You won 500,000 Dollars
ADVERTISEMENTSWell, that’s what the email I received today says. It seems I won a lottery that I never even took part in. Here’s what the email says:
FROM:THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
ATTN:
Dear Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on 05/01/2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number with serial number , batch number 7157085835, lottery ref number and drew lucky numbers which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$500,000.00 ( Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Association of software producers.
To file for your claim,please contact our lawyer:
Barrister Kristen Vanbell,
Tel: xxxx xxx-xxx-xxx
Email:
we hope with part of your winning,you will take part in our next year US$20 million international lottery.
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than thirty days (30) after the notification of winning.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please 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.Vanessa Kleef.
Lottery Co-ordinator
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Posted on March 14th, 2006 | Category: General |
Arun
March 15, 2006 at 6:43 am
ha ha ha… its similar to one snail mail i got about 5 yrs back. It said the same thing. It was from Australia. But finally, they mentioned that in ordr to avail the amount, i need to pay $300.
Nice to c that u havent been asked to pay anything. Its a spam for sure, but y to avoid it till they ask money!
-Arun
johntp
March 15, 2006 at 2:36 pm
I replied to the mail asking how I won the lottery. But got no response till now.
Shivaranjan Bhoopathy
March 15, 2006 at 3:28 pm
It’s a spam yaar…. Hey if you do get the amount give 50,000 dollars
johntp
March 15, 2006 at 6:29 pm
Still no reply from her… I will try contacting her lawyer
Shivaranjan Bhoopathy
March 16, 2006 at 1:08 am
Do not send mails in reply to such mails, if you do that then your mail will be shared across the spammers community and you will get lot of such mails daily….
johntp
March 16, 2006 at 4:14 am
I do not usually reply to spam, but this one is really tempting
Shrish
April 26, 2006 at 11:09 pm
lol
I have also got nearly 20 such mails. I m today a millionaire. Also there are mails that someone(generally disguised as a bank manager in nigeria) asks me to help him reclaming money of a person dead(generally in plane crash) from bank etc. I am supposed to pay 30-40% of money.
If I continue to get such mails, I m thinking of buying Reliance(Top Indian company).
This is all fraud. Many people were fooled with this. I should mention such a example…
A man in India got a mail from nigeria, they said they have robbed a bank and police searching for us. If u hide this robbed money in ur country we will give u some 30% etc. The man contacted them and was asked to come nigeria, when he reached there, he was kidnapped by them and asked to phone his family members to send $s(I do’nt remember the amount) to release him.
There are lots of such examples. So beware of such frauds.
johntp
April 26, 2006 at 11:24 pm
Shrish - Thank you for the good example. Ever since I replied to this mail, I have been receiving double the amout of spam I used to get.
I have received these type of mails too.