Beware of scam EURO MILLION LOTTERY email

@ucl800 (860)
Greece
April 6, 2007 3:46am CST
I've just received the following email amd I think I have to post it so for everyone to know that this is a scam. If you have receive it do not reply to them, they are scammers trying to take your money. This is the message: "EURO MILLION LOTTERY 2007, 175 WOODHILL ROAD,BULKYARD,LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM FROM: THE DESK OF THE CYBER ANALYST, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT. REF: OYL /26510460037/02 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD Dear Winner, Your ticket number:023-0148-790-459 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 30 Congratulations, you have just won yourself £2,500,000 in the satellite software email lottery conducted by EURO MILLIONS in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by software powered by the Internet. Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter and you are to contact our Financial Controller for Clearance. This lottery was organized by an association of software manufacturers who came together from all parts of Europe including Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium which are the major host countries. All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer computer ballot draw system, were we extracted over 20,000.00 companies And 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. To begin your lottery claim, please contact your claims agent below that has been appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address below: Financial controller: Mr George Moor Email: euromillion_georgemoor02@yahoo.com.hk PHONE NO :+44 70457 13690 Warning: All winners are to claim their winning prize in not later than 1 week (7 days) of their winning notification. Winners are to contacts us to confirm their winning through the phone number displayed before sending an email. This is done to avoid forgery and impersonation of winner information and ticket number. This is also to inform winners that there are so many email letters all over the internet faking to be real, so be warned!!! Note: That you are to respond to all the necessary procedure involved in collecting your prize, and if you are not interested in claiming your prize, you are advised to draft this office your REFUSAL LETTER indicating that you are not interested in your winnings and that it should recycled for the oncoming stake.Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. The online promotion lottery company is proudly sponsored by a group of successful business men all over the world, Internet draw is organized, because we want to encourage the use of Internet around the globe Effectively. Yours faithfully, MRS:CAROLINE JACKSON EURO MILLION BONANZA CYBER ANALYST United Kingdom"
3 responses
• United States
6 Apr 07
yeah ive gotten those also. i didnt get any for almost a year, but in the last month or so id say ive gotten about 10 of them! wonder why the disappearence and then suddenly all over again. somebody new probably figured to give their hand at ripping ppl off.
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@ucl800 (860)
• Greece
6 Apr 07
Maybe this is the reason...I don't know but I have the same question. For some months all those emails had stopped and sundently they appeared again. Maybe they had found them for some time or they just tried to hide for a while.
@sherinek (3320)
• United States
6 Apr 07
It sure is a scam and i have received one as well. I went to the site and saw how the real Euromillion works. You mustnt reply this type of mail.
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@darkaeon (465)
• Portugal
28 Oct 07
we all have to be carefull in every mail now a days... there are lots of scammers in the world... :(