Is this a real e-mail, or is this just a fake?

Question

YOU ARE TO CONTACT MR. VICTOR WATTSON FOR THE CLAIM OF YOUR PRIZE FUND.
FROM: THE PROMOTION CO-ORDINATOR OF STAATS LOTERIJ
STAATS LOTERIJ PROMOTION CO-ORDINATOR
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAM
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE NETHERLANDS GAMING CONTROL LOTTERY
BOARD PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).
www.staatsloterij.nl


Dear beneficiary,

We happily notify you of the draw of the Email Lottery Ballot - World Gaming Board Sweepstakes program held on Saturday - the 19th of December, 2006 at our Lottery office complex in Den Haag.

Your email address attached to our Lottery payment order, had the following details:(i) Ticket Nr.: DZS-NED 338-691-BBT/2006; (ii) Lucky Nrs.: 11, 18, 25, 43, 56, 77, 89; (iii) Reference Nr.: MST/18436/DZS-NED;(iv) Batch Nr.:KNED-LOTT 5196 72X5G; which consequently won you this lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Million Euro only, in cash, c

Answer 1

Sorry, it's a scam. The Netherlands Staats Loterij is legit, but they NEVER send emails like this. It is impossible to win a lottery if you did not buy a ticket. There is no such thing as an "Email Lottery Ballot".

Answer 2

definitely everyone gets those emails - I probable get 3 a week. they do no longer seem to be from Yahoo. they're phishing scams to hack into your account and commit identity theft. Mark as unsolicited mail and Delete Yahoo will by no potential close down an account except it has no longer been used for no less than a hundred and twenty days. the certainty which you have been waiting to envision this digital mail and positioned up on Yahoo solutions potential your account

Answer 3

Dude, I got many emails almost like that, that I somehow won prize and I need to claim for the prize money. All these are spams and scams.

Answer 4

lIts probably a scam. There are a few l sites out there that you can win from if you play and join. But i believe this one is a scam.Please dont give bank number or anything like that, Usually when you win a prize online they will mail it to you.

Answer 5

419!!
http://joewein.net/419/emails/2007-01/08/00912776.3.htm



More information about Nigerian Advance-Fee Loan scams is available from the U.S. Secret Service (http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml) and the U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/naffpub.pdf).

EFCC bust Nigerian 419 scammers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fLn86Q4wSM

OR just have a laugh and see what the ebola man is doing to make fun of these scammers
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/index.html

Nigerian advance-fee fraud has been around for decades, but now seems to have reached epidemic proportions: Some consumers have told the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) they are receiving dozens of offers a day from supposed Nigerians politely promising big profits in exchange for help moving large sums of money out of their country. And apparently, many compassionate consumers are continuing to fall for the convincing sob stories, the unfailingly polite language, and the unequivocal promises of money. These advance-fee solicitations are scams. And according to the FTC, the scam artists are playing each and every consumer for a fool. Here's the play book:

Claiming to be Nigerian officials, businesspeople or the surviving spouses of former government honchos, con artists offer to transfer millions of dollars into your bank account in exchange for a small fee. If you respond to the initial offer, you may receive "official looking" documents. Typically, you're then asked to provide blank letterhead and your bank account numbers, as well as some money to cover transaction and transfer costs and attorney's fees.

You may even be encouraged to travel to Nigeria or a border country to complete the transaction. Sometimes, the fraudsters will produce trunks of dyed or stamped money to verify their claims. Inevitably, though, emergencies come up, requiring more of your money and delaying the "transfer" of funds to your account; in the end, there aren't any profits for you to share, and the scam artist has vanished with your money.

Things you can do
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml


More infomation on the scam
419 Advance Fee Fraud The Worlds Most Successful Scam
http://potifos.com/fraud/
http://www.419legal.org/
http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
http://www.nextwebsecurity.com/419LifeCycle.aspa


Scamming The Scammers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okE6TRQlZY8&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/user/419eater
http://www.youtube.com/user/stargatebaiter
http://www.youtube.com/user/ButchDriveshaft

To aggravate and humiliate scammers worldwide. While TSB mainly focuses on 419 Advanced Fee Fraud, we also are involved with tormenting other scammers as well- and as many as possible. By wasting these scammers time, it is less time they have to focus on potential victims.
http://www.thescambaiter.com/

Answer 6

Did you enter the contest? If you didn't then you're an idiot for even asking this question. However, since you're such a nice person, I have a deal on some beach front property in Arizona for you...

Answer 7

FAKE, FAKE, FAKE, FAKE.
I've got so many of them many times and just like you i thought i had hit a jack pot and all my money problems were over, lucky i didn't lose anything before i found out it was a scam..............
Just ignore this

Answer 8

scam, scam, scam... it's a scam... unless you really joined some contest and/or raffle or lottery of any kind, this type of email is to be avoided, deleted, or simply ignored.

Answer 9

If you didn't enter the competition, then you can't have won a prize.

Answer 10

It's a scam. They want your bank information so they can clean out your account.