E-mail notification of my lottery winnings
 

Here's a new one. Seems I'm now rich in Europe.


Ref. Number: 132/756/4509
Batch Number: 538901527-Bc68
Ticket Number: 27522465896-6453
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Winners in our
International Lottery Program held on the 27th of may, 2004.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number
3772-554 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-31-45 which consequently won in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 2,000,000 EUROS (TWO MILLIONS EUROS).
CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have been fully
processed and
your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants.All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email
addresses
and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place
every five years.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies in europe as part of their social responsibility
to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.We
hope with part of your winnings you will take part in our next year Ten
million Euros international lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent:
MR ATHONY WISE
Reply Email. ATHONYWISE@NETSCAPE.NET
Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 27th of June 2004
.After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,remember to quote
your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.Furthermore
should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as
possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank
you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.MARY GILLIAN
International Lottery (co-ordinator)
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent.

I missed the part where you send a wire transfer to Nigeria?

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to
disqualification.......

Too bad, you're disqualified. More money for the rest of us winners.....

So if I tell anyone I won, I can' win?

D'oh!

Who's your claims agent? 5 bucks 'll getcha 10 that if you contact him, he needs your bank info confirmed so he can put $3.5M in your account. I wonder how many replies they got on this one?

Damn! Did you email "anthony wise"? Perhaps some fun...tell him you're only 13, and your parents say you can't have the money... Boy...
things are getting desperate in Nigeria, aren't they? ;)

Damn it man! I thought I had the only winning ticket. My email didnt say anything about multiple winners

I think the other "winner" is the Nigerian astronaut who's still on the space station waiting for the $ to come down!!

i GOT THIS ONE TOO--i CONTACTED THEM--AND EVEN GOT A REPLY, BUT THEN NEVER AGAIN. iT'S A TEST TO SEE IF YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WORKS...IF IT DOES, MORE SPAM IS ON IT'S WAY!

I've been playing with some lottery scammers for the past 2 weeks - a message similar to Chris' - the Euro-African-Asian scam (found after some online research). They replied to my e-mails and have even phoned me 6 times (work #) after exhanging some non-financial info. I've talked to 2 different people in the UK - elaborate scam. The $ is supposed to be sent to yet another person.

Now I'm supposed to wire them $, but I've been asking for proof that their orgainization is real. They say "we've done that" (lame WORD docs) and "trust me" - yeah right. Seems I'm now going to forfeit my winnings if I don't get them the $ by this weekend ... oh well.

It handily verifies your gullability as well...