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, March 24, 2006

Ticket No: 12099

From: mrsrosedepartment4@virgilio.it <mrsrosedepartment4@virgilio.it>
Date: 25-Mar-2006 04:04
Subject: Ticket No: 12099
To: undisclosed-recipients

Ticket No: 12099

YOUR WINNING DETAILS
Ref No: GML/2551256003/11
Batch No: 14/0017/IPD
serial No: GMLA2-003
Ticket No: 12099
Lucky No:
425448/7785.

Attn: Lottery Winner,

FINAL NOTICE
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
staatsloterij.nl lottery programs held on 15th of March 2006 with your
e-mail address attached to one of the winning ticket numbers. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 500,000.00 (five
hundred thousand euros)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system from our sponsors databases,
including over 50,000 companies and 150,000 individual E-mail addresses
and names submitted by our agents drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe,
North And South America and around the world.

To begin your claim, do
file for the release of your winning by contacting our accredited
agent: MR. ERIC VAN DER MARK Foreign Transfer Manager,
FAX + 31-847-273-
491
FAX + 31-847-580-642
staatcenterlog@netscape.net

NOTE: All
winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process; winners will
be referred to a Foreign Transfer Manager, to have their winnings
notarized, all winners are to cover the legal charges not STAATSLOTERIJ.
NL,

Please note that you will be required to pay for the issuance of
your winning certificate and all winnings must be claimed not later
than 2nd of April 2006, after this date all unclaimed winnings will be
null and void.

In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agents as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and
thank you for being part of our promotional program.note: Anybody under
the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours faithfully

MRS.
ROSE WILLIAMS
Contact your claims agent mr. eric van dan mark at
staatcenterlog@netscape.net

RE: CONTACT THE BANK FOR PAYMENT

From: FROM: South-West Australia Lottery, <arielsbertis11001@yahoo.au>
Date: 24-Mar-2006 21:18
Subject: RE: CONTACT THE BANK FOR PAYMENT

From: Ms. Sharon Maxwell.
e-mail : arielsbertis11001@yahoo.au
(Lottery Coordinator)

South-West Australia Lottery,
38 Archerfield Road,
Darra, QLD, 4076,
Queensland, Australia.
South-West Australia Lottery partners: ABN Gaming Board.
PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON.

It's our pleasure to inform you of the result of the South-West Australia
Lottery, held on the 15th,March 2006. Your e-mail address attached to Ref
number: 000101376290, with Cash Prize number 09910987612, drew €2,000,000.00
(Two Million EUros), which was first in the 3rd Category of the draws. You
have been approved to receive the sum of €2,000,000.00 (Two Million Euros)
from our paying bank.

Due to the mix-up of information(claims) and the limited time for your cash
prize pay-out, we will advice that you keep all information about this
notification confidential(secret) until your prize (€2,000,000.00) have been
remitted to you by our
accredited paying bank. You must adhere to this instructions strictly to
avoid the loose of your cash prize to internet abusers– this program has
been abused severally, so we are doing our best to forestall further abuse
by false claims.

Winners were selected through an internet ballot system from 250,000 e-mail
addresses(both personal and corporate e-mail addresses). This program is
sponsored and supported by T-NET ASSETS, in conjunction with Union Australia
lottery.

Congratulations once again. Your e-mail address will be used to participate
in our next, mega, draw: €65Million.
BE INFORMED: all winning (cash prize) must be claimed not later than
10-days after you receive this notification. Failure to claim your cash
prize after this date will result in your cash prize forfeiture.

Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications during the
remitance of your funds, remember to always quote your personal and winning
information in your correspondence with the paying bank.

Please contact the paying bank with these information for the immediate
remittance of your funds to you.
Kindly send them the following:
(i). Your names,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
(vi) Age
Contact the paying bank with the following:
Deutsche Bank NV.
Attention: Mr James Smith
Deutsche Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
E-mail: jamessmith77@netscape.net
Tel : +31-643-164-770
Fax : +31-847-445-425

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Ms. Sharon Maxwell.
Lottery Coordinator

Thursday, March 23, 2006

YOU HAVE WON!!!(THIS YEAR BONANZA 2006)

From: YOU HAVE WON!!!(THIS YEAR BONANZA 2006) <europw16myp@todito.com>
Date: 23-Mar-2006 03:55
Subject: YOU HAVE WON!!!(THIS YEAR BONANZA 2006)
To: "YOU HAVE WON!!!(THIS YEAR BONANZA 2006)" <ideceive@gmail.com>

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
KUYKENS,HOGEWG 52,1098CE
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Ref. Number: H711/033/122/902FR
Batch Number: 011/560-NL57

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: ELP

Dear winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 20th March, 2006. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 179547-0047 with serial number A001490 drew lucky numbers 1-05-37-NL, which consequently won
in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,500,000.00 Euros (One Million Five Hundred Thousand
Euros) 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. You will need to have your identification documents and claims form notarized by the fiduciary
agent (below) before a magistrate or notary public in The Netherlands. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 10,000,000 companies and 30,000,000 :www.europw.com. individual email addresses and names from all over the world, names from Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America, Middle East, Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions Program. This promotional program
takes place once a year.This lottery is promoted by the software and internet giant corporations to compensate some few individuals with
website and email addresses, we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year EUR10 million international lottery.
Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon to file in for your claims, please contact the company processing officer.

MR. Ank Van Diermen,
Claims processing manager
EUROPW LOTTO PLUS
Tel: +31 64 553 5697
Fax: +31-84-749-9502
Email:europwlo@netscape.net

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do Inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Anna-Katharina Amberg.
Lottery Coordinator
EuroPW Lottery Program.

Monday, March 20, 2006

FROM THE ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.

From: nationalboard@virgilio.it <nationalboard@virgilio.it>
Date: 21-Mar-2006 06:32
Subject: FROM THE ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.

FROM THE ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.

Attn: Lottery Winner,

FINAL NOTICE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to
inform you of the result of the dayzers.nl lottery programs held on
15th ofMarch 2006 with your e-mail address attached to one of the
winning ticket numbers. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of USD1,000,000.00 (One Million Dollars Only)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system from our sponsors databases, includingover 50,000
companies and 150,000 individual E-mail addresses and names submitted
by our agents drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe, North And South America
and around the world.

To begin your claim, do file for the release of
your winning by contacting our accredited agent:

Foreign Transfer
Manager,
MR. GILL MARTINS
TELEPHONE :0031 647 416 459.
Email:
dayzernlclaim@netscape.net

YOUR WINNING DETAILS
Ref No:
GML/2551256003/11
Batch No: 14/0017/IPD
serial No: GMLA2-003
Ticket
No: 12099
Lucky No: 425448/7785.

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized
to complete the claim process; winners will be referred to a Foreign
Transfer Manager, to have their winnings notarized, all winners are to
cover the legal charges of the notarization of their winning in the
international court of justice.

Please note that you will be required
to pay for the issuance of your winning certificate and all winnings
must be claimed not later than 2nd of April 2006, after this date all
unclaimed winnings will be null
and void.

In Order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your reference
number and batch
numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should
there be any change of address do inform our agents as
soon as
possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of
our promotional program.note: Anybody under the age
of 18 is
automatically disqualified.

YOUR FAITHFULLY,
THE ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.
AUGUSTINA WHITE MANUEL.

EMAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION 2006(CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WONYOU A PRIZE)!!!

From: DR. ROBERT SANCHEZ
Date: 20-Mar-2006 09:18
Subject: EMAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION 2006(CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WONYOU A PRIZE)!!!
To: ideceive


EURO MILLIONS SPANISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REFERENCE: 67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782:
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE


Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Spanish Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the 10TH OF FEB 2006 and result where release on the 20TH MARCH 2006. Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 653-908-321-675 with serial main number 345-790-241-671 drew lucky star numbers 34-32-90-43-32 which consequently won in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1.000.000.00 Euro.(One Million Euro).

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 through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Spanish European Lottery board in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and Microsoft-wares around the globe. This promotional program takes place every three year. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50 million Euro International lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

DR.ROBERT SANCHEZ
SANCHEZ SECURITY COMPANY ESPAÑA
TEL: +34-699-752-404
FAX: +34-911-849-901
Email: sanchezscclaim@netscape.net

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than one month, After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.


Sincerely yours,
MRS,COMFORT JOSE

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