Thursday 14 April 2011

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, November 13, 2006

Mrs. Rose Wood

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mrs. Rose Wood <fiduciary_2006_agent101@tlen.pl>
Date: 11-Nov-2006 23:12
Subject: Mrs. Rose Wood
To: undisclosed-recipients

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#984) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on 11th of Nov. 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:10.16.21.24.34.46. [30]
Bonus Ball which subsequently won the Jackpot prize. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000(Two million five hundread
Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.

In view of this, your £2,500,000 would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.

To file for your claim, please contact
Fred Mark
Email:fiduciary_2006_agent101@tlen.pl
Who will direct you on how to claim your winnings
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to
show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e.
Drivers license or International passport.

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. Please be warned.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.

ONCE AGAIN THE WHOLE OF THE NATIONAL UK LOTTERY STAFFS ARE
CONGRATULATING YOU, SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS TO ENABLE US FILE YOUR CLIAMS.

VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________

5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BATCH NUMBER:____________________ B. REF NUMBER:______________
10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
11.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
___________________________________________

12. COUNTRY________________________________

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send
you the contact information of the payment office so you
can proceed with effecting the release of your claim
in anyway you deem fit.

Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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