LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
The obvious question to ask yourself when you receive a mail saying you just won 900,000 Euro is to ask yourself if you bought a lottery ticket in that particular lottery. If you didn’t, the chances for winning are less than scares. However, this particular scammer has thought about this. So the mail claims that the “participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users”. Well, I’m not. So why am I even in?
The sender mail is a UK Excite address, but it’s sent from an xdsl connection in Holland with an Italian Excite account. Weird.
: LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: OLDP/2311785793/05
BATCH: 14/011/IPDWINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 15th of october 2004. Due to the mix up of number, the results were released on the 29thof november 2004. Your email address attached to Ticket No: 10045378190 with Serial No: 242439076 the Lucky No: 0198437898 which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd Category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of (900,000:00 EURO ONLY) ( NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) in cash which is deposited with a Finance & Security Company in your favor as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask 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 claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000 company, and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
To begin your lottery claim, please contact the processing company below that has been appointed for the processing of your claim with your full name. Home and office contact telephone and fax number.
To file for your claim, please contact our Fiduciary Agent MR.frank mac whyte of NORTH ATLANTIC VENTURES, TEL: 0031-645-952-672. Email:frankmacwhyte@netscape.net http.www.luckyday.nl
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 17th of december 2004. 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. Hope Lucy. (Lottery Coordinator)
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January 26th, 2007 at 12:08 am
I have receveid an E-mail with the notice hat I won one millions euro…
What lucky people I am…hehehehehehe…
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:15 pm
thanks
March 30th, 2007 at 3:13 am
hi
i received the same thing ,however slightly different, in a letter from Spain with ,and i contact them and they asked me to deposit about 2800nz$ to receive my wining money and also insisted not to tell the bank about the money.
and i am still wondering is it real?
June 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 am
i have also received the same letter today from Spain. It really seems stupid, means hows it possible, if i haven’t ever bought any ticket?
they are spams
July 15th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I am in Utah and i just got a letter from Spain as well……It sounds like the letter above but with different numbers and name..
July 20th, 2007 at 1:38 am
My email ID won BP Pounds 1,000,000.00. Deposited ibn Finance House in London
All sorts of numbers to quote with my name, country, phone and fax.
Contact Mr James Ben in London email powerbalotto@iol.pt
though the email was from Ms Margaret Ferguson info_desk01@charter.net
September 17th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
i have received the same letter saying that i’ve won but they’ve asked me to pay some amount of money and send my visa card number.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
My email ID won BP Pounds 1,000,000.00. Deposited in London. they asked me to pay processing fee of ₤755 and provide
1. COPY OF YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE OR YOUR NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD( SCAN AND ATTACH THE COPY THROUGH THIS EMAIL)
2. THE SUM OF ₤755 PROCESSING FEE.(SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE BRITISH POUNDS)
3.YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO SEND TO US YOUR FULL ACCOUNT DETAILS FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNING FUND.
As soon as you provide the above requirements, our in house attorney will do all the needful and forward your payment file to the bank for transfer of the fund to your bank.Note that your ₤1000,000.00 was insured to the real value and as such cannot be deducted from. This is in accordance with article 11 subsection 213 of the Uk lottery commission gaming regulation as adopted on 8 May 1996 and amended on the 11 October 1996 by United Kingdom Parliament. This is to protect our clients and to avoid misappropriation of funds.
any way it seems to be a fraued…!
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:06 am
i receved emill froom
POKER ONLINE PROMOTION(LOTTERY) FROM THE DESK OF THE CO-ORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
that iam winners of us$1,450,000.00, is that true or fake
December 6th, 2007 at 6:43 am
POKER ONLINE PROMOTION(LOTTERY) FROM THE DESK OF THE CO-ORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
that iam winners of us$1,450,000.00
I got mail the same you too Gaffar. I thik is not true
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:02 am
Received letter today 23 January 2008. What is going on. Can someone please help. Should I take this further.
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
I am shocked 2 read all this and i also got a letter with some diff. wording from spain saying winner of Euro.8,00,000/-. Wondering why they r contacting so us again & again.
Suggst me.
January 26th, 2008 at 10:11 am
I received too some kind of stupid email like this. I dont know what is their purpose why they are doing this. Can we make a move just to stop the production of this kind of email?
February 27th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
I just receivec one saying I won 800,000 UK pounds. They even went as far as sending me a bank transfer document to download, fill out and then mail to “BarClays Bank”