CONTACT: MR. HAROLD.VAN.DER.SMIT
LOTERIJ PROMOTION & PRIZE AWARD DEPT
AMSTERDAM,DE NEDERLANDS
OUR REF: DLINT/3306/2106/06
SPONSORED BY <:> www.bankgiroloterij.nl
RESULTS OF CATEGORY "A" DRAW
Dear Winner,
Following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by the www.bankgiroloterij.nl corporation, the Slidecircuir award and the Heineken prizes in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products (F.P.S.) held in Amsterdam the Nederlands, wherein your electrononic email address emerged as one of the online winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of Eur.1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros).
We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you. It is important to note that your award i
2007-03-16 20:12:30 · 10 answers · asked by 99thwonder 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It is a "SCAM"!
Email Lottery Scams - International Lottery Scam Information
Lottery scams are one of the most common types of fraudulent email currently hitting inboxes. Be wary of unsolicited email that informs you that you have won a large sum of money in an international lottery. This is a common Internet scam. There is no lottery and no prize. Those who initiate a dialogue with the scammers by replying to the lottery scam emails will eventually be asked for advanced fees to cover expenses associated with delivery of the supposed "winnings". They may also become the victims of identity theft.
Read these links: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery-scams.html
http://www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/lottery_scam_names.htm
http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/lotteries.htm
http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Info/Scam.html
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/lottery.asp
I hope this answers your question.
2007-03-16 20:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by ♥♫♪♥Tricky Vicky ♥♪♫♥ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, you know alot of people get these. I got the same about a month ago. I wonder what these jerks would do if we all got together and tracked them down. Like if they didn't have our million E then we get to trample them or something fun.
By the way, I found out the hard way that sometimes even sliding your mouse over a link in one of those letters can activate the malware involved. And forwarding could harm both you and the second.
2007-03-16 20:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by anton t 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a scam maybe even a phishing scam DO NOT click the links, delete it, treat it worse than spam.
You cannot win what you have not explicitly signed up for, no not even those flashing banner ads on some sites, all fake.
2007-03-16 20:16:35 · answer #3 · answered by rtsworld2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I agree with the above answerer. There is a big possibility of it being a scam.
2007-03-16 20:16:58 · answer #4 · answered by Dowland 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, ignore this e mail and delete immediately. did you personally enter a draw? i think not, if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
2007-03-16 21:49:55 · answer #5 · answered by D McC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
delete this email immediately .the people who sent the email is out to cheat your money.
2007-03-16 20:17:17 · answer #6 · answered by Hi ^o^ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it's the scam e-mail...delete it
2007-03-16 20:15:14 · answer #7 · answered by ceg2581 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They don't want to GIVE you money.
They want to TAKE your money.
2007-03-16 20:23:59 · answer #8 · answered by GeneL 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is called spam
2007-03-16 20:15:31 · answer #9 · answered by Stan the man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋