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 05, 2006

AWARD NOTIFICATION

From: ?uromillones loter?a international <sorayasore@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 06-Jul-2006 00:31
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION
To: ideceive <ideceive@gmail.com>

€uromillones lotería international

C/AURORA/S NO 100
28204 MADRID
ESPANA
TEL: OO-34/600/709/436 fax 0034 600/709/436

24TH JUNE 2006
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF Nº: SAEGS/2551256003/0005
BATCH NUMBER: 033/1362/JAAP

ATTN: Nº: SAEGS/2551256003/0005

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the release today of the results of
the EUROMILLIONES LOTERIA INTERNATIONAL/ PROMOTION PROGRAM held on
24th JUNE 2006.

Your name attached to the ticket number 0256 – 114649926 – 7505 with
serial number 21136 – 005 drew the lucky numbers 13 – 15 – 22 – 37 –
39 – 45 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of €615,810.00
(SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS) in
cash credited to file REF.NO: SAEGS/2551256003/005.This from a total
cash prize of €12,871,320.00 (TWELVE MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EUROS) shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS! .

Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured in your
name. Due to mixed up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and
your money remitted to your nominated account, as this is a part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking
advantage of this program by participants. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 55,000 names from
Asia, Europe, Australia ,Africa, North and South America as part of
our PROMOTION PROGRAM (PP), which we conduct once every year.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent, DR. LUIS JOSE.
S. Foreign Operations Manager, METROPOLIS SEGURUROS SA on Tel: +
34—687 442 172, Fax: + 34-687 442 172 e_mail:emilliosan@yahoo.com
For processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later than 29th JULY 2006. After this date all funds will be returned
to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. And also be
informed that 5% of your lottery wining belongs to METROPOLIS SEGUROS
S.A, because they entered your name for this draw and they are your
claims agent. This 5% will be remitted after you have received your
winning fund into your account, because the fund is insured in your
name already. The beneficiary is responsible for the remittance charge
of his fund to his/her country.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every of your
correspondence with us or your agent Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible. Congratulations again from all members of our staff and
thank you for being a part of our promotion program.

Sincerely,

ELLEN FERNANDEZ .M.
VICE PRESIDENT

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