Yay! Iām Rich!
In my mailbox today:
FROM:THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT SWISS UNION INTERNATIONAL ELGORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERIA GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. Email: FTATLANTICSERVICES@WHIPMAIL.COM
REF NUMBER: SUL/653/029/03 BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03 DATE: 24TH FEB 2004
Dear Sir/Madam, We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent lottery draws held on the 12th of February 2004. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 7,000,000 (Euros) (Seven Million Euros only)
Note that all participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, bill gates of Microsoft Inc and other corporate organizations. This is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide.
For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward to your active participation in our next year USD50 million slot.
You are requested to contact our Lottery coordinator below to assist you with your winnings and subsequent payments. All winnings must be claimed not later than one month after the date of this notice. 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 and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Sincerely yours,
MR. STEVE BROWN. (LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
Since I’ve been working and looking for a new place to live all week, I think I’ll celebrate my new wealth with a few episodes of South Park season III. Actually, I’ve found a new place to live, but I’ll tell you about that later.
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it would be nice to think it was for real…
wistful sigh
It’s not for real?!?
lets travel all aound the world and complete your list of things to do. Lets start with a trip to Brazil!
:-D
Can I come to?
I received the email also,is it real or just a bad practical joke?
Even I got this mail… Looks like WhipMail.Com wants publicity
Sorry, folks, but the e-mail is yet another scam.
what a bummer. I was sure this was for real. but then again I sent all my savings to Nigeria. I guess the postal service is a bit late because I haven’t seen my money yet.
:-P
Hey, you have the same winning ticket as I do! Boy, is someone going to get fired after they realize they have to pay out twice.
Heheheheeee… Good one.
is that true ?
i got one too.
This is just a scam. I repeat: This is just a scam. You probably all got e-mails with the same winning ticket number.
Unfortunately, I won only 2,700,000 Euros, but with exactly the same numbers. I’ll change all these Euros in Dollars, because then I will have more than 3,000,000. ;-)
Hey; I’m a winner too!! But looks like I’ll have to share with you lot :-s
I have got a same email with the same REF NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER, ticket number, serial number, and lucky numbers.
I think it was not real.
haha, visit this web
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/~wm/wm-lotto.html
then you will know that is a scam
I just received the same email announcing my winnings but my suspicions were strong so I made a research in Internet and found many other winners with the same ticket number. I wonder where this leads to ?
Has anyone followed up on this ?. Would sure like to know what "they" require, from you, to collect your winnings. I’m too much of a coward to try, after crashes from picking up viruses.
This scam has been snail mail posted everywhere to..At least I got a genuine Spanish stamp ? lol
The scam gets some greedy ignorant ppl because they actually are that naiive to send these criminals the $800 to "insure" and send their "WINNINGS".???
The real ELGORDO Spanish Lottery advices"If you dont have a Ticket you purchased YOU CANT WIN A LOTTERY."
This is same kind of annoying spam - nothing else.
Maybe they just want getting your e-mail addresses
or other information for selling them to other
spammers or dubious companies …
I got this e-mail and almost believed it until I asked them to validate themselves and they couldn’t do it.I’m glad I am a skeptic cause if not my money would have been gone.