E-mail Scams Have Returned

For a while the well dried up - there was a complete hiatus - none of the following type of e-mail scams arrived in my e-mail. I was starting to feel discriminated against; my number was not coming up; my luck had ended and my endless supply of free money seemed to disappear. I should not have worried! All is well - my winnings in places I never entered have come back. My help in moving large sums of money is again being requested - I must have expertise I know nothing about. My abilities and honesty seem to be known worldwide. So many people seek my counsel and assistance - all by e-mail from yahoo and hotmail addresses. Strange - I always thought that big business used dedicated servers with private e-mails - not free e-mail addresses. I feel so honored to be asked to be a part of such large transactions. How do you spell scam? Oh Yeah - it it looks too good to be true . . . Or - a rose by any other name . . . (similiar to the piles my dog lovingly leaves for me in the back yard)

Remember:
1. Unless you bought a lottery ticket, you cannot have won the lottery. There are no such thing as "e-mail lotteries" or lotteries with "no tickets sold".

2. If the e-mail you received is from an @hotmail.com, @yahoo.com etc address, then it 99% a scam. Real businesses don't use those addresses.

3. It is illegal for real lotteries to charge you any fee to receive your prize. Most scammers will require you to pay them before sending out your "prize".

4. What makes you so special or so well known that you will be contacted to move the funds in million dollar or multi-million dollar estate?

Scammers love to play on greed - or on need - they don't care. They just want your money.

Here are two more of the darling e-mail scam attempts.

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Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Matthew Baker, an attorney in London. A deceased client
of mine, by name Alh. Slamet Hassan died in Banda Aceh, Indonesia with his
wife and family as a result of the deadly Tsunami.

Please log on to this website for more about the Tsunami
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
The main reason i contacted you is to assist me in ensuring that the
funds lodged by my late client with a Financial Institution Abroad is not
decleared unclaimed since he died with his wife and children.

The Financial Institution has issued me a notice to contact the next of
kin, or the funds will be confiscated. My proposition to you is to seek
your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my
late client, so that the proceeds of this funds can be paid to you, Then we
can share the amount on a mutual agreement based on percentage.

All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin
will be provided. All i require is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this transaction through.
This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your
moral values, do accept my apology. Please contact me at once to
indicate your interest.

However if you are willing to assist me in this venture i will
establish a verbal telephone communication with you and bring you into a much
better picture of the situation.

Best Regards,
Barrister Matthew Baker.
3rd Floor,
Sunlight House, Quay Street
Manchester M3 3JZ
matthewbaker@heritage.1to1.org

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THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1207) of the UK
INTERNATIONALLOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Wed 18th July,
2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 12-31-33-39-41-45 (bonus
no.23), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e
match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £174,653(One Hundred And Seventy Four Thousand Six Hundred And
Fifty Three pound sterling)
in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £873,265 shared amongst the (5)
lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus. All participants for
the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. However, no
tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy and the selection process
was carried out through random selection in our computerized email
selection machine (TOPAZ).

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
£174,653(One Hundred And Seventy Four Thousand Six Hundred And Fifty
Three pound sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

To file for your claim, please contact our Oversea claims agent.
Fudiciary Agent: Mr. Terry Bledsoe
Official Email: customerservice_lotterypromo@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447045703203

Endeavour to email your full names,winning numbers,telephone and fax
numbers immediately.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for THE UK
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program