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.

Monday, March 20, 2006

AWARD/WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

From: NEW MEXICO LOTTERY <winningnotification@nml.com>
Date: 20-Mar-2006 05:54
Subject: AWARD/WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

New Mexico Lottery Headquarters
Palais Des Nations,
109 Geneva 14,
Switzerland.
19th March 2006.

AWARD/WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

The members and sponsors happily announce to you the draw of the New
Mexico Lottery programs held on the 1st of March, 2006 in Melbourne,
Australia. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2247887653
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
individuals and companies.

The Lottery teams up with local companies and media partners to
promote Lottery products, and informs citizens on where the proceeds
from Lottery ticket sales go.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000
EURO (ONE MILLION EURO) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of
FIFTY THREE MILLION EURO,shared amongst the first hundred (53) lucky
winners in this category.

A statewide focus is taken on most large promotions, and the Lottery
works with local companies, such as Pepsi and IBM, in "co-promotional"
partnerships. These partnerships help each company introduce new
products to customers.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you
deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.

In view of this, your 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) would be
released to you by our Security firm. To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary/Claims Agent:

Name: Terry Morgan
Email: info@terrymorgan.vossnet.co.uk

File the following to him when you want to contact Agent.

VERIFICATION FORM.

(Form HLP)
REFERENCE NUMBER: K/9420X2/68

FULL NAME...............................................
COMPANY NAME: ........
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:..............
AGE...................................
OCCUPATION..............
TEL......................FAX.............. (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL................
INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION: (A) CHEQUE
(B) DRAFT
(C) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER
IF BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER
(Details of the account where you want your funds transferred):
........................................................
...........................................................
............................

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:

................................................
..........................................................
.....................................

_______________ _________________

Date. Signature.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mr
Terry Morgan with followings details above:

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

The Lottery is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of
personal information that is gathered from the use of its web site and
web services. The following statement discloses the Lottery's privacy
policy and its information gathering/dissemination practices.

The Lottery will not release personal information to third parties
except where it is already provided by law. Depending on the specific
nature of the service, information may be shared with other state
agencies as stated in the Open Records Act.

This statute allows for the exchange of public records or sharing of
information between public agencies when the exchange is serving a
legitimate governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a
legitimate government function.

E-mail addresses or other information that is obtained as a result of
interacting with the Colorado Lottery web site will be used for the
benefit of the Lottery and will not be sold to third party companies
except as required by the Open Records Act.

The Lottery will not share personal information with any private
party, except as required by the Open Records Act.

Sincerely,
Katty Lasely
(Zonal Coordinator)

NB.
please contact our fiduciary/Claims Agent:
Name: Terry Morgan
Email: info@terrymorgan.vossnet.co.uk

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Final Notification.

From: British Plus <gary_philip8@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: 14-Mar-2006 17:06
Subject: Final Notification.
To: "ideceive@gmail.com" <ideceive@gmail.com>

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
BRITISH LOTTO PLUS.

Dear ideceive@gmail.com,
BRITISH LOTTO PLUS, wishes to inform you of the results of its
Promotional draws held on the 7TH of January 2006 as part of our new
year bonanza. We are happy to officially inform you that you have
emerged a winner under our Third Category Draws, with email address:
ideceive@gmail.com

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
50,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand
as part of our International Promotional Program.

You have consequently been awarded a lump sum pay out of £2,200,000.00
(Two Million Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) in cash, which
is the winning payout for Third Category winners. This is from the
total prize money of £11,000,000.00 shared between 5 international
winners in the category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with ALPHA BETA FINANCE, insured in your
name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and
names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your
award strictly from public notice until the process of transfering
your claims has been completed. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non
participants of this program.

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning Numbers: 09, 12, 22, 39, 40, 49, (05)
(ii) Ticket Number: 44-8201-093
(iii) File Reference Number: BLP20-147-1
(iv) Lotto Batch Number: A14736

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice, please contact your claims agent immediately.
Find below all contact details;

MR. WALTER SMITH,
FOREIGN SECTION MANAGER,
ALPHA BETA FINANCE.
PHONE: +44-70-4012-4052
FAX: +44-20-7504-8763
Email: wsmith@albetafin-uk.com

Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than two weeks
from the date you received this email. After this date, all funds will
be returned back as unclaimed. For easy reference and identification,
your lotto payment order details stated above must be provided to your
claims agent.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
GARY PHILIP,
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
BRITISH LOTTO PLUS.
8 CHANCEL ST.
LONDON, SE1 0UX
Phone: +44-70-4012-4049
Fax: +44-20-8181-7964

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this email. Contact
your claims agent Mr. Walter Smith as specified above. (TERMS AND
CONDITIONS APPLY)

Monday, March 13, 2006

LOTTERY AWARD WINNER 2006

From: WIN OFFICE <winningoffice@zwallet.com>
Date: 11-Mar-2006 01:17
Subject: LOTTERY AWARD WINNER 2006

LOTERIA PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION.
CALLE/BUSMAN EL-BUENO, 13728007 MADRID SPAIN.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/02 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.

WE ARE PLEASE TO INFORM YOU OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF
LOTTERY PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS HELD ON 20Th
FEBRUARY 2006 YOUR CONTACT IS ATTACHED TO THE TICKET NUMBER
004-05117963-198, WITH SERIAL NUMBER 99375 DREW THE LUCKY
NUMBERS : 01-15-37-38-48-49 AND CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN
CATEGORY 1B. YOU HAVE BEEN THEREFORE APPROVED THE SUM OF EUR
1,500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED EUROS) CREDITED TO THE FILE
NUMBER: LP/2656043/ES/104 THIS IS FROM THE TOTAL PRICE MONEY OF EURO
31.472.765.00 SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY THREE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL
WINNERS IN ALL CATEGORIES. ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH
COMPUTER BALOTTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 45,000.00 NAMES FROM AUSTRALIA,
NEW ZEALAND, AFRICA, EUROPE, AMERICA AND ASIA AS PART OF OUR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM WHICH IS CONDUCTED EVERY TWO YEARS.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

YOUR FUND IS NOW INSURED TO YOUR CONTACT. DUE TO THE COMPUTER MIX-UP
OF SOME NUMBERS AND CONTACTS, WE ASK YOU TO KEEP THIS AWARD STRICKLY
FROM PUBLIC NOTICE UNTILL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEING PROCESSED AND YOUR
MONEY REMITTED TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY
ADVICE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR UNSCRUPULOUS ACTS BY THE
PARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROGRAM. YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE UNDERSIGNED
OFFICE FOR THE CLAIMING OF YOUR AWARD PRICE winning2006@message.com
SINCE ALL WE HAVE NOW IS THE WINNING TICKET NUMBER AND YOUR EMAIL
ADDRESS WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE WINNING TICKET NUMBER.FOR DUE
PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR AWARD PRICE, YOU ARE TO REPLY THIS
MAIL STATINGYOUR NUMBERS. DO NOTE THAT ALL PRICE MUST BE CLAIM NOT
LATER THAN 25TH MARCH 2006.AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE
RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED TO THE MINISTRY. NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID
UNNECESSARY DELAY AND COMPLICATIONS,PLEASE QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND
BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. FURTHERMORE,SHOULD
THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS DO INFORM THIS OFFICE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FROM ALL OUR STAFF.
SINCERELY

MR. DENNIS COLE
THE PROMOTION MANAGER
0034-627-747-095: CALL FOR MORE CONFIRMATION
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YOUR CLAIM
winning2006@message.com
YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO THIS OFFICE (winning2006@message.com ) THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. FILE NUMBER:
2. BATCH NUMBER:
3. REFERENCE NUMBER:
4. WINNING NUMBER:
5. CATEGORY:
6. AMOUNT WON:
7a. FULL NAME:(MR/MRS)
b. TEL AND FAX NUMBER:(Office,Home and Mobile)
8. CITY/COUNTRY:
9. ADDRESS:(HOME AND OFFICE)
10. OCCUPATION/ORGANIZATION:
11. POSITION :
12. DATE OF BIRTH:
13. PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:
ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION,WE WILL GIVE YOU THE
CONTACT DETAILS OF THE BANK THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT
OF YOUR AWARD. THEREAFTER,YOU WILL BE ISSUED WITH A CLAIM CERTIFICATE
OF WINNING THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE CLAIM OF THE MONEY FROM YOUR
BANK,AFTER GETTING CLEARANCE FROM THE MINISTERIO DE INTERIO HERE IN
SPAIN.

NOTE:YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS AWARD OUT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE TO AVOID DOUBLE
REPRESENTATION .YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY BE CONFIDENTIAL UNTILL THE BANK
TRANSFERRED YOUR FUND INTO YOUR
NOMINATED ACCOUNT. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
THANKS
DENNIS COLE

Sunday, March 12, 2006

CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON

From: EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL <writeeuromillion@netscape.net>
Date: 10-Mar-2006 04:44
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON
To: ideceive <ideceive@gmail.com>

EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
CALLE MOSTOLES 23C PISO 6G 28923 MADRID ESPANA.
DATE: MARCH 9TH, 2006.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD...

BATCH: EGGS-652-067-222
REFERENCE: 77/13/KTT
AWARD NOTIFICATION.

This is to inform you on the release of the EURO MILLION
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY held on the 3RD of MARCH 2006. The results was
released on the 6TH of MARCH 2006. Your email address was attached to
ticket number 331-554-075-495 with serial number 321-570-160-006 that
drew the lucky numbers of 00-87-85-69-89, which consequently won the
lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been awarded a lump of
550,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EURO ONLY) cash credited to
file with REF: NÂș EGS/774/161/888
This is from €5,500,000 (FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) in
cash among the 20 participants finalist playing 100 full tickets in
which 10 winners was selected.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with Santa Lucia Security Company and
insured in your email address. Due to mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your
claims have been processed and the money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid problems from
participants as it has happened in the past. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from
Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle
East and Africa .This programme is sponsored by EUROPEAN UNION/BILL
GATES and WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATION TO PROMOTE and
ENHANCE the use of SOFT WARE IN THE GOBAL WORLD. We hope your lucky
name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs. To
begin your lottery claims, please contact your claims agent.

DR JUAN LUCAS
mailsantalucia@netscape.net
Telephone number: 0034-620-692-135.

you are required to present your information of identity to prove you
are the user of this email address, either your country passport or
any other valid identity is required.Remember, all winnings must be
processed not later than two weeks from the day you receive this
notification. Any requirement not met before this date,funds will be
returned to the EUROPEAN UNION MINISTRY OF FINANCE HEADQUATERS. Also
be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to the security
company because they are the company assigned by the European Union to
process your winnings to you.From your winnings, 10% will be
collected after you have received your winning prize because the money
is insured in your e-mail address and can not be removed.Remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers ( BATCH: EGGS-652-067-222
REFERENCE: 77/13/KTT) in every of your response to your claim agent.
Further more, should there be any change of address, inform your
claim agent as soon as possible.A copy of your lucky winning ticket
and your deposit certificate will be sent to you by your claim agent,
DR JUAN LUCAS.
Once again from all members of our staff CONGRATULATIONS for being a
part of our International promotions program.
NOTE:winners below eighteen years ( -18yrs ) are disqualified from
this programme.
We wish you good fortunes.
Sincerely,
MRS,JANET CROLL

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

LOTTO.NL

From: LOTTO.NL <info2005l@walla.com>
Date: 07-Mar-2006 04:29
Subject: LOTTO.NL
To: Administrator <ideceive@gmail.com>

LOTTO.NL,
2391 Beds 152 Koningin Julianaplein 21,
Den Haag, the Netherlands.
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Susan Console
(Lottery Coordinator)
Website: www.lotto.nl
Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lotto NL Winners
International programs held on the 3rd, march, 2006. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket #: 00903228100 with prize # 778009/UK drew €1,000,000.00
which was first in the 2ndclass of the draws. You are to receive
€1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we
ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your money
(€1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point
bank. This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of your cash prize - winners
of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall
the abuse of this program by other participants. It's important to note that
this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through an
internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies e-mail addresses
- the draws are conducted around the world through our internet based ballot
system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted Lotto NL. We congratulate
you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the
jackpot winning is €85million. Remember, all winning must be claimed not
later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be
forfeited and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote personal and winning
numbers in all correspondence with us. Congratulations once again from all
members of Lotto NL. Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our
Paying Bank (Chartered Finance & Securities Den Haag.)

Send them the following:

(i) Your names,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
Contact person: Mr. John Kane.
E-mail: charteredfsb99@netscape.net
Tel: +31 643178404
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Susan Console
www.lotto.nl