FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER SA LOTTERY, SOUTH AFRICA.\n \nDear winner,\n      INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PROCESSING PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT \n\nWe are pleased to inform you of the announcement  of winners of the GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held on 12th April 2006. as part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,Asia,Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and NewZealand as part of our electronic business PromotionsProgram. \n\n\n We are happy to inform you that you have won a cash prize of US$1.950.000.00 (One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) in cash in the SA ONLINE LOTTERY new year Promotional draw announced today \n \n\nYou qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for.You/Your Company, attached to ticket number : 700-45309-7482, with serial number:515-10-29080 drew the lucky numbers 12, 19, 29, 30, 37, 40+01 and consequently won in the Second Category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1.950.000.00 One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$7.8 million shared among the four international winners in the Second category. You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown: http://www.gmlsa.wb.st/ \n\n \n\nCONGRATULATIONS!\n\nMr.RICHARD BALOYI the fiduciary agent assigned to your case I wish to congratulate you on your victory, you are a lucky person to have won this lottery. You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the your winning price is to the tune of 1.950.000.00 One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars.\n\nYou are to contact the director of SA GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA  claims department with the information below to arrange for your payout\n \n1. Full names. \n\n2. Phone number. \n\n3. Fax number. \n\n4. Occupation. \n\n5. Sex. \n\n6. Age. \n\n7. Nationality. \n\n\nMR. RICHARD BALOYI \nFOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, \n\nAllStates Buildiing, 234, Woodmead Street,\n\n9Th Floor Unit 999 Johannesburg South Africa.\n\nTEL:+27 782 121 557
198949
It's called a Nigerian scam letter. Thousands of people every year lost hundreds of thousands of dollars getting sucked into these scams.
327256
If you are asking this because you have received an email or letter telling you you have won something, then I'm sorry but it's a scam.  Read this:\n\nhttp://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff185647.htm
222829
Over the past 3 weeks I have received roughly 3000 mails asking for help to move millions.\nAfrica does not have as much money to pay the % I have been offered in the last 6 months!\ndo an internet search for "419"\nEducate yourself and do not get caught ;)
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Did you buy a lottery ticket?\nIf not this is a scam. I get about five per day.\nJust delete it and ignore it..\n\nwww.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/lottery_scam_names.htm \n\nwww.scambuster419.co.uk/lottery.htm\nantivirus.about.com/cs/hoaxes/p/lottery.htm\nwww.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/lotterywin.htm
251943
goe here and find what you seek\nhttp://shareware.search.com/search?cat=237&tag=ex.sa.fd.srch.sa_win&q=draw
317104
Its a scam!\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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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.
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:)) "Consolation Prize Winner "!!!!\nYou win a prize for NOT winning the lottery!!!\nScamalicious!\n\nYou will have to pay fees...the fees cannot be withdrawn from the winnings because the winnings do not exist\n\nI would be willing to bet $25,000,000 that you didnt buy a ticket.\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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Did you buy a lottery ticket?\nIf not this is a scam. I get about five per day.\nJust delete it and ignore it..\n\nwww.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/lottery_scam_names.htm www.scambuster419.co.uk/lottery.htm\nantivirus.about.com/cs/hoaxes/p/lottery.htm\nwww.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/lotterywin.htm
403962
I searched and came up with nothing. How can they PROMISE you you'll win? Is there an address or phone number? I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't even in the US. My wife enters tons of sweepstakes but she contacts them. They don't come to her.
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Sanook.com is a website which amongst other things offers a free email address.(exactly like yahoo does)\nYou can (If you mess about with the strange writing long enough)get an email address "elvis @ sanook.com"\nThat makes you elvis like "lottery @ sanook.com" makes them a legit lottery.\n\nIt is a scam.\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.\nIf you want to check a email you think might be a scam go to www.scamomatic.com\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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Congratulation !\nPlz be sure its not a scam.\nIf you are informed by postal mail or email and demand any fee in cash ,to be sent by western union be sure its a scam.If you live outside Canada contact Canadian embassy for detail information.Also you can search lottery scam     \non net .\nIf you need more information send me a note ,\nsome people in my community received same information of lottery.I really want to help you before losing money.
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Heres a littlerun down on lottery scams\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\nSome times they will help you pay the fees.\nThey will give you a check (Wooooo hoooooo!!!)\nThe checks will be fake....very good fakes.\nYou can hand them to a 25yr old bank teller and they wont know the difference.\nThe checks go in your account.\nYour bank "HONOURS" the checks\nYou send the money to the scammer in Nigeria\nThe bank sends the check back to the issuing bank (can take up to 6 months)\nThe Issueing bank refuses to "CLEAR" the check.\nYour bank says"Hey...you put in a fake check ....wheres the money?"\nYou say" I sent it to [insert scammers name here] by western union money transfer(untracable) to that lovely man/woman/both in Nigeria"\nThe bank says"??? you robbed your own bank???"\nYou plead Ignorance..."Im innocent" etc\nThey say "But YOU put the check in our bank...." and you do jail time for bank fraud\n\nWhat is the difference between a fake cashiers check and a fake personal check?????\nA fake cashiers check looks like a real cashiers check whereas a fake personal check looks like a fake personal check.\nWhat have they got in common?\nThey are both just as easy to fake\n\n"419" scammers....dont ya love 'em\nwww.fraudwatchers.org
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Hi,\n\nAs the other members are saying, it is a FRAUD used for identity theft and to earn some money.\n\nPlease read the article:\n\n"Lottery scams are one of the most common types of fraudulent email currently hitting inboxes. Be wary of unsolicited email that informs you that you have won a large sum of money in an international lottery. This is a common Internet scam. There is no lottery and no prize. Those who initiate a dialogue with the scammers by replying to the lottery scam emails will eventually be asked for advanced fees to cover expenses associated with delivery of the supposed "winnings". They may also become the victims of identity theft."\n\nI suggest you to go through the complete article here >http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...\n\nI hope this helps.\n\n>>>Naveen Kumar
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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.
105075
It's fraud man don't beleive them, I'll tell you something have u ever participated in an English Lottery contest or any linked thing?? I guess not, if they emailed you again just send them an email telling them to send you some of the money for you to go and receive your prize.
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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