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, November 05, 2005

WINNER'S NOTICE

EUROPW LOTTO SWEEPSTAKE (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
INTERNET EXTRA AWARD PROGRAM),

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
KROPAAR STRAAT 34, 1032LA,
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Ref. Number:  E2K/102/633/0905
Batch Number: 027/310-AY11

    ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: ELP

Dear winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 5th November, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 1942896-9032 with serial number A001490 drew lucky numbers 11-0-17-31-60- 75-9 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,500,000.00 Euros (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros)
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 will need to have your identification documents and claims form notarized by the fiduciary agent (below) before a magistrate or notary public in The Netherlands.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 10,000,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world, names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America, Middle East, Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions Program. This promotional program takes place once a year.
This lottery is promoted by the software and internet giant corporations to compensate some few individuals with website and email addresses, we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year EUR10 million  international lottery. Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in
your play coupon to file in for your claims, please contact the company processing officer.

MR. DENNIS BROER,
Claims processing manager
EUROPW LOTTO PLUS
europwlo@netscape.net
Tel: +31 643  929 377
Fax: +31 847 222 920

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications please remember to quote your reference number 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 from our members of staff for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Anna-maria Vanbel.
Lottery Coordinator
EuroPW Lottery Program.
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