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, 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

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