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 04, 2006

COCA'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD

From: personal info <personal@personal9.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: 05-Oct-2006 02:42
Subject: COCA'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
To: undisclosed-recipients


COCA'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA'COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON .
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

THE COCA'COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws held on the (28th JULY 2006) by Coca-Cola in
conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion,
your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each
on the just concluded COCA'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION.

However the results were released on the 30th AUGUST, 2006 and your
email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT:
12052006/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of
email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated
random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were
sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers
for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed
by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This
lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In other to claim your £1,000,000.00 prize winning, which has been
deposited in a designated security company in Amsterdam the
Netherlands .
You will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion
manager of the citi finance and banking for verification and then
you will be directed to the bank where your winning prize of
£1,000,000.00 has already been deposited in your favour.

NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:.........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:.....................................
PHONE:.....................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................

Please you are advice to complete the form and send it immediately to
our Promotion manager through email or fax for prompt collection of
your funds from the designated bank.

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)

MR VAN PERTSON
TEL: 00-31-622-766-275
FAX: 00-31-847-301-659
Email :mmfile1@aim.com

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as
a case of double claims will not be entertained).

*Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company is not to
partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Rose Hills

SPANISH E-MAIL RESULT

From: SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY <spanishmillion@netscape.net>
Date: Oct 5, 2006 12:20 AM
Subject: SPANISH E-MAIL RESULT


SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
CALLE GRANVIA 32N 1C MADRID SPAIN
REF:SP/0534/30/05
BATCH: 75/011/ISP
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
04/10/06
Dear Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Royal spanish Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held by a group of Bank giro loteria
corporation, the Slidecircuir award and in conjunction with the
foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.), held in
Spain on the 1st of September 2006 in Madrid Spain.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 212005600545 188 with Serial number
4888/02 drew the lucky numbers: 41-6-76-13-45-8, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00 Euro(One million Euro) in cash
credited to file KPC/9080333308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
Ten Million Euro(10
million Euro), shared amongst the first Tenth (10th) lucky winners in this
category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
Madrid booklet representative office in Spain as indicated in your
play coupon.In view of this, your 1,000,000.00 Euro(One million Euro)
would be released to you by our security firm in Madrid,Spain.

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

The information you received was to officially notify you of this
award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately
upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the
verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to
you Mr Jim Lopez
Santa Maria Loteria Security Depatment Madrid Spain.
Email:santamariaser@netscape.net or santamariasecuri@netscape.net
Tel:0034-650-013-942

You have been requested to also contact the security agent with the
following informations
FULL NAME:...............................
PHONE NUMBER:...........................
COUNTRY:....................................
ADDRESS:................................
SEX:.......................................
AGE:.............................
OCCUPATION:..............................

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

Remember,You are to contact our agents by email and within a week of
receiving this notice.After this date, all funds will be returned to the
MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. To avoid unnecessary
delays and complications,please quote yourreference/batch numbers in
any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations
once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours Sincerely,
Wilfred Enrique
Lottery Director.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

LDL

From: paul green <paul_green@latinmail.com>
Date: 03-Oct-2006 23:38
Subject: LDL


Dear Winner,

(Batch # UML010/C2)
(Ref. # 428/77/UML)

We are pleased to announce you as one of the ten lucky winners in the
luckyday
Lotto draw held
yesterday 02-10-2006.All ten winning Addresses were randomly
selected
from a batch of
fifty thousand international Emails. Your email address emerged
alongside nine
others
as category two Winners
in this year's Annual luckyday Lotto Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
5oo,ooo.oo(five hundred thousand euros) only.

Contact the under listed claims officer via email
as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings.

Mr.willson hillary

Complete Solutions Ltd

Email- willsonhillary@netscape.net

NB:
Your ref and batch number is the key to your winning.Please keep it safe and
handy as you make conact to claim your prize

Winners are adviced also to keep this award confidential until prize are
claimed to avert incidence of impersonation by unscrupulous elements.
Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Paul Green
Promotions Manager
The Luckyday Lotto Company

The Luckyday Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers,Mackintosh and a
Conglomeration of other international IT companies.

The Luckyday lotto Internet Draw is held once in a year and is so
organized to encourage the use of The Internet and computers worldwide.


Copyright Š 1994-2006 THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

¡Miles de amigos con tus mismas aficiones! http://www.latinchat.com

Monday, October 02, 2006

SUB : FREELOTTO WINNING NOTIFICATION

From: FREELOTTO SWEEPSTAKES <lottojames@aim.com>
Date: 03-Oct-2006 02:57
Subject: SUB : FREELOTTO WINNING NOTIFICATION
To: ideceive@gmail.com


FREELOTTO SWEEPSTAKES
P.O BOX 4562,
GRAND CENTRAL STATION,
NEW YORK, NY 10163.
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.
REF: FLUS/2537/4361/53
BATCH: UFS/FL312-00

WINNING NOTIFICATION

WE ANNOUNCE TO YOU THE DRAW (#2012) HELD ON 16TH OF LAST MONTH

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO TICKETNUMBER: 4347560051233 WITH
SERIAL NUMBER 2054/44 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS: 12,39,39,21,18,45,33.
THIS SUBSEQUENTLY WON YOU THE MATCH 5 PLUS BONUS.

YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED TO CLAIM A TOTAL SUM OF
USD$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) IN CASH CREDITED
TO FILE NO: FLS/23118308/05/07.

ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR THE ONLINE VERSION WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM
THE WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) THROUGH A COMPUTER DRAW SYSTEM AND EXTRACTED
FROM OVER 100,000 UNIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATE
BODIES EMAIL ADDRESSES THAT ARE LISTED ONLINE.

THIS PROMOTION TAKES PLACE QUATERLY. IN VIEW OF THESE, YOUR
USD$1,000,000.00 WOULD BE RELEASED TO YOU BY ANY OF OUR PAYMENT OFFICE
.

TO APPLY FOR YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT OUR ONLINE CLAIM AGENT BELOW:-

MS. CLARA ROBERT.
ONLINE CLAIM PROCESSING DEPT.
FREELOTTO SWEEPSTAKES
EMAIL:lucky.winner@claranet.de

ENDEAVOUR FORWARD TO COPY OF THIS WINNING EMAIL WITH ALONG WITH THE
FOLLOWINGS INFORMATION(S) BELOW:-
YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES:
YOUR COMPLETE HOME ADDRESS
YOUR MARITAL STATUS:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR SEX:
YOUR NATIONALITY:
YOUR DIRECT TEL AND FAX NO.

THAT WAY YOUR WINNINGS CERTIFICATE AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS /
PAPERWORK CAN BE PREPARED FOR YOU SO THAT OUR PAYMENT OFFICE WILL
RELEASE YOUR WINNING TO YOU.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL UNTILL
YOUR CLAIMS IS PROCESSED AND RELEASE, THIS IS PART OF OUR
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE
OF THIS PROGRAM.

NOTE THAT ALL WINNING MUST BE CLAIM NOT LATER THAN TWO (2) WEEKS,
PLEASE BE WARNED AND TREAT AS URGENT.

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE!!!

JAMES STILLMAN
INFORMATION CENTER
FREE LOTTO - USA


This transmission may contain information that is privileged,
confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you
are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained
herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED, if you
received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the
sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether is electronic
or hard copy format. Thank you.

CONTACT THE PAYMENT AUTHORITY.

From: dorisphillips.nationalpostcod4@virgilio.it
<dorisphillips.nationalpostcod4@virgilio.it>
Date: 02-Oct-2006 20:48
Subject: CONTACT THE PAYMENT AUTHORITY.


CONTACT THE PAYMENT AUTHORITY.
WINX LOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
1785WF,GOIFEESTRAAT,AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS.

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS.

We are pleased to congratulate you,
and announce to you,the results of the First Category draw of THE WINX
LOTT PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a
winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional
draws. The draws are being officially held on the 29th day of September
2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 2,500,000 e-mails addresses ofindividuals and companies from
Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as
part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address,
attached to ticket number 46998126739, with prize number 472-9768uk,
which consequently won in the First Category. You have been awarded a
lump sum pay-out of €1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the
winning payout for Category "A" winners.This is from a total cash prize
of €10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Euros) shared amongst the first Ten (10)
lucky winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is
currently now deposited with the paying Bank.

In your best interest 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 till the
process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds
remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non-participants of this
program. Please contact our paying bank (Inter Continental Alliance
Finance & Securities) immediately for due processing and remittance of
your prize money to a designated account of your choice:

NOTE: For
easy reference and identification, do remember to quote these numbers
in your correspondence with your paying bank.

To claim your funds,
please contact the paying bank.

*************************************************
Contact person:
Mr.
Mike Anderson,
(International Remittance Department).
Email:
intctalliancefs@aim.com
Tel: +31-649-216-997
Fax: +31-205-248 770.

*************************************************
N.B: All claims are
nullified after 20 working days from today.

Congratulations once again
from all members of Winx Lotto International.

Thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Yours in service,
Mrs. Doris Phillips
(Lottery Coordinator).