I Won $500,000 Nigerian Lotto!

[km]

Hey, I'm a big winner in the Nigerian lottery - $500,000 !!! All I have to do is send $5000 for transfer fees from Nigeria and the money is mine -- I'm off to Western Union....

EASYGAME LOTTERY AGENCY
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE/AWARD DEPARTMENT
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Ref. Number: 51/176/281-11
Batch Number:10119-88345213-NJ

REPLY TO THESE EMAIL ADDRESSES: morriscollins02@netscape.net and
morriscollins1@rock.com

Attn: Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw of the Easygame Lottery International
programs held on the 30th of January, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 132-9112444566 with Serial number JN366/15 drew the lucky
numbers:18-16-06-94-13-44, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of US$500, 000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till
your claims is processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.Please be
warned.
To file for your claim, pleasecontact our fiducial Agent:

************************************************** *****************************
Name: Mr. Morris Collins
Email Addresses: morriscollins02@netscape.net and morriscollins1@rock.com
Telephone: 0031-627-032-938

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Our fiducial agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.This promotion was
organised by some eminent personalities from all over the world to promote
software companies and it takes place annually.
Please remember that all winning must be processed not later than 28th of
February 2006 or when authentic proof is given for the delay of filing your
winning claim.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full
names,your country, your private Telephone and fax number, your
reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program and
also thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely Yours,

Mrs. Gloria Galloway.
Lottery Co-ordinator .

REPLY TO THESE EMAIL ADDRESSES: morriscollins02@netscape.net and
morriscollins1@rock.com

[HBee]

Ken,

Why didn't you let us know you were entering the lottery? We could have pooled our entries and maybe win the REALLY BIG prize :D

Herman

[hurrikane]

Hey,
I'll buy the ticket from you for 2k

[MikeDee]

Gee, congratulations Ken, you are so lucky!!! I'm glad I didn't win because I don't have 5 grand.

[km]

LOL - the amazing thing is that there are people that actually do fall for this stuff.

At least they didn't begin the message with 'Dear Sir/Madam' which is the trademark for Nigerian cyber cons.

Never ever, use the term "Madam" to address a woman these days!

[HBee]

Never ever, use the term "Madam" to address a woman these days!

Unless it's her professional title :D

[Donnie]

...can you explain what you mean by "fall for this stuff"? :o

[hurrikane]

I think we should go on record as to who is buying the drinks in March!

[km]

Fall for it Donnie? Check the article below and notice the part about Americans who actually travel to Nigeria for the fraud. I guess they are quite surprised when they get robbed and killed over there collecting their lottery winnings - duh.

ok "kane the first round on me. But we had 20 people show up last month, so let's meet early.

Interesting article from the State Dept about the Nigerian crime problem, if you have nothing better to do at the moment, read this =

The Nigerian Threat
Our law enforcement agencies attest that Nigerian criminal enterprises are organized and active in at least 60 countries around the world. They are adaptable, polycrime organizations. They launder money in Hong Kong, buy cocaine in the Andes, run prostitution and gambling rings in Spain and Italy, and corrupt legitimate business in Great Britain with their financial crimes. Nigerian drug trafficking rings are notorious. The presence today of hundreds of convicted Nigerian traffickers in Indian, Pakistani, Thai, Turkish, and other international prisons is indicative of the international reach of the Nigerian crime rings. Nigerian trafficking organizations have continued to evolve. Where once they limited themselves top to bottom to members of ethnic-based clans, they have come to recognize that international law enforcement targets Nigerian nationals. Accordingly, Nigerian trafficking organizations today favor surrogate couriers, especially young women. In the area of white collar crime, the U.S. Secret Service conservatively estimates that Nigerian advance free fraud letter scams cost Americans $250 million a year.

I'd like to provide you with just a few examples of the Nigerian crime problem.
The U.S. Embassy in Lagos reports that it is "inundated" with Nigerian fraud cases, receiving requests for help from U.S. embassies dealing with Americans defrauded by Nigerians all over the world. Last year, the embassy rescued several American citizens lured to Lagos in scams, taken hostage, and held for ransom.

Nigeria's neighbors have even worse problems, as Nigerian criminals literally fan out throughout Africa. Late last year, a businessman from Niger, a close neighbor of Nigeria, was led by Nigerian scammers who lured him to his death. South African officials have advised the U.S. of their deep concern over Nigerian criminal penetration of the entire South African region, including heroin and cocaine trafficking, frauds, car theft, alien smuggling, document fraud, and gang activities. Senior officials in another African country recently reported that Nigerian scam artists have been approaching their nationals with a long, rectangular box said to contain new United States one hundred dollar bills. The schemers say the money has been taken from the U.S. mint or U.S. Treasury, but for security purposes is completely black, requiring a chemical solution to remove the black ink and reveal the note. The schemers show how this is done with one bill as a example, then state that they have no money to buy the chemical solution to wash the rest of the bills. They promise to split the cash in the box if they get a loan for the chemicals to wash the bills. Then, if they get the cash, the scammers, not the black ink, disappear.

[Donnie]

True story--

For fun I had responded to one of these. Had a conversation by email with the perp. He switched emails for me to use twice. Told him I would take a couple weeks vacation and we could meet up to get the paperwork done. He arranged a time for us to meet in Amsterdam. Now if you know anything about Amsterdam you don't go there to sign paperwork. Last minute I told him I couldn't get the time off, sorry I couldn't help him get the money out of Nigeria, but I had long ago sent everything I had to the FBI....don't know if they ever acted on any of it. Sometimes I wish I coulda gone there as an undercover. But some people are intimidated with my size so I don't know that they would have even approached me when I got off the plane. The only reason Tommy lets me sit with him at the tournaments is cause when he needs a channel changed, he sends me up to do it. With my looks not many people complain.......:confused: :D