I can't seemto find info online about this, so it may be new. My sister Charlene received the following email:David Villa <dallottoster@gmail.com>wrote:HOT LOTTO A division of Deaf Lottery Association (DAL).United States. FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT. Attn Lucky Winner, NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "Hot Ball: 15" WINNER ONLY Date: Sat Jan 6 '2007 We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final draw of our Lottery International Programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 3 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold. CONGRATULATIONS!!! After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "Hot Ball: 15" with the following numbers attached Ref Number: PW 9590 ES 9414, Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2006 and Ticket draw Number: 5, 16, 26, 29, 36, You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $150, 000.00 (One Hundred And Fifty Thousand US Dollars) from the total payout. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than two weeks, after this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your Reference number and Batch numbers in all correspondence with the claims officer NOTE! Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "Hot Ball: 15" winners with the information below: Name: Abbey george Email:Dalagent07@yahoo.comHow ever ,you can chat with us on yahoo messanger instant chatting or aim to conclude the transaction processing. YAHOO IDALAGENT07 AIM ID : DALAGENT07 You are advice to provide him with the following information: Names: Telephone/Fax number: Nationality: Age: Country: State: (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. You can also contact Our Corresponding Payout Bank through email and website with the informations below: E-mail:wemabankofficial@verizonmail.comwebsite...www.wemabankplc.comYours Faithfully, David Villa. Lottery Coordinator. Thank you and congratulations!!! This email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission inerror, please notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer.She emailed them back and had the following conversation:dalagent07@aim.comwrote:Hello There, Congratulations to you once again on your winning of the deaf lottery association(DLA).The deaf lotto is an online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 3 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold. Your email address was emerged as a result of the last final draw of our Lottery International Programs..we have been expecting your urgent responce to this winning yesterday because we have three deaf winners and others already got their winning pay yesterday morning,so we wonder why you responded so slow to it.how ever ,you can chat with us on yahoo messanger instant chatting or oal to conclude the transaction processing. Yahoo IM.....dalagent07 Aim ...........dalagent07 We are waiting to here from you soon.... Once again we congratulate you and wish you well on your claim.... thanks you...Abbey George: hello charlene: i am here charlene: i do not believe this lottery Abbey George: hey Abbey George: how do u mean ? charlene: you aim me for winning lottery Abbey George: yes Abbey George: so are you one of the lucky winners?charlene: thats what they said... i just laugh at their jokes Abbey George: ohh men it is not a joke Abbey George: the other deaf winners got their winning pay yesterday Abbey George: so are you a real winner ? charlene: its what they say charlene: they said i won Abbey George: i am the certified and accredited claim agent Abbey George: okcharlene: i have no idea charlene: thats why i refused to believe this Abbey George: these is a deaf charity organization that want the deaf people to be rich and comfortable Abbey George: ohh charlene: i have no idea what this is about.. and i didn't apply for winning.. so i am clueless Abbey George: these is an online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 3 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked byan advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.charlene: cyber?? huh.. what the hell that mean Abbey George: it means internet Abbey George: other deaf winners got their money yesterday Abbey George: you are the only one left charlene: thats not real Abbey George: ohh Abbey George: well i will like you to ask for cancelation if you are not claiming your money charlene: how charlene: i do not know where to claim Abbey George: well i am your certified and accredited claim agent charlene: i have no idea they what they did on internet Abbey George: so if you dont want the money let me know charlene: do i get to keep money or give back Abbey George: nope Abbey George: you are getting your winning pay Abbey George: with no giving back charlene: are you really sure Abbey George: so are you ready to claim your winning pay of $150,000 Abbey George: you may have a charges Abbey George: but that depends on your bank charlene: charges? charlene: mail it Abbey George: because we pay through direct deposit Abbey George: so are you ready to claim your winning pay of $150,000 charlene: i rather you mail it Abbey George: ???????/ charlene: just send check charlene: ill cash it Abbey George: we dont pay through check Abbey George: other deaf winners get their money through direct deposit Abbey George: you are the only one left to be paid charlene: well tell me that i won't get scam Abbey George: You will never get scammed in your life Abbey George: i have been scammed before Abbey George: Abbey George: are you a christain? charlene: i don't want people take money out of my acct charlene: i am charlene Abbey George: good Abbey George: that wil never happen Abbey George: we care for the deaf people Abbey George: so are you ready to claim your winning pay of $150,000 Abbey George: ? charlene: ill get back to ya tmw after 2pm.. charlene: i need to talk to my husband first Abbey George: ohh Abbey George: the payment will close today Abbey George: you are so lucky to come online today charlene: and my sister Abbey George: you will have to claim your money today Abbey George: if you want it charlene: let me call my sister Abbey George: For what ?charlene: ill get back to ya tmw after 2pm.. charlene: i need to talk to my husband first Abbey George: ohh Abbey George: the payment will close today Abbey George: you are so lucky to come online today charlene: and my sister Abbey George: you will have to claim your money today Abbey George: if you want itcharlene: let me call my sister Abbey George: For what ? charlene: cause if she believe this scamming or not Abbey George: well did u believe in God ? Abbey George: these is not a scam Abbey George: i will rather want you to cancel your winning pay Abbey George: or you keep things to yourself for security reasons Abbey George: until you get your money charlene: hold Abbey George: o charlene: i can't trust it.. i try that before... charlene: sorry.. go ahead and cancel it charlene: i know this is fraud Abbey George: what do u mean?charlene: i do not know if this is legal real to give away money Abbey George: well it is legal Abbey George: and i want you to garb these as the best oppurtunity in lifecharlene: i do not know if this is legal real to give away money Abbey George: well it is legal Abbey George: and i want you to garb these as the best oppurtunity in life charlene: then let me talk to my sister charlene: if she believe it charlene: it happen to me 5 times before... they said fraud winning money lotto Abbey George: ohh i am sorry about that charlene: thats how i got piss off.. i gave it to cop Abbey George: ohh i see charlene: i would rather to talk to my sister first.. Abbey George: well the payment will be close today charlene: what time Abbey George: so you will need to act fast charlene: forget it... charlene: cancel it.. maybe another time.. sorry charlene: i can't trust you guys charlene: sorryAs you can see, Charlene wanted so bad to believe this was real. I think she was waiting for him to say the right thing, which would make it seem legitimate. Wema Bank is a real bank, from what I can tell, but its website iswww.wemabank.com. the email link in this scam iswww.wemabankplc.com, which goes to a completely unrelated site.This emailis afake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:Theydo notnotify winners by email.Youcan notwin without first buying a lottery ticket.Theydo notrandomly select email addresses to award prizes to.Theydo notuse free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.Theydo nottell you to call a mobile phone number.Theydo nottell you to keep your winnings secret.Theywill neverask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!