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.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

ANNUAL AWARD WINNER

From: UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY <customer-careservice8@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: 19-Jul-2006 16:36
Subject: ANNUAL AWARD WINNER

THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

THE FREELOTTO COMPANY
UK HEAD OFFICE
SUITE 23-30, LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON ENGLAND
E-mail: freelotto2001@hotmail.com

Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/851OYHI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC34
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
FreeLotto draw held 6th of May 2006. All 10 winning addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international
emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as category 2
winners in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 100
with! Serial number 46560 drew the winning: 37-13-43-85-67-11,
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
£1,000,000.00 pounds (one million pounds) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of UK £10,000,000,00
Million pounds, shared amongst the first 10 luckywinners in this
category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro
booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this,your £1,000,000.00 pounds (one million
pounds)would be released to you.

Our African 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 draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies
and personal emails. 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.

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 corresponding agent in South Africa immediately you read this
message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact
information is as follow: - HON JOHN EDWARD(ESQ)
E-mail:{hon_john004edward@yahoo.com }TEL -+27-78-3834352).

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before
28th June 2006. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences
with our designated agents.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program
that has successfully won this competition.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

YOUR'S Sincerely,

Mrs. GLADYS OWEN.
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

Mr.GREY JOHNSON,
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.
Thank you for your Co-operation.

LAST WINNERS ON UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY AND E-SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY UK.At your disposal, we
remain. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Regards,
BRIAN SOUTHGATE
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
International Program.
Opens 7 days (8am- 8pm)
Copyright (c) 1994-2006 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

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