Please tell me how should I answer to an e-mail that sounds like this?

Question

FROM;THE DESK OF MRS CAROL SMITH(Chief Coordinator)
EURO-AFRO-ASIA AUSTRALIAN SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL,

AN AFFILIATE OF FOUND MONEY INTERNATIONAL,
IPP AWARD DEPT,
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Sydney Australia

We happily announce to you the draw of the EURO-AFRO-ASIA SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL program held on 27th of September 2007, in SYDNEY AUSTRALIA.....

Answer 1

Don't answer, it's a scam.

Answer 2

Don't answer. It's a scam and it goes like this:

You receive an unsolicited email, which states that you have won a major prize in an international lottery. Supposedly, your email address was collected online and attached to a random number that was subsequently entered in a draw for the lottery. In order to claim your prize, you are instructed to contact the official "agent" in charge of your case. You are also advised to keep the win confidential for "security reasons". This part of the scam is basically a random phishing expedition. If you respond in any way to the email, the scammers will send further messages or even contact you by phone in an attempt to draw you deeper into the scam.

You may be asked to provide banking details, a large amount of personal information, and copies of your driver's licence and passport. Ostensibly, these requests are to prove your identity and facilitate the transfer of your winnings. However, if you comply with these requests, the scammers will have enough information to steal your identity.

Sooner or later, the scammers will request some sort of advance fee supposedly to cover administration, legal or delivery costs. At its core, this scam is just a reworking of the Nigerian loan fraud, in which scammers also eventually ask for upfront fees to facilitate the "deal". Like Nigerian scams, victims who do actually pay the requested fees will probably find that they receive continuing payment demands to cover "unexpected expenses". The requests for money will go on until the victim realizes what is happening or has no further money to send.

In some cases, the scammers give victims the option of opening an account at a particular bank as an alternative to paying upfront fees. However, this "bank" which is completely bogus, will insist on an initial deposit of $3000 as a requirement for opening the account. The fake bank will have a legitimate looking website to reinforce the scam. In other cases, the victim is given the option of travelling to an overseas destination and paying a cash fee to facilitate the release of the funds. However, any "winnings" released to the victim will be counterfeit and therefore worthless.

The details of the lottery scams vary regularly with regard to the name of the lottery itself, the country of origin, the sponsoring organization, the amount of the "prize" and other particulars. The scammers try to add a patina of legitimacy to their claims by mentioning real financial institutions, government departments or well-known companies. They may also provide links to slick looking, but fraudulent websites that are designed to back up information included in the scam emails. If the scammers are successful in establishing a dialogue with a potential victim, they may provide "proof" such as a scanned image of a supposed government official's ID and even photographs of the "winnings" in cash.

Answer 3

Unless you specifically entered the Euro-Afro-Asia Sweepstakes Lottery International lottery...I would throw this e.mail it to trash. It's spam.

Answer 4

because number one it is a scam in not a true web site the lottery conmission does not send you a e-mail saying that you have won alot of money ever the real lottery conmission has stated in the passed that they are doing there best in telling ever one just becareful not to answer that e-mail cause it is a virus it will shut your computer down the thing is i live in dallas texas i had got one of the e-mails to but i have never ever lived in SYDNEY AUSTRALIA are even london they just want to get into your computer in steal your password in money in every thing that is worth alot of money so in the near furture if you get any more of these e-mails in your computer just delete them in ignore what ever it says never open any thing that does not make any sence at all ever that way you will be safe in so will your computer i hope this helped you out alo have a good day

Answer 5

You do NOT answer it. You DELETE it . it is a scam.

Here's another one for you:

FROM NATIONAL LOTTERY AGENT
SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY AWARD.
LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS: 31, BRITON COURT,
KEMPSTON PARK, JHB.
BATCH: (13/26/DC36.)
FROM: SA NATIONAL LOTTERY
TICKET NUMBER: 74454774
SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584
BATCH NUMBER: BT-4478474121P


DRAWS NUMBERS:
AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the South African 2010 World cup Bid award INTERNANTIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION held in Zurich, Switzerland on the 30 JUNE 2005.You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584 and Batch number BT-4478474121P.
Your email address attached to the ticket number: 74454774 that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first category,in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of $500.000 Dollars ( Five hundred thousand United States Dollars )in cash credited to file reference number:IPL/4249859609/WP1.This is from a total cash prize of five million Dollars shared among the ten international winners in first categories.

Want more? I get these every day:

FROM THE DESK OF:
ABSA BANK OF SOUTH
AFRICA.SANDTON
BRANCH.
{USD30,MILLION TO TRANSFER}


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Franklin Young, Indepentent Director to Amalgameted Bank of South Africa{ABSA}. I have urgent and very confidential business proposal for you.An American Gold consultant/contractor with the South African Solid Gold Corporation,mr John Cuthbertson made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million Dollars) in my branch.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the South African Solid Gold Corporation that John Cuthbertson died in a plane crash in Alaska Airlines Flight 261(for more information about this crash and person you can contact this website:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
since we got this information about his death. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.John Cuthbertson did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in the Bank. This sum of US$30,000,000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.

I've got dozens more. You want 'em?

Answer 6

Your answer should be:

Go F U C K yourself.

It's a scam. They have announced that over and over again. How would they know your name if you did not enter the sweepstakes. It's phishing or spamming. And they will ask you for either personal information or money.

Answer 7

DELETE!

You may find when you respond that they would like you to send $X to help process your claim quickly. When you do you never hear from them again!

I suggest: Put a dollar on the state lottery. You have a much better chance of winning something!

Answer 8

You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.
www.scambusters.org
www.hoaxbusters.ciac.org
www.scambusters-419.co.uk
www.truthorfiction.com
.Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.

Answer 9

Give the address to someone at the Better Business Bureau they will answer any questions for free and be able to tell you if its real or something that needs to be reported

Answer 10

Sounds like a scam. Answer by hitting "delete" button.

Answer 11

The email is only a scam and delete it from your email. I get those all the time and don't even read them. They are only a waste of my time in reading them.