this organization held an annually sweepstake lottery international programs to encourage the use of internet and computers worlldwide made by MR.Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates \nthey chosen me to be awinner with them with asum of money \nshould i comblete with them or stop dealing with them\nthis is aseriouse problem in my thinking all the day \n\ntheir adresse is:E.A.A.S.LOTTERY HEADQURTERS\nCUSTOMER SERVICE 580N.TENTH STREET SACRAMENTO.CA85914\nAFFILIATE OF\nFOUND MONEY INTERNATIONAL\nARENA COMPLEX KM 18 ROUTE DE RUFISQUE\nAMSTERDAM HOLLAND
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You are almost right...\nThe "Euro-Afro-Asia Sweepstake Lottery organization" is a real,professional,Euro-Afro-Asia,fuel-injected....scam..\nIf you search for "Euro-Afro-Asia Lottery" (in quotations) on any search engine you can see how much of a scam it is..\n\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to    "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is
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No! There are many hoax e-mail messages (such as the one you are describing) on the Internet, claiming that Microsoft or some other company will reward anyone who forwards the message to as many people as possible. Always ignore these messages. No one gives money to anyone for the hell of it and you cannot win a lottery you did not buy a ticket for. That's the basic rule of any lottery.\n\nIf you ever get messages that promise you of unbelievable riches, do not believe them. If you get a message from someone you do not know, do not open it and do not read it. Delete the message.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery_machine
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There is no legal action.  Do not expect to ever get what they are offering - even if you ARE american.  The free laptops*, tvs*, etc. require extensive participation with their 'sponsors', which will require any number of PAYING activities.  Get a free spam filter, cut your losses, and move on. . .
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This is a scam.\nRamakrish,.. you have six very similar questions about this uk national lottery.  The answers you are getting should all tell you that this is a scam.  Do not fall for it. \nIf you didn't enter a lottery, you cannot win a lottery.\nSee this web site about the lottery scams.\nhttp://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/known-lottery-scams-a-e/bank-giro-loterij/
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Call the Spanish embassy and ask them about it.\n\nThere are many advanced payment scams out there.\n\nThe first link below gives a list of Spanish Lottery scamster's addresses.\n\nNote:  Why would a Lottery only give you 24 hours to respond?\n\nI wouldn't want to give my address to a potential scammer.  Many have been physically hurt or worse by Nigerian scammers.\n\nBe safe.  Don't give your address, phone number, or banking details to strangers.  \n\nHave then meet you at the police station or sheriff's office.  :")
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There is no bank called "Banco de lacaixa"\nIf you type the name of your bank into a search machine (eg.www.google.com) your bank will be shown on a lot of websites.\nIf you type "Banco de lacaixa" in you get nothing.\nThis is a lottery scam.\nFor more instructions go to www.scamomatic.com and follow the instructions..\n\nYou cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.\nThe scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is\n\nIf you are still worried aboutit go to www.fraudwatchers.org
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Sounds very much like a typical advance fee fraud - you'll be asked for endless processing fees (why can't they pay them out of the prize?) for something that never comes.\n\nIf Microsoft (or the company of the week that's being spoofed) really was offering a big cash prize, it would be heavily advertised. It isn't, so the prize must be fake.
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Whoa! It's a nice mail regarding lottery wins. You must have already seen those attractions. Kool!! I know what they do. First, they are gonna ask whether you are interested or not. I remember..... they wouldn't pay much interest to you. This way or that, the would require your registration. And a......... it's like this: -\n\n"We greatly invite you to our community, sir. Our correspondence office in your city is going to contact you for the details of ########## sum for money transfer. Prior to this short process we need your registration and again a short sum of 5000 Rupees (~$120) to continue with your coinfirmation to our central office. We hope your response for the same."\n\nAnd who cares for 5000 if there's 500000000. Then you reply and send the money, for you see those registered sites and technical e-mails. And then there is nothing left for you to be done. You see it was all clear and so wonderful, you get up like a model millionare and end like a millionare model. Finally, you get a heartattack and next day you find yourself in a hospital. Loosing 5000 was a good experience for you and you again found an email saying " YOU WON ####################################### SUM IN A LOTTERY"\n\nor else switch on your spam blocker kit........
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This is a scam apparently a money laundering set up. See the following reports:\n\nhttp://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1464305622;fp;16;fpid;0 \nhttp://www.data-wales.co.uk/ni_fake_jobs.htm \nhttp://www.scamorama.com/jobscam5.html \nhttp://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=81021
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You are attacked by fraud people.They  stole your identification like name, address,bank account number and more.It may be from lottery company as they pretend or related to property.They ask for Notary fees which they have to pay to authority to transfer the part of money to your account.I received similar mail from Nigeria.They use yahoo id, which does not go to bulk folder usually. So you can report to spam by clicking on'spam' in inbox.
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Its a spam or worse a scam...\nThey will be looking for your personal information(its worth it to them if they can confirm that your email address works)\nOr they will ask you to pay "fees" to collect your "winnings"\n\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to    "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is
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Just watch your email, I am sure that you will be winning th overseas lottery (that you never entered) very soon and probably more than once (everyone else does).\n\nThat ought to solve your problems.
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Scam alert!!!!\nReference to any banking or finance company in Cotonou is an immediate tipoff for a scam.\nDid you get a letter or email that is "too good to be true"??\nDo not send them money!!\nTake a look at this web site that lists most of the ongoing scams.\nhttp://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/known-lottery-scams-a-e/bank-giro-loterij/\nHope this helps!
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I'm THE most successful sweepstakes winner in the United States, and probably the world\n\nTrust me when I tell you this is a scam.  "Activation fees" are a sure sign it's a rip-off.  I've entered over 400,000 sweepstakes in nine years, and I'd never heard of Prize America until you posted this question.
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It's a scam.  Pay no attention to it.\nIf you didn't enter a contest or buy a lottery ticket, how do you expect to win it?
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SCAM, dude. I read an article about it awhile back.\n\nThey told me I had won and I live in the US LOL.\n\nStay away and do not give those people any personal info, please.\n\nI beg you.