Does this sound like a scam to you???

[hcjilson]

or could it be that I've just become a millionaire??

Arrived today-
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From: Europamillionlottery@web2mail.com
Subject: SEASON GREETINGS AND CONGRATULATIONS
Date: December 24, 2006 3:58:42 AM EST
To: harry.jilson@verizon.net

Europe Million Lottery International.
Osdroplien 450, 1120AH,Belgium.
Affiliate of Europe National Lottery.

Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON 1,000,000.00.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of Europe National Lottery which
was held on the 21th,December 2006. Your e-mail address attached to e-ticket
number: 222509212, with Prize Number: 237359222 drew a prize of 1,000,000.00
(One Million Euros).

This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the Sweepstake. You will
receive the sum of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) from our authorized
bank.Because of some mix-up with sweepstake prizes, including the time
limited placed on the payment of your prize: 1,000,000.00,

we advice that you keep all information about this prize confidential until
your funds: 1,000,000.00 have been transferred to you by our bank.

You must adhere to this instruction, strictly, to avoid any delay with the
release of your funds to your person.


This program has been abused severally in past, so we are doing our best to
forestall further occurrence of false claims.

This sweepstake was conducted under the watchful eyes of 8,000 spectators.
Your e-mail address was selected and came out first by a e-ballot draw from
over 250,000 e-mail addresses (personal and corporate e-mail addresses).

This program is sponsored by CFI Networks to compensate faithful internet
suffers around the globe.
Congratulations for becoming one of the few lucky winners.

With your permission, your e-mail will also be included in the next
sweepstake of 5Million.

You must claim your prize: 1,000,000.00 not later than 14-days from the
moment you receive this e-mail.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays with your claim from the bank. please
contact them immediately,and quote your winning and personal information to
the Bank in all your correspondence with the paying bank.

Here is the contact information:
Bank: Laagste Bank NL,
Attention: Michiel de Vries
Laagste Bank. N.L.
Eftink 555 ,1103 AE Amsterdam Netherlands.

www.laagstehypotheekofferte.nl.
E-mail:nlbanklaagste@aol.com
E-mail:devriesmichiel@aol.com
Tel: +31 626 672 394
Fax:+31 847 292 019

Furnish them with the following informations:
(i). your name(s),
(ii) Your telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Your contact address
(iv) Your winning information.

Congratulations.
Angelic Van Theiry.(Mrs)
Coordinator.Europe Million Lottery International. " End Quote

Yeah...Right!!!! You'd think they'd take the time to find out if I was a sir or madam!

[Ory]

This program is sponsored by CFI Networks to compensate faithful internet
suffers around the globe.

You are being compensated for suffering the internet. Sounds fine to me. By the way, what's your PIN number on your bank card? ;)

[Blake]

Sounds legit to me!

Of course, I'm still waiting on the 8 million my second couisin-in-law thrice removed left me from his oil ventures in Timbuktu. I mean, I gave the "barrister" my SSN and bank acct. info, so any day now I'm gonna have a happy new year!

[harry a saake]

BTW, i have also rcvd that letter, they must hold this scam, er lotttery often:finger:

[GOS_Queen]

It's "amazing" how you can win a lottery you didn't enter :hammer:

(must be another Christmas "miracle") ... r i g h t ...


(scam)

[Scott R]

Please enter your bank card # pin # mailing address social security# and mothers maiden name in the space provided below.




-----------------------------------------------------------------------:bbg:

Thank You for your prompt reply

[Chris Ryser]

Harry................. I would have won 159 Million so far if each was genuine, I get a few every day, right now the most active comes from the UK.2-3 time aday.

Nothing but SPAM..........sorry no financial relieve for you my friend.

:bbg:

[hcjilson]

Harry................. I would have won 159 Million so far if each was genuine, I get a few every day, right now the most active comes from the UK.2-3 time aday.

Nothing but SPAM..........sorry no financial relieve for you my friend.

:bbg:

But what's another few millions going to mean to you! Kind of like bringing coal to Newcastle.:bbg:

[HarryChiling]

You want to have some real fun, give them some bogus info and keep calling. I have a VOIP provider that allows me to call parts of europe as part of my calling plan, so I call them and keep harrasing them. Tell them they must have written down a wrong number in your bank routing number, then give them a totally different one than you gave before, or give them a SS# with like 15 digits and keep insisting that it is genuine. I once had a guy from nigeria overnight me 8 seperate checks for a item I was selling on ebay that he wanted me to cash and then send him back the difference. I kept telling him I didn't recieve the checks and their must be a problem with the mail. I think it totaled up to around $150.00 in postal charges for him to find out that I was stringing him along and it was a load of fun.

[fjpod]

You want to have some real fun, give them some bogus info and keep calling. I have a VOIP provider that allows me to call parts of europe as part of my calling plan, so I call them and keep harrasing them. Tell them they must have written down a wrong number in your bank routing number, then give them a totally different one than you gave before, or give them a SS# with like 15 digits and keep insisting that it is genuine. I once had a guy from nigeria overnight me 8 seperate checks for a item I was selling on ebay that he wanted me to cash and then send him back the difference. I kept telling him I didn't recieve the checks and their must be a problem with the mail. I think it totaled up to around $150.00 in postal charges for him to find out that I was stringing him along and it was a load of fun.

Gee wiz, Harry. You wouldn't do this to one of your Optiboard colleagues, would you?

[RGC_man]

This scambusting site is hilarious:

http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/index.html

Even gets a Nigerian to send him money.

[John Sheridan]

You want to have some real fun, give them some bogus info and keep calling. ...

This is called "Scambaiting". BE CAREFUL when you do anything like this. The people you are dealing with are criminals. Yes the possibility that they would find you and do anything to you are rather small, but still you shouldn't take that chance.

For more on info on scambaiting, see

http://www.419eater.com/

They give good advice there and have people who can show you how to harass the scammers while remaining untracable to them. If you don't want to take the time to learn how to do this, then it is best to leave it alone!

[HarryChiling]

I gotta admit the idea came from some guy who has a blog that does it pretty often.

This is called "Scambaiting". BE CAREFUL when you do anything like this. The people you are dealing with are criminals. Yes the possibility that they would find you and do anything to you are rather small, but still you shouldn't take that chance.

Sorry John,

I have never lived the scared life, these crooks are not the scary type to begin with but even if they were ,they would have better luck barking up another tree if they are looking to scare someone. Thanks for the concern though.

[John Sheridan]

Please understand Harry I am posting not only for you, but also for others that might be reading this.

The precautions you need to take to remain untraceable are not that hard to do, and the people at the 419eater link I gave before can show you how to do it. Then you can scambait all you want without any worries.

When I was a kid, I knew another kid who never looked when he crossed a street. He just ran full speed across. Did this for 2 years before he finally got hit.

At the site whose link I gave above, I read a story about a guy who baited a scammer via e-mail, using his computer at work. It's a good thing he used a fake name, because some people showed up at his workplace asking for him by his "baiting" name. They tracked his IP address to his workplace. If he had done it from home, there could have been trouble.

Just because your blogging friend never had a problem, doesn't mean he is doing it safely.

It's not a question of being "scared", it's a question of learning how to do a thing correctly. Someone who doesn't want to take the time to learn how to do it correctly shouldn't do it at all.