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Easy Money Scam Alert: Foreign Lottery Scam Details
By Shelley Lockwood
Ever get one of these?
Win $500,000.00 US, tax free today! Your chances of winning are 1 in 6.
Hundreds win every week using our secret system!
Or how about ELGORDO LOTO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION..the one announcing you're a winner though you've never purchased a ticket.
It's a scam...there's no such thing as a secret system for winning the lottery. Odds of 1 and 6? I don't think so. It's often been said your odds of winning a lottery are about as high as getting struck by lightning.
For the most part, these scammers won't even buy the lottery tickets. They just take your money and run.
On the off chance that they do purchase your tickets, what you may not realize is that buying lottery tickets cross border by phone or by mail is illegal in the US.
Those that actually use your money to fund the purchase of lottery tickets, usually just claim any winnings for themselves.
What they are really after is your banking information or credit card number. They'll use your banking information to make unauthorized withdrawals or run up bogus charges on your credit card.
Purchase just one of these tickets and your name will be added to a "suckers" list. Your name will be sold to other unscrupulous scammers.
As tempting as they may sound, don't respond to these foreign lottery scams.
In the US alone victims are responding to these scams to the tune of US$120,000,000.00 a year. It's not difficult to see who's on the winning end of this so called "lottery".
Here's an example:
Here's the e-mail I received. Total bull! I didn't respond so I can only assume that they would have tried to bilk me for some cash in order to receive my so called winnings. Bad enough when they try to suck you in by purchasing a ticket, now they try to convince you you're a winner when you didn't enter in the first place.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. Oscar Martinez [mailto:elgordoloto@madrid.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:51 PM
To: shelley@global-e.biz
Subject: ELGORDO LOTO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION
LOTERIA PRIMITIVA.
C/BUSMAN EL BUENO,137.
MADRID - ESPANA.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/02 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement, of winners of the LOTTERY PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 8 MARCH,2003. Your contact is attached to 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 the 1A category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of EUROS 647,828,87 in cash credited to file
No:LP/26510460037/02.
This is from total prize money of EUROS 31.472.765.00 shared among the twenty three local and international winners in all the categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form
25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe, North and South America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now insured to your contact. Due to the computer mix up of some numbers and contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes Euros 1.1 billion International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact the undersigned.
Since all we have now is the winning ticket number and your email contact which was attached to the ticket number, we shall thus await further directives from you on how to have your winning paid to you.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account .
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 10 JULY 2003.
After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with the security company . Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
OSCAR MARTINEZ.
Note from Shelley: This week along I've won over 3 million bucks...hmmmmm funny I never win a thing when I actually buy a lottery ticket!
Don't give in to temptation...delete the scam e-mail!
Take care,
Shelley
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