Lottery Scam | Canadian Lottery

If you visit the Canadian Lottery site you will see that they take the misuse of their company name by the various scam artists very seriously.

They also go on to say that "You can't win if you didn't buy a ticket!"

I would consider that quote to be valid for all of the Lottery Companies who's names are being used by crooks to run the various scams.

It's logical, isn't it?

The lotteries cannot pay out big prizes without selling lottery tickets.

I know that a lot of these mails say that the free lottery is sponsored by some top 500 company or even person. Even if that was true, at the most they might put up a limited amount of their latest product, which would be included as prizes. But, sponsors don't contribute money.

It all comes down to the crooks needing a certain amount of recognition to make their lottery scams work. Giving the impression the e-mail comes from a real lottery company, will make some people react and contact the crooks. Of course, they will be thinking they are dealing with a real lottery and not crooks.

Having to pay a fee, tax or transport costs would then seem a small price to pay to get the prize money.

Of course, they never, ever get the prize …

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: canadian lottery <infoclaim_105@yahoo.ca>
Date: 12.12.2007 10:15
Subject: Online Canadian Lottery Winning Notification
To: infoclaim_105@yahoo.ca


FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT CANADA.

Date: December 12/2007,

Ref: MXE/061725/06,
Batch: TXC/6490902/188,
Winning No: Quot 3/4
CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on Fri Nov 2, from the Canadian International Lottery program. Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number: B/7056490902, serial number: 889002/10/22/2007. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5 14 27 30 31 32 44 bonus number 19 ,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of US$ 920,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND TWENNTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 474061720/05 from the total cash prize of US14, 000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky winners, based on their category.
All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program, which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

Please do contact:
DR PAUL MULLERS (M.D).
CANADIAN LOTTERY BOARD
Email: canadianlotto0007@yahoo.ca

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and address to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed with a specified date; otherwise YOUR PRIZE will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. Congratulations once again on your winnings!

Best Regards
Susan Davies (coordinator)
Address: 1450 Don Mills Rd.,
Don Mills, Ont. M3B 2X7
www.canada.com

Note: your can firm your winning by clicking on the following information: {http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=7}