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The Winners Circle

Winners Circle will make you a Loser

This scam looks for suckers to join an illegal Internet gaming scheme. Beware, lest you be enticed into breaking U.S. Federal law.

United States Code - Title 18

Sec. 1084. Transmission of wagering information; penalties

bullet(a) Whoever being engaged in the business of betting or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
bullet(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of information for use in news reporting of sporting events or contests, or for the transmission of information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on a sporting event or contest from a State or foreign country where betting on that sporting event or contest is legal into a State or foreign country in which such betting is legal.
bullet(c) Nothing contained in this section shall create immunity from criminal prosecution under any laws of any State.
bullet(d) When any common carrier, subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission, is notified in writing by a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, acting within its jurisdiction, that any facility furnished by it is being used or will be used for the purpose of transmitting or receiving gambling information in interstate or foreign commerce in violation of Federal, State or local law, it shall discontinue or refuse, the leasing, furnishing, or maintaining of such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber, but no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found against any common carrier for any act done in compliance with any notice received from a law enforcement agency. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, in a Federal court or in a State or local tribunal or agency, that such facility should not be discontinued or removed, or should be restored.
bullet(e) As used in this section, the term ''State'' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States.

The following email "offer" was received by one of our readers:

HELLO

THIS IS NOT A SPAM. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR YOU.
 YOU'VE BEEN LISTED BY AN INFORMATION BANK AS
 SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR
THE WINNERS ORGANIZATION. THE WINNERS IS A VERY
 PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE TO ONLY THOSE PEOPLE
 WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME
SPECIAL BENEFITS.

IF WE OFFER YOU A MEMBERSHIP AND YOU ACCEPT, YOU
WILL RECEIVE A VERY SPECIAL  OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE
MILIONS OF DOLLARS INDEFINATELY WITH LITTLE OR NO EFFORT.
HA..HA.HA...HA... I KNOW. BUT, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.

NOW YOU CAN OWN AN OPERATING  INTERNATIONAL CASINO ARCADE
ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
,...THAT IS .... IF WE ACCEPT YOU INTO OUR ORGANIZATION.

HERE'S WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU .

A WORLD CLASS INTERNATIONAL CASINO
CAN HAVE  THOUSANDS OF VISITORS A DAY GENERATING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROFITS TO YOU EVERY
YEAR WITHOUT ANY EFFORT ON YOUR PART.
SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.  BUT,.....

WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW

IS THAT A FEW WELL INFORMED PEOPLE ARE SCRAMBLING
FOR POSITIONS IN THIS NEW  INDUSTRY. IT'S A BRAND NEW
OPPORTUNITY IN THE HOME ENTERTAINMENT MARKET FOR
CASINO GAMING AND WAGERING ON THE INTERNET .

OUT OF ABOUT 100 ON-LINE CASINOS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
TODAY  , THEY WILL TAKE  IN NEARLY 10  BILLION DOLLARS
THIS  YEAR .YES, THAT'S ABOUT $ 100 MILLION IN REVENUES ON
AVERAGE PER CASINO.

IN FACT, IF YOU HAVE HALF A BRAIN, IT'S HARD TO  AVOID
MAKING BIG-BIG TIME DOLLARS IN THE MEGA  FIGURE CLASS.

WE SPECIALIZE IN CONSULTING TO THE GAMING INDUSTRY ON
THE NEWEST HI-TECH GAMING SOFTWARE.

AND OUR GOAL NOW IS TO PROVIDE  A LIMITED NUMBER OF
ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS FOR A FEW SAVY  ENTREPRENEURS
TO GET IN NOW FOR A TINY  FRACTION OF THE USUAL COSTS.

IF YOU LIKE MONEY, GET INTO YOUR  OWN FULL BLOWN, 24 HOUR PER
DAY ON-LINE GAMING CENTER & ARCADE ON THE WORLD WEB.

...... OWNING YOUR OWN CASINO WITH NO LIMIT ON FLOOR SPACE
TAKE WAGERS ON SPORTING EVENTS, WORLDWIDE LOTTERIES, ETC.

A  HOME ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS JACKPOT OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

IF YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE SOME MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT TURNING A SMALL NESTEGG  INTO
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB MILLIONS OF  DOLLARS
THIS YEAR AND  FOR YEARS HEREAFTER, SIMPLY FOLLOW
THESE INSTRUCTIONS :

DO NOT RESPOND VIA E-MAIL

CALL  ( 01 ) 212 - 332 - 0228.

LEAVE YOUR NAME , NUMBER
AND THE BEST TIME TO CONTACT YOU

BEST REGARDS

THE WINNERS CIRCLE