I got this mail? Can that be true? Seems to be a scam.?
Noordeinde
The Netherlands
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
AWARD NOTIFICATION:FINAL NOTICE
Dear Lucky Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw (#994) of the AFRO EUROPE LOTTERY, online sweepstakes International program held on the 10th August, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number drew the lucky numbers: 07-11-12-20-38-44-45(bonus no.05), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of {£4,250,000.00 {four million, two hundred fifty thousand Great Britain pounds Sterlings} in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £425,000,000.00 {four hundred and twenty-five million Great Britain pounds sterlings} was approved for the(10)lucky winners in this category i.e Match
Answer:
It is a scam.
You cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.
The scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.
If you want to check a email you think might be a scam go to www.scamomatic.com
Lotterys work like this:
1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen..etc
The lottery company now has 10,000
2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)
Scams work like this:
-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)
0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)
2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally.and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)
3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!..silly maga)
4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really.he keeps it ;) )
5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com
Everything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)
The moral of the story is.If it sounds too good to be true. It probably is
havea look at www.fraudwatchers.org
Scam.
Don't even respond. You will get in deeper once they know you are reading their emails.
I got a similiar letter from Canada - and I answered it and then they wanted me to send them some monies - I refuse but I still get mail from them wanting me to change my mind and send them monies. NO WAY!@
This is definitely one of many scam emails that somehow get into thousands of people's emails each day. Besides lottery email scams, other scams include emails stating they have a relative or a business associate who is about to die, and they need to immediately bank wire transfer millions of dollars into an American account to avoid a number or legal or accounting issues.
The bottom line, if you know you did not actually fill in a form for a contest with your email address included (especially one from overseas) or feel that out of billions of people in America, they chose YOU because you are that important, to dump millions of dollars into YOUR account, the emails are fake.They are trying to get unsuspecting folks to give them their bank numbers, social security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords into emails, etc. so they can steal your identity or take all of your money away from you.
Reply.
Dont send any money.
Have fun!
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