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.

Friday, November 25, 2005

CONGRATULATIONS!!! 

NETHERLAND SUNSPLASH GLOBAL MEGA SWEEPTAKE LOTTERY.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: KLI/331-ILDI0501/11
BATCH: SPDL/76/142/FDNL
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
Lottery Winners,International programs held on the
24TH of November 2005. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number 742-761-112 drew lucky numbers
7-3-4-44-1-1 which consequently won in the 1st
category, you have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out of US$800,000.00 ( Eight
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep your winning information very confidential
till your claims has been processed and your
prize/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 200,000,000
company and 300,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.
This promotional program takes place annually. We hope
with part of your winning you will take part in our
next year USD1 million international lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our/your
fiducial agent,
MR.CLEM.L.HUMMER of the,
ONWARD TRUST AGENCY.NL
TEL: 0031 648 330 899 
Fax: 0031 847 459 883
Email: onwragency@netscape.net
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than
27TH of december, 2005.
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 Ticket
number and Draw Lucky numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff
and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Myriam Van Haris.
Lottery Co-ordinator.
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