Lottery Scam Du Jour: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON

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.

Monday, July 17, 2006

From: KENNETH GRAM <worldsoftware1@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:30:20
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON
To: ideceive@gmail.com

254 EGASTRAAT,354tz

AMSTERDAM,NETHERLAND.

WROM: TTZRCLBDXRQBGJSNBOHMKHJYFMYXOEAIJ

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,

SCFN: GWK/5333/025648/03UAD.

BATCH: 241/2002/BLL.

Attention: Winner,

The CONTENT SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY/PROMOTIONS Netherland,is
pleased to inform you that your company/individual name

attached to the ticket numbers 1001-58255563-2285 with serial number
8888/03 drew from the lucky numbers02-22-00-66-99-85-52-12-36-50,

which consequently won the lottery in the FIRST category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of FOUR HUNDRED

THOUSAND EUROs (400,000.00 EUROE) in cash credited to security file
number GWK/4578/789834/746YU.This is from a total cash

prize of 19 million EUROE share among ten individuals and Six
international companies lucky winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS.

Your funds is now deposited with our Payment/Finance Department in the
security company to your name ,Due to the mix up of

some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this winning a top secret
from the public notice until your claims has been

processed and remitted to your account as this is a part of the
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 the 100,000 company/individual email addresses

from all over the world as part of our international promotions
program, which we conduct every decade. We hope with a part

of your winnings, you will take part in our next end of year stake 20
million euro international lottery.

TO begin your claims, please contact your claim agent in (Lottery
payment centre),

MR. David Bradley (Director of operations).

TEL.+31-616248143

Email (financeagents1@netscape.net)

For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of
your choice.Remember, all winnings must be claimed

not later than 30th of july 2006, After this date, All unclaimed funds
will be returned to the promotion company.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your security credited file number

and batch numbers and also with your telephone and fax numbers
respectively in every correspondence with your claim agent.

Furthermore,should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claim agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotions program and publication.

Yours sincerely,

MR. KENNETH GRAM.

(Promotion Manager).

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