Grand Prize Winner
It appears that I have won some contest that I never entered. This is the e-mail below. Since I'm not going to claim the prize, anyone who is interested can claim it instead. Just let me know what they really wanted.
MICROSOFT OUTLOOK AWARD LOTTERY
From: Mrs. Grace Ferry
(Lottery Coordinator)Bookerstraat 234,1054AK Amsterdam
Netherlands CONGRATULATIONS!!! We are pleased to inform you the result of the Microsoft Outlook Award Lotteries, held on the 8th February 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket #: 4434/2113-78 with prize # 83429/2drew €1,000,000.00 which was first in the 2nd class of the draws.
You are to receive €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros).
Because of mix up in cash payouts, 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. It's important to note that these draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through an Internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies e-mail addresses the draws are conducted around the world through our Internet based ballot system.
The promotion is sponsored and promoted by WORLD MICROSOFT OUTLOOK PROGRAM.
We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the Jackpot winning is 2, million Euros.
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. Congratulations once again from all members of Internet Microsoft Lotteries.
Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our Paying Bank (Laagste Heypotheekofferte Bank Amsterdam,)
Send them the following Information Through the Email Address below:
(i). Your names
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
Laagste Heypotheekofferte Bank. N.L.
Mrs. Jennifer Clark,
Email :laagstesbank_nl@sifymail.com
TelFax: 0031-847-198-348
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Mrs. (Grace Ferry)
(Lottery Coordinator)
Written by Melissa on 12:09 PM
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8 Comments:
Besides being a pretty obvious scam come-on (there are scads of variations of this floating around on the internet; none of the purported sponsors exists) I have read that it is illegal in the US to participate in an international lottery. Neat catch - one takes the bait and replies, and is on the hook to pay hush money so the government doesn't find out. Plus whatever else they can take one for. A TV investigative program last year followed up on one of the Nigerian scams and the people ended up encountering dangerous criminal elements.
I hate those scams.
I would have liked to see the program Paul was talking about.
Have you ever seen this?
http://j-walk.com/other/conf/
I think in Dutch Heypotheekofferte must mean Hey Sucker.
LOL, Lisa! :)
Paul, that is worse than I imagined. I expected that it would just involve asking for money, not extortion.
Madwag, me too. It amazes me that people fall for them.
Lisa, that was funny.
Gary, I bet that you're right.
Dave, ditto.
I have a very similar message in my spam box as I type. I'm thinking about playing along, just to eff with 'em. Any recommendations? :)
Just let me know what happens.
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