Is this a scam. I got this mysterious email from [e-mail]?

Question

PLEASE CONTACT AGENT WOUTERS RICHARD
DAYZERS NEDERLAND: LUCKY WINNER
NEW YEAR BONANZA!!!!! INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS.
Official Website: www.dayzers.nl

Attn. Beneficiary,

Dayzers Lotterij Nederland is proud to notify you of an e-mail Lottery
Ballot - Global Gaming Board Sweepstakes Program held on the 10th day
of January, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to our Lottery payment
order with the following particulars;
(I deleated the verification numbers and junk when I posted the email here cause it said to keep them secret)
Which consequently won you the lottery in the first category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of "One Million Euro" only
(1,000.000.00) in cash credited to your file reference number as quoted
above. This amount is from a total cash prize of "Sixty Million Euro"
only (60,000.000.00) to be disbursed to the sixty (60) lucky winners in
this category.

(more to the message)
All participants to this draw were randomly selected
from the internet through a computer draw system extracted from over
150 countries listed online by Microsoft Corporation to encourage
companies and individuals with websites and e-mail addresses promote
this lottery exercise which takes place every decade.

A payment authorization of your prize "One Million Euro" only (1,000.000.00)
already paid and insured on your name with our paying Bank shall be
issued to facilitate immediate and swift transfer of the sum on the
term and mode you prefer and nominate upon satisfactory report on your
identity verification and validation recommended by our claim agent.

It is our privilege to inform you that over "Three hundred million
euro" ( 300,000.000.00) is won annually in more than 150 countries
globally through our highly Efficient Promotion Programs.

(more)
To avoid a mix-up of identity and double claim, you are advised to keep your
winning information secret and confidential until your claim has been
processed and your money paid into your designated/nominated account.
All winners must make their claim not later than the 30th day of
20th Febuary, 2007. At the expiration of this date, all unclaimed funds shall
be returned for future draws.

To file for your claim, please contact
our claim agent:
Contact person: Mr. Wouters W. Richard
(International Processing Department).
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

For your identity verification. Do not forget to quote your (i)
Full name and Nationality (ii) Reference Number and (iii) Batch Number.

Once more, accept our congratulations.

Yours faithfully,

Mevrouw,
Anita Van Eindhoven
(Lottery Co-ordination)

This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information that is solely
for the intended recipient.

(at the bottom)
f you are not the intended recipient you are not
permitted to disclose, circulate or use the information for any purpose.
If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager.

*Microsoft Copy right 2007*

Answer 1

Jeez...lesson #1 in scammer school is:

"If it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is...."

Answer 2

If it's not from someone you know, a company or website that you have had some sort of contact with in which during you signed up or gave them your e-mail address, or a third party website or business which you allow to send you advertisements as part of your account at another website then it is a scam. Basically if you are surprised that you're getting an e-mail then it isn't something that will do you any good. This doesn't specifically pertain to your question but you can normally use the IP address of the computer that the e-mail was sent from to determine the computer's physical location down to a specific city. So if this e-mail had originated in Brazil or Canada then you can clearly see that it is a scam if the obvious signs of it being a scam didn't convince you.

Answer 3

I would say scam. Anything to do with money sent through e-mail is 99.99999999999% a scam. Sorry to break it to you, it's a scam.

P.S. I was reading your other question if your a Halo dork and saw that you said if there was campain then you would join, there is campain....and I actually enjoy playing campain alot also but multiplayer is really fun on live and you should think of joining.

Answer 4

Yes, this is definitely a scam. I get several a week from all kinds of places. If it sounds too good to be true it is usually a scam.

Answer 5

Sounds like a Virus or a Scam. You shouldn't open e-mail if you don't know who it is. For real.

Answer 6

This is defiantly a scam and maybe a virus which could potently ruin your computer. DELETE IT NOW!!!

Answer 7

google 419 Nigerian scam

Answer 8

Yes, it's a scam.

Answer 9

Oh yes. I've gotten thousands of those.

Answer 10

this is just a joke.dont believe them...they send to me hundreds of simillar messages