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

Your Winning Notification

From: uniinterlottery @ netscape. net <uniinterlottery@netscape.net>
Date: 10-Apr-2006 00:29
Subject: Your Winning Notification
To: ideceive <ideceive@gmail.com>

UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY(UK,EUROPE AND ASIA) REGIONAL ADDRESS:
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
CALLE GRANVIA 32N 1C MADRID SPAIN
REF:RSSL/61-ILGI0509/45
BATCH:RSSL/15/096/WRCS RE:WINNING FINAL
NOTIFICATION DATE:08/04/2006.

Dear Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL
SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY.International programs held on the 20th March 2006
in Madrid Spain.Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:212005600545 188 with Serial number 4888/02 drew the lucky
numbers:41-6-76-13-45-8,which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
€1,000,000.00(One million Euro)in cash credited to file
KPC/9080333308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of Ten Million Euro(10million Euro),
shared amongst the first Tenth (10th)lucky winners in this
category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
Madrid booklet representative office in Spain as indicated in your
play coupon.In view of this,your €1,000,000.00(One million Euro)would
be released to you by our financial firm in Madrid,Spain.Our agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds as soon as you contact him.All participants were selected
randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 companies.

This promotion takes place annually.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 by some
unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.To file for your claim,please
contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr Jeff Garcia Willam
CAJA FINANCIER S.L(U.K,EUROPE,AND ASIA)
Email:cajafinancier@netscape.net
Telephone Number: 0034-699 790 143

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.Remember,You are to contact our agents by email
and within a week of receiving this notice.After this date,all funds
will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as
unclaimed.To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please quote
your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours Sincerely,

Wilfred Alberto Lottery Director.

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