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February 17, 2006
I WON THE LOTTO...again!
They don't know my name, they don't know my address and I've never even entered the lotto, but I still won 1,000,000 Euros! The winners notice is shown below.
OK, you would have to have an IQ equal to a sponge to believe it, but a lot of people do. There are dozens of suckers that fall for the old "eBay password verification" email on any given day. There's hundreds every month that tumble for the ancient "pidgeon drop" that started around the late 1800's, "I jus found dis bag o money, wha shoulds I do wit it kind sir?" Or "Ring, ring...yhello! Hello elderly person, I'm the security officer at your bank and we believe somebody has been stealing from your account, we need to verify your balance and account number..."
And todays prize scam....
WINX LOTTO INTERNATIONAL,
Bezoekadres Holendrechtstraat 37
1089 DN Amsterdam the Netherlands.
From: Dr. Bernard Van Dough
(Lottery Coordinator)
Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Winx Lotto Winners International programs held on the 27th, December, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket #: 34903228100 with prize # 448009/UK drew ─1,000,000.00 which was first in the 2ndclass of the draws. You are to receive ─1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your money (─1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of your cash prize - winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants. We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot winning is ─185 million.
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 20 days. After
this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in
the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us.
For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our Paying Bank (Inter Continental Alliance
Finance and Securities.)
Send them the following:
(i) Your names,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
Contact person: (I removed this part in case you're thinking about stealin my loto winnings)
Posted by Post Scripts at February 17, 2006 08:42 AM