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.

Friday, August 11, 2006

You HJave Won

From: lottery winnner <gsmfinance201@netscape.net>
Date: 11-Aug-2006 20:58
Subject: You HJave Won
To: WINNER

FOR YOUR EMAIL WINNING PRIZE GET BACK DR. VAN BURKE MOORE!!!
STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONS!!!
KHORHOSTRAAT 155,
AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.
FROM:THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
SCFN:ABN/5333/025648/03UA.
BATCH:245/2002/GWK

Attn:

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU TODAY THE 1TH OF AUGUST ,
2006. RESULT OF THE STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND
PROMOTIONS,NETHERLANDS. HELD ON 5TH OF AUGUST 2006.
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO THE TICKET
NO:1001-55896542-5899 WITH SERIAL NO:6666/05 DREW FROM
THE LUCKY NO:02-22-00-66-99-85-52-12-36-50, WHICH
CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE FIRST CATEGORY.
YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY
OUT OF ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
(US$1,000,000.00)IN CASH CREDITED TO SECURITY FILE
NUMBER ABN/5333/025648/03UA.THIS IS FROM A TOTAL CASH
PRIZE OF US$4 MILLION SHARE AMONG FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN
THIS CATEGORY.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.
DUE TO MIXED UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND NAMES, WE ASK THAT
YOU KEEP THIS WINNING INFORMATIONS OUT OF THE PUBLIC
NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR
FUNDS REMITTED TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT AS THIS
IS PART OF THE SECURITY PROTOCOL, TO AVOID DOUBLE
CLAIMING OR UNWARRANTED COMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROGRAM
BY PARTICIPANTS.
ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER
BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 500,000 COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL
EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AS PART OF OUR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMM WHICH WE CONDUCT
EVERY FIVE YEARS.
TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIMS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AGENT.

DR. VAN BURKE MOORE
(Director of operations).

TEL: +31-615-492-221.

FAX: +31-847-304-221.

Email:gsmfinance201@netscape.net

FOR PROCESSING AND REMMITTANCE OF YOUR WINNING CASH
INTO A DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE,
REMEMBER,ALL WINNINGS MUST BE CLAIM NOT LATER THAN
30TH AUGUST 2006,AFTER THIS DATE,
ALL UNCLAIM FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE PROMOTION COMPANY.

NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND
COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR SECURITY
FILE NUMBER AND BATCH NUMBERS RESPECTIVELYIN EVERY
CORRESPONDENCE TO 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 PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

STEFANIA DER HELDER

(PROMOTION MANAGER).

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