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, October 31, 2007

For Email User

For Email User

STAATS AWARD INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Paleisstraat 5,
2514JA DenHaag
The Netherlands.

Attn: Winner.

We are pleased to
inform you of the result of the STAATSLOTERIJ NL Email Winners
International programs held on 25th Of October 2007, released today
30th October 2007.Your email ID was one of the ones that won 550,000.00
Euros in the secound category of our computer ballot system with the
said winning numbers giving below;

Ref Nr: MSTL/CN/24269/KL
Batch
Number: 91/5354/ATD
Serial Number 14373-07
Coupon No. MSTL-
246974982593

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact
the DPU Information Officer Dr.Anthony Richards who has been assigned
to assist you.

Contact:

NAME: Dr.Anthony Richards
E-mail:
staatslotpro01@aol.com
Tel: +31-616 945 570

You are also advice to
furnish them with the following information:

Names:
Phone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Ref Number:
Batch
Number:
coupon Number:

Yours
Sincerely,

Mrs. Soluzione Puglia
(Lottery Director)
De Nederlandse
Staatsloterij Promotion
Official Website: http://www.staatsloterij.nl

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