I have received one sms from Glolotto i am winner of $1000000 It is true?

Question

from thiland

Answer 1

IT IS A SCAM:

http://www.joewein.net/419/emails/2007-04/29/01003975.259.htm

Fraud email example:

From: Glolotto Promo
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:10:35 +0200
Subject: Congratulation:You Are Our New Winner



Glolotto annual lottery promo
Government Lottery Office GLO
Winning number:0610060645200385
Serial net batch number:187561691619

Dear winner:

Congratulation,you have been selected as one of the lucky winners in our annual end of year lottery promotion through our Internet Balloting Email Extracting and Screening Machine,your application was applied and processed by our internet balloting email extracting and screening machine which randomly extracts and screens millions of email adresses around the world.

This lottery promotion is held annually as part of glo lotto end of year lottery promotions.You are the 2nd among our 25 lucky winners and you have therefore been awarded a lump sum payout of USD1,000,000.00{One million,U.S dollars}

Your winning number is:0610060645200385 and your serial net batch number is:187561691619.Please note that there were no ticket sellouts in our lottery promotion,all our past and present winners were selected randomly through the internet balloting email extracting and screening machine.

In this regards you are adviced to forward the following requirements urgently to MR UCHIDA by email scanning attachments for faster processing,to enable us begin the processing of your winning documents and money transfer:

(1.)Write in full,your telephone number,postal and residential adress.

(2.)Scanned copy of your recent passport photograph.

(3.)Scanned copy of the main information page of your national passport or I.d card or driving licence.


As soon as we receive the above requirements from you,your prize money will be confirmed in your bank account within 48 hours or be available for pickup in western union in 15 minutes,if you chose to receive the prize money through western union.

Important Notice: The prize money will be remmited to you in full as soon as we receive all the requirements listed above.Please inform MR UCHIDA the means you which to receive your prize money,we prefer sending our winners bank cheques by courier service but we can also send you the prize money by bank transfer or western union money transfer if you wish.

We shall be anticipating your reply soon.

NOTE THAT YOUR WINNING MONEY IS COVERED WITH HARDCOVER INSURANCE POLICY, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from your winning MONEY before remitting to you.

Thanks
MANAGEMENT
Glolotto Head office

N.B:REPLY THIS EMAIL WINNING NOTIFICATION MESSAGE ONLY TO THE CLAIM AGENT ASSIGNED TO HANDLE YOUR MONEY TRANSFER PROCESS AND DOCUMENTS,HE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH YOUR MONEY REMMITANCE AND DOCUMENTS PROCESSING,HIS CONTACT DETAILS ARE LISTED BELOW:

Mr Uchida Duang
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
TEL:[phone]
WEBSITE:http://www.glo.or.th

Answer 2

If it seems to be too good to be true, it generally is ;) Sorry but that sounds like a scam to me.

Answer 3

where are you from. if you are from the united states then y would u win something from another country. i just got an email too that told me that i have gotten some money but it was not true. just mark them as spams cause thats what they are

Answer 4

YES!!! Congrats! I represent glolotto just send your credit card details to me!

Answer 5

scam

Answer 6

scam