How can you win a lottery or sweepstake if you never purchased a ticket?
Never respond to any such requests for advance payment.
Warning: Do not send any money or personal details to anyone who says that you have won a prize or anything else in a lottery or
sweepstake that you have not previously entered. Such claims are almost certainly frauds. Always check fully any person or organisation
before sending anything to them.
If you discover that you have been the victim of a Lottery scam.
Please contact:
- US Postal Inspection Service - by telephone at 1-888-877-7644 , by mail at U.S. Postal Inspection Service, 222 S.
- Riverside Plaza, Suite 1250, Chicago, IL 60606-6100 or via e-mail at:
http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC): by telephone at 1-877-FTC-HELP or by filing an electronic complaint via their internet site at
www.ftc.gov
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Canadian Scams): by telephone at 1-888-495-8501 or via e-mail at [info@phonebusters.com]. Their website,
www.phonebusters.com , provides additional contact numbers.
- Spanish Embassy in the US - Spanish Lottery Scam: www.spainemb.org/ingles/indexing.htm
Most importantly, do NOT make contact with the con artist; they can be extremely dangerous. If at anytime, you feel physically
threatened, you should contact your local police department immediately.
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:09:50 +0100
From: "infor dept" infordeptintl@web.de
Subject: you have been approved for a total pay out of US$950,000:00
CONGRATULATIONS WINNER !!!
Award Prize Dept
Madrid Spain
Dear Beneficiary
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Euro Milliones Lottery International Email Address draw on the 10th
of November 2007, due to the mixture of names and address the result was released on the 10th,December 2007.
All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email address emerged
alongside with 9 others as a category 2 winner in the Euro Milliones Lottery Draw.Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a
total pay out of US$950,000:00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only). The following parti culars are attached to
your lotto payment order:
(I) Batch No: BCA/022 /CA C
(ii) Ticket No: 197-033 -02345
(iii) Lucky No: 04-6-8-12-24
(iv) Ref No: MTD/SAN/9500/LAS.
The Euro Milliones Lottery Program internet draw is held once in a year,and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and
computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more th an 150 countries worldwide.
To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:
NAME: MR,MIGUEL FERNANDO
UNIGLOBES AGENCIA S.A
EMAIL: uniglobesagency@aim.com
EMAIL: uniglobesagencia@yahoo.es
then you will be informed by your agent on how your Cashier's Check for the sum which has already been deposited with your email contact. We use this opportunity to thank all our Sponsors/Contributors of this program: Heineken ,Sony ,master card,Vodafone,p lay station,Ford. For payment, please do provide with the following informations And send to our Agent via
Please you are advised to complete the form and forward to your agent for prompt collection. You are automatically disqualified if you
are below 18 years of age. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain Info rm ation that is privileged, proprietary,confidential and exempted from disclosure.
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:37:28 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT CALL FOR CONFIRMATION!!!!!
From: "EURO MILLION" rose.favor@yahoo.de
GOOD NEWS CONFIRMATION!!!
This is to inform you that your email ID has won 1,000,000.00 (One
Million
Euros) in the first category of our computer ballot email Lottery with
the
said winning numbers giving below; E-Ticket number07-32-44-45-50
(01-07),
Prize Number (match 3): 106000009
You are also advice to furnish them with the following information:
Names:
Telephone / Fax
E-Ticket number
Prize Number
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Dumald van Hook (Lottery Director)
De Nederlandse Dayzers Promotion
Official Website: www.dayzers.nl
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2007 20:42:27 +0100
From: jenny_klein2654@email.it
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON 1,000,000.00. THE 2007 (E.U)LOTTERY AWARD.
Europe Million Lottery Inter.
Osdroplien 450, 1120AH ,
Belgium.
Affiliate of Europe National Lottery.
Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON 1,000,000.00.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of Europe National Lottery which was held on the 15th, Febuary 2007. Your e-mail address
attached to e-ticket number: 834509819, with Prize Number: 237359446 drew a prize of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros).
This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the Sweepstake. You will receive the sum of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) from
our authorized bank.Because of some mix-up with sweepstake prizes, including the time limited placed on the payment of your prize: 1,000,000.00,
we advice that you keep all information about this prize confidential until your funds: 1,000,000.00 have been transferred to you by our bank.
You must adhere to this instruction, strictly, to avoid any delay with the release of your funds to your person. This program has
been abused severally in past, so we are doing our best to forestall further occurrence of false claims. This sweepstake was conducted
under the watchful eyes of 8,000 spectators. Your e-mail address was selected and came out first by a e-ballot draw from over
250,000 e-mail addresses (personal and corporate e-mail addresses).
This program is sponsored by CFI Networks to compensate faithful internet suffers around the globe. Congratulations for becoming
one of the few lucky winners.With your permission, your e-mail will also be included in the next sweepstake of 5Million.
You must claim your prize: 1,000,000.00 not later than 14-days from the moment you receive this e-mail.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays with your claim from the bank. please contact them immediately,
and quote your winning and personal information to the Bank in all your correspondence with the paying bank.
Here is the contact information:
Bank Name: Direkt Bank .NL.
Contact person: MR. FRANK BEER
Address:Evertsenstr 135,1057 HL Amsterdam The Netherlands.
(i). your name(s),
(ii) Your telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Your contact address/country
(iv) Your winning information.
Congratulations.
Angelic Van Theiry.(Mrs)
Coordinator.Europe Million Lottery International.
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:08:56 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
From: "NEDERLAND'S STAATS LOTERIJ NL" marcellobartolo@virgilio.it
Subject: Call To Confirm Your E-mail Ticket Number: W-91237-H67/B4.
Call To Confirm Your E-mail Ticket Number: W-91237-H67/B4.
Nederlandse
Staatsloterij
Post bus 3334, 5902 RH Venlo
Den Haag, The - Netherlands
http://www.staatsloterij.nl
REF: No: MSB/BC921245/KY14
BATCH: No:
MBM/207161/007
TICKET: No: W-91237-H67/B4
Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to
inform you of the result of the STAATSLOTERIJ NL Email Winners
International programs held on 10th day of November 2007, and the
result was released today 26th day of November 2007. Your email address
have been selected as one of the lucky winners in the 3rd category,
therefore you have been approved for a lump sum payout of 920.000.00
Euro (Nine Hundred and Twenty Thousand Euro.
To file and claim your
winning, please contact our claim-processing department for the
processing of your winning particulars with the contact information's
below.
Mr. Fabry Joseph
Staatsloterij Processing Dept.
Tel: +31- 619 323107
Fax: +31- 847
512664
Email: contactfabryjoseph@gmail.com
You are advice to
provide them with the information below, for the processing of your
winning particulars.
(1) Full Name:
(2) Tel/Fax #:
(3) Ref, Batch and
Ticket numbers above:
(4) Country origin:
(5) Amount Won:
(6) Age:
(7)
Occupation:
(8) Contact Address
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed
not later than 10th day of December 2007, after this date all unclaimed
funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18
is automatically disqualified.
Congratulation's once more, as we expect
you to make good use of the funds.
Staatsloterij Sweepstakes
International Program.
Marcell Obartolo (Mr.) Online coordinator.
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:11:22 -0700 (MST)
From: "Euromilliones Loteria Espanol Award 2007" euromillionespanol2007@yahoo.es
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER!!!
Euromilliones Loteria Espanol Award 2007.
Paseo De La castellana
15-89, 28008 Madrid
Spain,Branch.
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WON THIS YEAR EURO MILLIONES LOTTERY.
Sir/Madam,
We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer
balloting sweepstake Lottery held on 23rd November 2007.
This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Game in which
email addresses were used.
It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users;
therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.
You have been approve for the star prize of ?1,000,000:00
(One Million Euros Only).
To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed claim
agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of
your winnings with the following informations below:
Your Full Name:..............................
Home And Office Telephone Numbers:...........
Mobile Telephone Number:....................
Contact Address:..................................
Nationality:....................................
Occupation:....................................
Sex:......................................
Marital Status:.........................
Age:....................................
State/City:...................................
Country:.....................................
Fax Number:..................................
Amount won:.................................
Winning email address:....................
The Validity period of the winnings is for 20 working days hence you
are expected to make your claims immediately,any claim not made
before this date will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y
HACIENDA as unclaimed fund.
Note:You are advised to keep this winning very confidential until you
receive your lump prize in your account or optional cheque issuance
to you,This is a protective measure put in place to avoid people
applying for your winnig fund,as we have had cases like this before.
Best Regards,
Mr.Wilfred Enrique
Program Assistant.
From: "Markt Lottery" marktlotto202@yahoo.de
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:34:48 +1100
Subject: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR USING THE INTERNET
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE INTERNET USER
LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
Dear Internet User,
YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR USING THE
INTERNET.
Ref No: MARKT 80 ES 9414
Batch Number: 444821545-NL/2007
We wish to inform you of the Yearly markt
program that your Email Address has won an
Award sum of a total cash prize of
$2,500,000.00. (Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) .in this
category, contact the Agency below for your
Claim.