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.

Saturday, August 19, 2006

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

From: ukweblotto@terra.es <ukweblotto@terra.es>
Date: 20-Aug-2006 08:02
Subject: PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION


PEPSI COMPANY PROMOTION 2006
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
THE PEPSI COMPANY
LONDON. SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Winner,

It gives me a great pleasure to congratulate you and also welcome you
to the office of the promotion manager of the PEPSI COMPANY.

I must commend you for the prompt reply and information given, it had
really helped us to make relevant verification that you are the
legitimate winner of the award. Thus, I'm glad to inform you that you
have been cleared as one of the Legitimate winner of our 2006
anniversary award, and consequently I wish to inform you that the
Administrative department and promotions department had just approved
the payment of £1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUND STERLING) in your
favour.

Here is your Winning Contency Code (AQ11WWRZZA1) You Have to Contact
AmTrak Courier Delivery Services with the Winning Numbers and you are
also advised to complete the form and send it immediately to him so
that he can Attend to you Fast.

NAME:......................................
AGE:.........................................
SEX:.........................................
ADDRESS:................................
EMAIL:.....................................
PHONE:....................................
OCCUPATION:..........................
TICKET NUMBER.....................
BALLOT NUMBER .................
COUNTRY:...............................


You are to contact the Delivery officer of the Payment parastatal with
the following information below:

Dr: Patrick M Williams
Email:amtrak_courier_uk@myway.com
TELL:+44-701-112-8252
Tel: +4470 2305 9640
Fax: +447075158010

PEPSI COMPANY award is real, unique and Legitimate. Keep drinking
Pepsi-Cola and feel refreshed always. Congratulations once more.

Yours faithfully,
PROMOTION MANAGER

Prueba el Nuevo Correo Terra; Seguro, rápido, fiable.

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