win USD820,000,00

[abawilkyi]

I received this message james khumalo&associates with the telephone no.+27783212116 and with the e mail address jameskhumalo_lawfirm@yahoo.com operating with Euro-Afro American Sweepstake lottery in UK. I have given my bank details to him. And they are deal with the first national bank in south africa.

[davenerven]

Dear Sir,

Please beware. This is a lottery scam attempted on you. No real lottery will use a free Yahoo email account to conduct their business. No real lottery will also ask you for "processing fees" or "charges" before they send you your prize.

There are some key points to remember about Lottery Winning Emails:-

(a) You cannot win a lottery that you have never purchased a ticket for. Some emails say that you do not have to, but a Lottery by definition is a commercial enterprise that REQUIRES people to buy tickets in order for there to be any prize money. In short, they are lying.

(b) A fraudulent lottery will ask for a fee to allow your 'winnings' to be sent to you. In all cases it is this fee that is the scam. If you pay the money, you lose it forever, and they may come back and ask for more.

(c) Genuine organizations who purport to handle vast sums of money do not use free webmail providers such as yahoo, msn, hotmail etc. It is one of the ways the fraudsters can remain anonymous and untraceable.

You can find lots of information right here on the site about fake lotteries.

A brief description of Lottery Fraud is here:-
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=255

A more in-depth view of a Lottery Fraud is here:-
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=229

We have some Lottery Fraud example emails here:-
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39

If you have any further questions please feel free to use the forum, the Contact Us form, or my email address (dave.nerven@fraudwatchers.org) directly.

Be safe.