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.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

VERY URGENT!!!

From: CONGRATULATIONS <onlae100winner@aim.com>
Date: 03-Jan-2000 17:01
Subject: VERY URGENT!!!
To: Ideceive <ideceive@gmail.com>

ONLAE PROMOTION BV,
Paseo de Habana 28-35,
Postcode 31245,
Marbella, Spain.
www.onlae.com

REF No: OL642857301/09ES
BATCH: OLAES78095

Dear Ideceive,

RESULTS FOR JUNE CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

In view of the yearly sweepstake of the Onlae Group organization held
on the 28th of June,2006.It is my pleasure to inform you that your
e-mail or your company e-mail address attached to the above Ref and
Batch Numbers with ticket Number onl/ 09-13-25-28-43 with serial
number 119034/05 drew the lucky numbers: 29-9-21-11-31-8 came up in
the Category "A" draw.
This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize recipient in
the "A" category with an allocated sum of Seven Hundred and Sixty
Thousand Five Hundred and Ten Euros Twenty Four Cent (_760.510.24). Be
informed that all participants were selected from a random computing
ballot system.
This sweepstake is sponsored by a group of corporate organizations and
governmental parastatals drawn from major countries in the World.
To begin your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
*************************************************************
Mr's. Sandra Herrera: E-mail (sandraherrera@lycos.es)
*************************************************************
you will have to Provide her with the information below:

1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Gender:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Draw Number above:
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of Onlae group
of lottery .

Faithfully yours'
Mrs. Laura flores

N:B Any body under 15 is automatically disqualified from this program.

WARNING
ANY MAIL RECEIVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS
SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP
US TO FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED
CO-OPERATION

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