this compony leave me an email and told me i have won a prize (250000dollar) and i dont know they are true or no
2007-05-20 03:08:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
THEIR EMAIL STARTS WITH THIS SENTENCES: "E.A.A.S Lottery Headquarters,
Euro - Afro Asia Sweepstakes Lottery Inc.
Customer Service, 580 N.Tenth Street, Sacramento, CA 85914,
An Affiliate of Charity International.
Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque,
I.P.P Award Department,
Amsterdam Holland
Attn:
Dear Sir / Madam,
We happily announce to you the draw of 2007 Euro-Afro Asia Sweepstakes Lottery International Program held on the 2nd may 2007 in Amsterdam Holland.
All participants in this lottery program were selected randomly through a computer ballot system, drawn from individual email addresses from all search engines.
Your e-mail address was picked by the automated computer ballot system, which has been programed for this random selection. This has eventually qualified you for the Winning.This promotional program takes place annually, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities, Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc.With....
2007-05-20 04:09:22 · update #1
The company probably exists--with a single purpose--to separate you from your money. Scam, scam.
2007-05-20 03:51:59 · answer #1 · answered by Still reading 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is known as a phising scam. Best thing to do is to not open these emails from the sender and to forward the email directly to the FBI or CIA.
2007-05-27 13:47:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
very likely a scam
if you do not remember entering any known honest contest with printed rules ... I'd estimate the chances of this being a scam at 99.99999%
2007-05-20 10:15:50 · answer #3 · answered by Spock (rhp) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋