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.

Thursday, February 23, 2006

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

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