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OH JOY!!  I’ve won a lottery I didn’t know I entered … and the lottery is in a country I don’t live in.

The scam?  They collect your information and then tell you that 1) they need access to your bank accout or 2) you must pay a fee for them to send your winnings to you.

Don’t be a SUCKER.  If you didn’t BUY A TICKET to a lottery, you can’t have won one. There are all sorts of different versions of this scam. Don’t be suckered in. Hit the DELETE button.

SUBJECT:  BRITISH GOVERNMENT LOTTERY
RECIPIENT: undisclosed-recipients

We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the BRITISH GOVERNMENT
LOTTERY,

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £950,000.00
(Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03.

To file for your claim,
please contact our fiduciary agent:

Sir Gerald Johnson
(Fiduciary Agent).

E MAIL:
PHONE:+447011129868
FAX:+44-87-1816-9707

Your are advice to provide him with the following bellow?
Names:
Age:
Tel :
Fax:
Nationality:
REF Number:
BATCH No:
TICKET No:
SERIAL No:
LUCKY No:

Yours faithfully,
Sarah Jones.

FROM: “BRITISH TOBACCO ONLINE PROMO”
SUBJECT:  PERSONAL

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This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of (one million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)in the International programs held on the 20th of March 2007 in London Uk.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(s) from a database of over 250,000 mail addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our executive claims officer via email;Mr. ALBERT GREGORY.Fudiciary Agent/Payment Officer.
E-mail: britishtobacco_@yahoo.co.uk
1.Name in full,
2.Address,
3.Nationality,
4.Age
5.Occupation,
6.Phone/Fax,
7.Present Country.
KAREN PETERSON
Co-coordinator.AGENT.

SWISSLOS, Interkantonale Landeslotterie
Lange Gasse 20, Postfach 4002 Basel Switzerland .

Batch Number: 074/05/zy369/SL/2007
Ref Number: UK/9420X2/68

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you of the release of the SWISS EMAIL LOTTERY on the
24th of March, 2007. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
payout of £2,000,000.00 Only (TWO MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS ONLY)
with Lucky Number "2, 3, 17, 18, 21, 44, 12" in cash which is deposited
with in your favor as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE
POLICY.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to you.

This online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
755,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by
an advanced automated random computer search from the internet and no
tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, you/your email
address emerged as one of three winners in the category "C"

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised
to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent in (Manchester
England) with the information below:

Name: Dr. Frank Wood
E-mail: agent-franood@excite.com
Tel: +44 70111 28823
Fax: +44-8712-392-112

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than the 24th of
April 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the
next stake. Also note that in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch
number in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change
of  address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Once again congratulations!!!

Best Regards,

Willy Mesmer
Sr. Mgr. Games

Note: Do not reply to this office, contact your claims agent
immediately.

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It doesn’t matter how they got your name (entering a contest?)  You will receive an offer to become a “financial representative” of an overseas company. For some reason they they have problems accepting money from US customers and they need you to handle those payments. You will be paid 5 to 20 percent commission per transaction.

They will ask you for all your personal data, including your bank account information. You will be a victim of:

* identity theft,
* money stolen from your account, or
* may receive fake checks or money orders for payments which you deposit into your account. Their cheques to you will bounce  (it may take weeks or even months) only after you have sent them all your money!  Your bank will have NO sympathy and you will owe them money.

Here are some samples of these scams:

SONGYEN EXPORTS COMPANY LTD.
No. 18 Hu Kou Street
Taipei 100-47
Taiwan

We are exporters based in the Taiwan. We export raw materials into
America,Europe,Asia and Australia.Our company, Songyen Exports Company was
established in the year 2004. We are interested in employing your
services, to work with us as our foreign payment receiving officer, who
can help us establish a medium of receiving payment on our behalf for
Goods and raw materials we supply to our clients in America,Europe,Asia,
or Australia.

Subject to your satisfaction with this proposal, you will be made our
foreign payment receiving officer in your region. If you decide to work
for us, please forward to us immediately via email to:
songyencoylt@yahoo.com.hk

YOUR COMPLETE NAME…………………………….
YOUR COMPLETE CONTACT ADDRESS………..
AGE:……………………………………………………….
STATE/COUNTRY……………………. ……………….
TEL/FAX NUMBERS………………….. ……………..
COMPANY NAME…………………….. ………………
OCCUPATION…………………………………………..

We anxiously await your response.

Sincerely,

Yong Lee,
General Manager;
Songyen Exports Co. Ltd
Taiwan

From: “Dr Lee Young” ukbranch@briecher.info
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: SOLICITING FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

Jiangsu Tianyin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Room 06-08, Floor 12B,
Lijin Asia Enterprises Center,
No. 19 Wunjing Road, Shanghai, China.
www.chinatianyin.com

UNITED KINGDOM OFFICE:
FLOOR 3&4, NEWTON HOUSE,
132, NEW BOND STREET,
LONDON, W1S2UD.
ENGLAND.

SOLICITING FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I represent the above named Company based in China. My company manufacture,
supply and export Pharmaceutics, Agricultural, Textile and Chemical
Egineering Products for world trade.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of
getting to our customers in Europe and America as well as making payments
through them as payment officers. In our just concluded Annual General
Meeting (AGM) I as Regional Manager of this multinational company have been
directed to relate with you because of the communication problem faced by
most of our Board Members, since many of them cannot read, speak or write
English Language except Chinnese which is our official Language.
In view of this you are expected to relate directly with me as the company
representative since I have been mandated to contact you and give them
frequent update about our activities.

Most of our customers pay out in cash, cheques,money orders,wire transfer
and we do not have an account in U.S.A And Canada presently that will clear
this money. It is upon this note that we seek your assistance to stand in as
our representative in your country.

Also, as our representative, you will receive 10% of whatever amount you
clear for the company and the balance will be paid to the company's account
officer.

Therefore, if you are interested in becoming our representative complete the
application form below and send via email or fax:
NAME:........................................................................

COMPANY NAME:.................................................................

ADDRESS:.....................................................................

CITY:........................................................................

STATE:..............................
ZIPCODE.....................................
COUNTRY:.....................................................................
....................
TEL:.................................. FAX:...........................

EMAIL
ADDRESS:.....................................................................

WEBSITE:.....................................................................

OCCUPATION: ........................

MARITAL STATUS: ..................
DATE OF BIRTH: ..............................................................

SIGNATURE(TYPE IN YOUR
NAMES): ....................................................
DATE:.................

Please reply through the email address below and use for futher
correspondence with us.

Very Respectfully,
Dr Lee Young
Regional Manager,
European Region.
E-mail: ukbranch@hotmail.com

Dear Prospective Representative,

INVITATION TO TREAT AS OUR EXCLUSIVE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

I am Mr. Welli Yeng, Managing Director of  XIANGON ARTS AND CRAFTS
IMPORT/EXPORT. CORP. China.

We are a group of business men who deal on Art and Craft and export
into the Canada And the United States of America.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium
of getting to our customers in the Canada/America, Australia and Europe
as well as making payments through you to us. Presently, we are faced
with some problems most especially with our payment methods as most
clients we have in Canada And the United State of America prefer to pay
us with cheque rather than cash.

We find it very cumbersome in accepting such payments due to the new
monetary policy in  our banking systems here in China and this is
crippling our business.We have numerous customers in the
Canada/America,Australia and Europe and we cannot afford to loose them due to this problem.

We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our payment
Representatives , to act as our agentss who shall receive payment on our
behalf from our customers in the United States,Canada,Australia and
Europe.

You shall be entitled to 10% of each payment you receive on our behalf
and this shall be a continuous process.Please if you are interested in
transacting business with us, we will be very glad. Please contact us
for more information.

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay you for your services as our
representative in Canada and the United States of America.

Please to indicate your interests please send to us the following
informations about yourself.

1.Full names
2.Full contact address( not P. O. Box).
3.Present occupation(Company And position)
4.Phone number/fax
5.Marital Status
6.Age
7.Sex

Upon receipt of this requested information I shall provide you with the
necessary details of how to become our representative.

Thanks In advance

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Welli Yeng
Managing Director,
Xiangon Arts and Crafts.
China.

Good Day,

I have a business proposal in the tune of (Nineteen Million and Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ), after the successful
transfer, we shall share in ratio of Thirty percent for you and Seventy
percent for me.

Should you be interested, please contact me through myprivate email
(private@yahoo.com.hk)so we can commence all arrangements
and I will give you more information on how we would handle this project.

Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the
following.

Full names,private phone number, current residential
address,Occupationn,
Age and Proffession.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Song Lile

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Wow, you’ve just inherited a truckload of money from a relative that you didn’t know existed. The scammers will try anything to get your money. What’s going to happen here is they will ask for your bank account numbers and passwords so that they can wire you your money. What will actually happen is … they will clean you out.

If you phone the number, they will have a VERY COMPELLING story of why you inherited. They will use intimidation tactics, greed tactics, basically anything that works to get your information.  The number you phone may be a high priced incoming call number that you have to pay the charges on … they will keep you on the phone forever!

Don’t phone. Don’t even let your heart rate increase by one pulse rate per minute. This is a SCAM. Delete. Don’t even open the email. Just DELETE.

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If you have posted your resume, with at least some personal data accessible by potential employers, on a legitimate employment site you will likely receive dozens of bogus employment offers. You will receive job offers to become a “financial representative” of an overseas company. The reason they want to hire you is that they have problems accepting money from Canadian or US customers and they need you to handle those payments. You will be paid 5 to 20 percent commission per financial transaction.

When you apply you will be asked for all your personal information and financial data including bank account information and maybe even access.  You will become a victim of:

* identity theft,
* money stolen from your account
* You may receive fake checks or money orders. You will be asked to deposit the payments and then send them a cheque minus your commission.  It will take weeks or even months for their phony cheque to bounce and by that time they will have cashed your check. You will end up owing money to your bank, who will NOT be sympathetic to your problem.

Here are some examples of Employment Offer Scams:

Welcome to Cheap fabrics
Thames Court, 1 Victoria Street, Windsor, Berkshire. SL4 1YB.
www.cheapfabs.co.uk

My name is John Clark and I own a company that sells textile and
fabric material in London, I am looking for a representative in the United States Of America And Canada who will be working for me as a part time worker and i will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction, which wouldn’t affect your present state of work, someone who would help me receive payments from my customers in the states, I mean someone that is responsible and reliable, because the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive, I am working on setting up a branch in the state, so for now i need a representative in the United States Of America who will be handling the payment aspect for our company.

These payments are in order or cashier’s cheque and they wouldcome to you in your name if you are willing to assist as a representative, so all you need to do is cash the money order deduct your percentage and western union Charges then wire the rest back..
You are entitled to 10% commission for any transaction(that is for any U.S POSTAL MONEY ORDERS or CASHIER’s CHEQUE ETC ).This transaction is risk free and legal from the American Government. Please reply only if you will like to work from home part-time  and get paid weekly without leaving or it affecting your present job.

Please get back to me with your Complete Name,Residential Address  and Telephone Number.
These payments are in order or cashier’s cheque and they wouldcome to you in your name if you are willing to assist as a representative, so all you need do is cash the money order deduct your percentage and western union Charges then wire the rest back.
Thanks,

MR John Clark
Director of Cheap fabrics.

Part Time Job Opportunity
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road, Dulwich Village, London SE21 7AD .Tel:
(44)-793 0286 190

Good Day to you Sir/Madam. I am pleased to give you an offer for employment as a consultant with our fledgling company. We at Dulwich Picture Gallery have a mission to help individuals with investing into the Art & Antique but due to our wide range of customers and low reach in terms of offices worldwide, we have decided to make ties with individuals around the world who are willing to be a part of our mission to make the future bright for our investors.

Job Description:
Currently, due to the abundance of Art and Antique in the West African region, we are pitching our Resource Office there besides our Head Office thats present here in the UK. We have abundant investors in the USA and Europe but sometimes have difficulties getting their investment bids across to us, your job will entail the cashing in of investment bids from our investors, in any form they may come (personalized checks, cashiers check or cash) and sending the funds back to one of our offices through means that will be given to you when the time arises.

Our seasoned workers set up this form of employment so it doesnt affect your day job if you have one.

Remuneration:
In an instance whereby you cash in an investment bid for our customer, you will be entitled to 10% of the total amount you cash. For example; if you cash an investment bid of $3000, your pay on that bid will be $300, which is subject to change depending on the number of bids that you cash.
If you are interested please kindly get to back to me:

Your name:
Your full address where to send payment: not p.o box
Age:
Present Occupation:
Contact phone numbers:

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Micheal Brown
Administrative Secretary,
.Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road, Dulwich Village,
London SE21 7AD
Rc:122132
Tel: (44)-793 0286 190
www.dulwichpicturegallery

They are going to ask you for money at some point (to facilitate your application and approval). You'll show up in Scotland for your new job in the middle of nowhere ... broke and alone ... and need I say JOBLESS!

Barfield House

Alderley Road

Wilmslow

SK9 1PL

Email: mcirecruit@yahoo.com

Attention: Job Seeker,

SUBJECT:  JOB OFFER IN TEXACO'S EXPANSION OF THE CAPTAIN FIELD OIL
PROJECT, SCOTLAND.

There are  job openings in the £350m Texaco's Phase 2 Expansion of the
Captain Field Oil  Project, which has produced first oil from the
eastern part of the Captain field.

It is estimated that the Captain field will increase production from
60,000 to 85,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day during 2007  .

You are hereby notified that your qualifications and experiences were
found suitably for the requirements of  TEXACO'S PHASE 2  EXPANSION OF
THE CAPTAIN FIELD OIL PROJECT, from Lochside, 10 km north of Montrose,
to Aberdeen's gas compressor station at Garlogie. Scotland.

For verification, screening and selection in this job opening, you are
to submit your most recent Resumes/CV's through our e-mail contact
above.

Faithfully,

Mr. Michelle C. Mcleish
Director, MCI RECRUITING LTD
Barfield House
Alderley Road
Wilmslow
SK9 1PL

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There are piles of these scams … DO NOT send personal data to these con artists.  These scamers are phishing for your personal information for identify theft or whatever other marvelous scheme they can think of. The fact that they don’t even know your name might be a BIG hint.   HIT DELETE.

My Dear

Due to your delay in this transaction, I am happy to inform you that i deposited your $2.5 Million United State Dollars bank draft that was kept for you.

under the issued bank before the expire date.

So all you will do now is to contact the issued bank for Wire Transfer and according to my enquiry the bank told me that it will take three bank working days to transfer your funds to you.

Here is the information of the Bank;
Name;INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK REPUBLIC DU BENIN
Email; inter_combank_42@o2.pl
Email; inter_combank@yahoo.fr
Director; Dr.Christ Johnson
Cell Phone; 00227 970 266 97.

And you are to contact them with this reqiured information below;

1. YOUR FULL NAME.........

2. CELL PHONE NO.........

3. OFFICE PHONE NO.......

4. ACCOUNT DATA.........

5. COUNTRY..............

6. YOUR PICTURE OR PASSPORT..............

So contact them and get back to me as soon as you have contacted them ok.

Wait to hear from you soon.

Mrs.Rebecca Chukwu

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You’ve Won A Lottery!
The problem is … you didn’t buy a ticket so don’t be scammed.

Contact Your Bank
For some mysterious reason, a stranger is about to deposit money in your bank account … all you have to do is provide them with all your private information and you will be an instant millionaire!

Represent Us
They want you to process their cheques because they are from a foreign country. They’ll give you 5 – 20% of the money you process through your bank.

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