What would you do if someone called you up and offered you some free cash? Bite off their hand? Or say no, in case they were actually after your money?

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Message purporting to be a "winning notification" from international football association FIFA, claims that the recipient has won two million eight hundred thousand dollars in the FIFA 2010 World Cup Lottery.

I am Mrs. Catherine Michael the Head of Public Relations at Golden Casket Lottery Corporation Limited. I am sorry this letter might have come as a surprised to you as we are supposed to have mailed this letter to you which is in regards to an unclaimed winning funds awarded to you during our Annual International Promotion for the year 2008 but due to the urgency of this information, we have decided to send you this email for update as we are fully aware of the numerous fraudulent letters widely spead over the internet lately.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today, You are among the winners of the TOYOTA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

Lottery scams are nothing other than information harvesters. The people behind them are identity thieves and they normally ask the you for your contact details like your physical and postal address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, bank account numbers. They also ask for your social security number, passport number, or any type of identification number. Supplying them with your personal information exposes you to the possibilities of identity theft, online fraud, money laundering, spam, viruses, etc.

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM

I know I usually tell you how to earn money online but this article will tell you how to save money or not be fooled by this obvious lottery check scam. IF IT SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT'S PROBABLY A SCAM!

There are lots of lottery scam emails and direct mail items doing the rounds which tell you that you have won a jackpot prize in a real lottery or a fake lottery. Even if they contain a link to lottery.co.uk or quote our address, we did not send them!!

Volkswagen MOTORS WORLDWIDE LTD.

Internet User Encouragement Promotions

VW Motors

Manchester/Malaysia.

We are officially announcing to you the result of VW Motors Email Lottery
Promotion held on the 30th day of Dec. 2010 as part of our programs to
Launch our multi million dollar office that was commissioned on 5th of
January 2011 in Malaysia and Manchester United Kingdom. Your email was
attached to ticket number VJETTA-UK-VP990003-M4GA with draw number P93VWJ
which consequently won you in the 2nd category prize, your email address
was extracted from our electronic email extraction system which randomly
selected Fifthteen (15) Lucky Winners of which your email address was
among one of the lucky winner. You have therefore been approved for a
payout of a total sum 850,000 GBP (EIGHT HUNDRED & FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We also advise that you keep your winning information very confidential as
our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals. The selection
process was carried our through our computerized Email Selection System
(ESS) which selects email from a database of over 600,000 email address
was drawn from all over the continents of the World. This promotions being
the first of its kind will now take place

annually and we hope you will also take part in our next year One Million
Pounds Sterling International Lottery Game. To file your claim, you are to

BLACK-BERRY® OFFICIAL COMPANY OF UNITED KINGDOM.
THE BLACK- BERRY COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
THE BLACK BERRY TRUST 17 MENDY STREET HIGH WYCOMBE
BUCKS, HP11 2NZ UNITED KINGDOM.
THE BLACK BERRY COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION 2011

Attention; winner,
Your Email-ID has won you £800,000.00 Pounds in our Black-Berry New Year promo. We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the ( 21st December, 2010) by Black-Berry in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £800.000 (Eight Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pound Sterling ) each on THE BLACK- BERRY COMPANY PROMOTION However the results were released on the (1st January, 2011) and your email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT:12052006/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 30,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. In other to claim your £8, 00.000(Eight Hundred Great Britain Pound Sterling) prize winning, this has been deposited in a designated bank.
However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE BLACK-BERRY COMPANY via Email black-berry11@live.co.uk for verification and then you will be directed on how you can claim your winning funds.

TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES COMPANY
BURNASTON A38/A50, DERYSHIRE
EAST MIDLANDS DE1 9TA UNITED KINGDOM
TEL: +447010037718
STAR PRIZE WINNER

This is to inform you that you have won a BRAND NEW TOYOTA CAMMRY 09 CAR and a cash prize of (£250,000 00 GBP). The car comes with a special TOYOTA INSURANCE Cover for one whole year that is till the next promotion in 2011. It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES depot or service station worldwide. Your Batch No: 515944052/166 and Winning No: 1544 make you as one of the lucky winner in our Charity bonanza.

PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA'COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM
Ticket Number (7PWYZ2010)
Ballot Number (BT:12052010/20)

Dear email account user,

THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform
you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws by Coca-Cola in
conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion,your email
was among the 20 Lucky winners who won ￡1,000,000.00 each on the COCA'COLA
COMPANY PROMOTION.

However the results were released and your email was attached to ticket number
(7PWYZ2010) and ballot number (BT:12052010/20)The online

Congratulations !!!
Organization
claimsdepartment@live.co.uk
Dear Lucky Winner,

ASIA PACIFIC 2010 WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are Pleased to inform you that your Email Address was selected among the
winners of Asia Pacific International Lottery Promotion.

For more details contact claims manager for full information and direction on
how to redeem your cash prize.
Name=Address= Mobile No.=Sex= Occupation=State
Congratulations Once again !!!

Announcer !!!
Dr Thanaporn Deng
President Asia Pacific Lottery Organization.

Obviously, this is another lottery scam. If you received an email like this, do not reply to the sender. Just delete the email and move on.

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O2 VODAFONE World wide Fundamental Draw.
E-drawn lucky numbers: 74-55-23-17-19-62

LOTERY WINNING INTERNATIONAL
DEPARTMENT ALL STATE
Diego Ireland P.O. Box 1759
Killingly Co. Kerry Ireland
Notification Centre.
---------------------------
Ireland/United Kingdom.
Date: 7TH OCTOBER 2010
Sub: WINNING REDEEM NOTIFICATION

This is to finally announce the O2 VODAFONE World wide Fundamental Draw which had been on prospectus for over six years.

This G.W.W.F.D is specially arranged by the Head Quarter of O2 VODAFONE Irish brewery, Dublin, Ireland.

All participants of this on-line promotion programmed were selected randomly from all Continent with assistant of the Imp address which represents different countries World Wide, your email address was randomly extracted Selected through a computer draw system extraction machine.

Congratulation You Have Been Selected in the on-going chevron texaco poverty
alleviation program. Held this year and you have been awarded
$852,000.00 USD. (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLAS).
Note that this program is mainly aimed at alleviating poverty,it is also
aimed at encouraging internet Users worldwide. This email is randomly sent to five people worldwide. If you did receive this email, it means you are one of the five(5) lucky
winners. Your verification number is: (CT-222-6747,FGN/P-900-56).
CONTACT OUR CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICER IMMEDIATELLY:
Mr. Kenneth Davids
EMAIL: povertyalleviationcampaign2009@gmail.com
Phone: +2348034481687
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as
soon as possible:

WEBMASTER INC. UNITED KINGDOM.
AWARD DEPARTMENT-YAHOO/MSN PROMOTION
2010 LOTTERY SPLASH
124 STOCKPORT ROAD, LONGSIGHT,
MANCHESTER M60 2DB –
UNITED KINGDOM.


DEAR WINNER,

This is to inform you that you have won lottery prize money of 1,250.000.00GBP (One million two hundred fifty thousand British Pounds) for the month of October, 2010 Prize Promotion which is Organized by Webmaster Inc.
YAHOO! MSN! AOL! Hotmail! Collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail and other email networks Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE (WON PRIZE)
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. This Award must be claimed no later than 20 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: YM 09102XNUK
REFERENCE NUMBER: YM35447XNUK
PIN: YM09788UK

These numbers fall within the LONDON Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Liverpool and send your winning identification numbers to him;

It is the point where one has to stop and think . Billions and Millions of Mobile users all over world are using different types of cell phone brands.

But horrible dark side reveals that scam stars are using their cell brands like Nokia to con the users . This time again online or email scammers are banging their crime business by promoting the fraud and scam email under the banner of one of the world’s reputed cellular brand Nokia.

The fraud email message which was quite for some months but seems back into action ,when people are again falling for this .The story doesn’t seems to ends here itself as these crime artists are flagging short service messages (smse) which at first glance looks very much positive and too good to be true.

If you are already aware of such scams, we recommend deleting the email and attachments instead of opening them. Some of these attachments - in words, image, or exe files, may contain virus. If you have the time, simply forward to us at your own convenience.

My goodness, they even have a Bar Code these days!

Coca-Cola is the world’s most popular soft drink. Sold in more than 200 countries, it is produced by The Coca-Cola Company and is often simply referred as Coke. Originally intended as a ‘patent medicine’ when it was invented in the late 19th century by pharmacist John S. Pemberton as a ‘coca wine’, Coca-Cola has dominated the worldwide soft drink market for decades now.

THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM



THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION 2010

We transferred this submission from the comments.

This is obviously a scam, and was not sent by Yahoo. Check out 419 scam or Lottery scam.

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Wednesday, 6 May, 2010 12:38 AM
From: "drkellyhenshaw@yahoo.com"

YOU ARE YAHOO LOTTERY WINNER, CONGRATULATIONS...

Payment No. YML27536

Date: MARCH 2010

Lottery
PAY THE AMOUNT OF: FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS * £50,000.00*
AUTHORIZED BY: YAHOO MAIL INC.

YOU HAVE WON £50,000 POUNDS!
YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF THE 5 TOP LUCKY WINNERS !!!

Dear Esteemed Winner,

This is great, another nice lottery name to add to our collection! It claims to be from Bankok, Thailand. Just imagine how much money this scammer has made over there years - he is travelling all around the world and sending out scam mails, at the expense of his victims.

Another giveaway is the email address: southeast0000000000710030000000@msn.com

If you found this post by using the search engine, please note that you have received a scam email. The scammer is trying to rip you off by asking you to pay a fee in order to collect the $1million winnings. As we always say: NEVER PAY MONEY TO GET MONEY! You will never get a single cent after paying for the winnings.

Please read this out loud and delete the email. We would have saved you some hardearned money.

Lastly, forget about reporting the names found in the email to the police. They are all fake names.

This scammer is in fact located in Netherlands, and the mail routed through Japan. We will send the u/m to the Netherlands police force.
NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ in Conjunction with the Microsoft Corporation Prize Award. This is to inform you that your email I.D attached to Ticket number: 76547/09,Prized Number: 67898 and Lucky number : 7213 has won the SuperPostcodePrijs of USD{$} 1.500.000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) only in the first category of the Award Program held on the 16th January, 2009 in Holland-Netherlands. To claim your winning,you should contact the OFFICIAL and APPROVED paying bank here in Holland-Netherlands urgently:-

POST BANK NL
www.postbank.nl
Email:postbnkclaimdept@aol.nl

You are also advice to furnish them with the following information:-

Scammer Location: Somewhere in Africa, a place known for scams.
Scammer Email: piusbest2009@live.co.za,

This scam mail comes with an attachment. If you are receiving such mails for the first time, please note that this is a scam.

-----Original Message-----
From: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY SOUTH AFRICA REGION.
Sent: Mon, 27 Apr 2010 9:28 am
Subject: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY SOUTH AFRICA REGION.

PLEASE VIEW THE ATTACH DOCUMENT
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION TO CREATE AWARENESS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN UP-COMING 2010 WORLD-CUP IN CONJUNCTION WITH
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLDCUP LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

We received a lottery scam email with the subject "Lottomatica", saying that we have won One Million Euro.

Lottomatica is a legitimate company in the gaming industry, but they only provide services and products. They don't run online lottery.

So if you receive an email like this, it is a scam where the scammer will ask you to pay cash before you can collect your money. (which is a stupid thing to do).

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Dear winner,

Our records indicate that you have qualified as one the lucky winners to receive the LOTTOMATICA International winning prize jackpot.

If anyone cares to lift up their little fingers and search for "British Lottery Headquarters", the results are all about scams.

This is a no-brainer, targeting at those who are completely new to such scams.