I received this e-mail...Is it for real?

Question

ECO LOTTERY WINNERS (HEADQUARTERS)
TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662
BATCH NUMBER : AT-040SB06-03

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Eco

International Sweepstake
Online Lottery programs held on the 24th of

MARCH,2007,2006 in SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA Your e-mail address attached to

ticket number:2752246896 with
Serial number 652-662 drew the lucky numbers:

AT-040SB06-03 , which
subsequently you won you in the lottery 2nd

category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total

sum of
US$2,500,000.00(Two million,Five Hundred

Thousand United States Dollars)
in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is

from a total cash prize
of US $ 25 Million dollars,shared among the first

Ten (10) lucky winners
in this category.All participants were selected

randomly from World Wide
Web site through computer draw system and

extracted from over 100,000
companies.This promotion takes place annually

and Please note that your
lucky winning number falls within our Europe

booklet representative
office in West Europe as indicated in your play

coupon.In view of this,
your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred

Thousand United States
Dollars) would be released to you by our payment

office in United Kingdom.
Our United Kingdom agent will immediately

commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you

contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep

your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your

money remitted to you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your

prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming

and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned. To file for your claim, please

contact our fiduciary agent:

NAME: Mr Jonny Fred
EMAIL: [e-mail]


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,

please quote your:-

1. Full Names: ---------------------------------------
2. Residential Address: ------------------------------
3. Mobile Phone Number: ------------------------------
4. Fax Number:----------------------------------------
5. Occupation: ---------------------------------------
6. Sex: ----------------------------------------------
7. Age : ---------------------------------------------
8. Nationality: --------------------------------------
9. Present Country: ----------------------------------

Sincerely,

Mrs Pricillia Goodman.
Eco International Lottery Online Co-ordinator

Notebut,I will want you to get back to us on this

email address:
[e-mail]

Answer 1

NO. It's a scam, pure and simple 110%. What you should do though is forward the e-mail to [e-mail], since that is the e-mail address where it came from, yahoo should shut them down.

Answer 2

There has been lots of internet scams like this. You've won a lottery you have never entered, you're an heir to an inheritence to someone you don't know, etc. Basically they are phishing for your personal information and may collect bank info later in order to "wire" you the money. Sometimes they require you to send them some processing fee, sometimes they just steal your info to open credit cards / bank accounts. If I were you, I'll just ditch this email.

Answer 3

It was real but since you provided the info I just went and stole your 2.5 million dollars.... just kidding, or course.

Look, some company you've never heard of from out of the blue sends you an eMail saying you've won 2.5 million dollars for doing absolutely nothing (and the eMail looks an awful like others I've gotten from time to time). Just think about these facts and ask yourself - why would these people just give me 2.5 million dollars. Put another way - Of course its fake. Email them back and they'll say something like you have to send them $20 as a processing fee so they can send you the 2.5 million.

Just use common sense with stuff like this - if it sounds to good to be true it probably is (and if it sounds way, way to good to be true it almost certainly is).

Answer 4

Did you enter such a contest? If not, how could you have won? Looks like a scam, but only you know if you even entered the contest.

Answer 5

it was but not anymore. it said it was supposed to be confidential. now everyone knows your ticket and serial number. I would email them back as soon as possible claiming that you're an FBI informant. maybe they'll give you another shot at winning their lottery.

Answer 6

I get stuff like this every day. I just mark them as spam. I don't know what to do to stop it, but I wish I did. My blocked address file is getting full!

Answer 7

I got that same email and was wondering the same thing I am for sure now that it is a scam...

Answer 8

Did you wonder how you won a contest you didn't enter?

Answer 9

It's a TOTAL SCAM!!!!! Just delete it and don't look back!!!