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.

Sunday, April 09, 2006

CONGRATULATION

From: OWEN SMITH <eurlottpromotcen@yahoo.com>
Date: 09-Apr-2006 22:08
Subject: CONGRATULATION
To: ideceive <ideceive@gmail.com>

The EL-GORDO LOTTERY
47 CALLE CARLOS,
MADRID, SPAIN.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the EL GORDO LOTTERY
PROGRAMME online Sweepstakes International Program held on FRIDAY 7th
APRIL, 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to the winning ticket number: 56475600545
188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 27 which
subsequently won the LOTTO PLUS 1 prize. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of €600,000.00 (SIX hundred thousand
euros) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of EL GORDO Lottery.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online.This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your €600,000.00 would be released to you by
any of our payment offices in Europe(SPAIN).

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
EL GORDO LOTTERY
WINNINGS CLEARING DEPARTMENT
MR. OWEN SMITH(International Fudiciary Agent)
E-mail: EULOTTPROMOTCEN@YAHOO.COM
PHONE NUMBER:+34 657 111 043
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. Note that all prize funds
must be claimed not later than One month. After this date all funds
will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to
avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote
your Reference Number (LSUK/2031/8161/05) and Batch Number
(R3/A312-59)in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore,
should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible.

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

Good luck from me and members of staff of the EL GORDO LOTTERY.

You are required to fill your claims verification form and send it to
your claims agent with the contact email given above

FULL NAMES:..........................................................................

CONTACT ADDRESS:............................................................

CITY:..........................................................................................

STATE:.......................................................................................

COUNTRY:................................................................................

ZIPCODE:..................................................................................

NATIONALITY:........................................................................

SEX:......................................
AGE:............................................

MARITAL STATUS..................................................................

TEL NO:.....................................................................................

EMAIL ADDRESS:...................................................................

NEXT OF KIN:...........................................................................

OCCUPATION:........................................................................

ANNUAL INCOME:..................................................................

AMOUNT WON:.......................................................................

REFERENCE NO:................... BATCH NO:............................

WINNING NO:....................... TICKET NO:.............................

SERIAL NO:....................... LOTTERY DATE:........................

Sincerely
Mrs. Susan Clifford.
Online Co-ordinator for EL GORDO LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME 2006.

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