor,Claims adjustor,claim negotiator)
TEL/ 0031-619-253-449.
Email:netpointagentsbv@aim.com
***********************************************

You are advised to contact the agents by email.Failure to do so may
warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification,Do remember to quote your
reference and Batch numbers as below in all your correspondence with
your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/06.
BATCH NUMBER: 16/066/IPD.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,

Iries Van Guus
Lottery Coordinator.

STAATSLOTERIJ NL 2006 YOU HAVE WON;

From: thomasferrelli1@virgilio.it <thomasferrelli1@virgilio.it>
Date: 28-Sep-2006 18:49
Subject: STAATSLOTERIJ NL 2006 YOU HAVE WON;


STAATSLOTERIJ NL 2006 YOU HAVE WON;
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Laan Van
Hoornwijk 89, 3289 DG Almere.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
http://www.
staatsloterij.nl

Dear Winner,

Following official publication of
results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by the
staatsloterij corporation, the Slidecircuir award and the Heineken
prizes in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software
products, (F.P.S.), held on the 27th of September, 2006, in Amsterdam
The Netherlands, wherein your electrononic email address emerged as one
of the online winning emails in the ?E category and therefore
attracted a cash award of $250.000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
United State Dollar),

We write to officially notify you of this award
and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon
receipt of this message for more information concerning the
verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to
you.

It is important to note that your award information was released
today the 28th of September 2006 with the following particulars
attached to it.

(I) Award numbers: TL 22/15409
(ii) Email ticket
number: TL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto codenumber: TL09622NL
(iv) The file Ref
number: TL/0534/30/05

Please contact the claim agents within 3 working
days to facilitate the release of your prize, You are required to
mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence
addressed to the processing agents.

MRS.WENDY BERGER
CLAIM MANAGER

MR.
HERMAN VERBEEK
PUBLIC RELATIONS
TEL/FAX;0031-847-595-288
EMAIL:
(wendy_bergerclaimoffice@gawab.com)

Once again on behalf of all our
staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
HANS DEKKER
Promotions Manager
Netherlands the Letter company
European promotions.

The
staatsloterij Awards is sponsored by a consortium of software promotion
companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers, and other
international companies. The staatsloterij internet draw is held
eriodically and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet
and promote computer literacy worldwide. We are proud to say that over
200 Million Dollar are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide.

We also encourage you to visit our website www.
staatsloterij.nl and take your chance and become part of our daily
winners. Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most
famous staatsloterij service. Who says it is impossible??? Millions
have seen this fortune come true with staatsloterij.

staatsloterij 's
Automatic WIN Ticket service is a great way to make sure that you NEVER
MISS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN OVER $11,000,000.00 every day! Simply wait for
your turn to be picked by our computer ballot system (or the quick pick
option) in each of the six daily staatsloterij games and we'll
automatically play your numbers for you every day.

CONGRATULATIONS;

Sweepstakes International Program.
staatsloterij.
MR THOMAS FERRELI
Online coordinator.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

CONGRATULATIONS(YOU HAVE WON)

From: Bank Giro Lotterij International <claimsagency55@netscape.net>
Date: 27-Sep-2006 20:32
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS(YOU HAVE WON)
To: DearSir/Madam


BANK GIRO LOTTERIJ INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
VAN EEWGHENSTRAAT 71,1071GK
AMSTERDAM THE NEITHERLAND

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
Second Category Draws of Bank Giro
Lotterij Int held on the 25th of September 2006. We are happy to
inform you that you have emerged as a
winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional
draws. The results of the draws have
been officially announced.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 emails 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 number758 46939, with serial
number 472-97168 and lucky
number W-91237-H67/B4 consequently won in the First Category. You have
therefore been awarded a
lump sum pay out of $1,110,000 (One Million One Hundred and Ten
Thousand United States Dollars),
which is the winning payout for Category A winners.

This is from a total cash prize of $10,000,000.00 (Ten Million United
States Dollars) shared amongst the
first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

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 until the
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/no participants of this
program. Please contact your claim
agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize
money to a designated account Bank
account of yours

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference
and Batch numbers. Remember
to quote in your correspondence with the following informations
Name
Age
Address
Occupation
Country
Telephone Number
REF Number: NM/BC921245/KY14
BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your Fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. To begin your claims,
kindly contact our paying bank
with the details below,

POST BANK OF NETHERLANDS.
Herengracht 450-454 1017CA
Postbus 2681000 AG Amsterdam
Tel: +31-629-186-419
Tel: +31-204-001-497
Fax: +31-847-520-454
Email:postbnkcredcont@aim.com
Contact Person: Peterson Van Gooi
International Remittance Department

***********************************************
NOTE: All winning must be claimed not later than 20 working days from
this notification
Congratulations once again from management and staffs of Bank Giro
Lotterij International Promotion
Program, and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Ruth Peterson
(The Promotion Manager)