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, November 30, 2007

BRITISH LOTTERY COMPANY REWARDS LUCKY INTERNET USERS

BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.
THE OAKROOM LOUNGE.           
21 PICCADILLY LONDON. W1B 0BH.
                                           
 
          The National Lottery Logo
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT
BRITISH LOTTERY LONDON, UK.IN COLLARBORATION
WITH SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
NIGERIA{SPDC}AND BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY.
 
PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/05
BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD 
                                             WINNING NOTIFICATION
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We the Board and Management of British Lottery Company London, UK,  wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program  held on 29th day of November , 2007. Your email account have been picked as a winner of $600, 000.00 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

This results is today released to you and your email address attached  in the A Category. All email addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners.
Your lucky numbers are:  Ball number 11Ball number 13Ball number 26Ball   number   34Ball number 44Ball number 48 and bonus ball number: Bonus Ball number 2

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
                        
 
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place biannually.
 
 
To file for your claim/winning, please contact our Legal Department with the following information,
 
NAMES IN FULL:
NATIONALITY:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
AGE/SEX:
LUCKY NUMBERS:
BONUS BALL:
PHONE/FAX CONTACTS:
 
(Barr. James Willy) JAMES WILLY CHAMBERS [EMAIL: barrjameswillyesq_ukclaimsagent@yahoo.co.uk]   for processing and payment of your claims/winning. Quote your reference/batch numbers in your correspondence with him and you are advised to not to expose your numbers to avoid double clamming or voiding of your winning. 
 
                      
  
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications  quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Should there be any change of addresses do inform our agent as soon as possible. 
 
Furthermore your winning numbers fall within our African/American region and you are required to contact our representative office in Africa  via info_ukclaims20077@yahoo.co.uk
 as soon as you receive this mail to enable them file your papers for claim/payment of your prize. ANYONE BELOW EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE CAN MAKE HIS/ HER CLAIM IN PROXY THROUGH EITHER OF THE PARENTS. 
 
Once again congratulations from our members of staff and thank you for being one of the winners of our promotional program.

Sincerely Yours
Kate Henshaw (Mrs.)
International Relation Officer.
   The National Lottery Logo
Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).


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