I just received this notice and was wondering if I am REALLY SO LUCKY--or perhaps a little south african bird flew in and is trying to get me?
take a look at the generous offer bellow:
From:  "Glo Mgnt." [email protected]
To:  tiffanychampagne [email protected]
Date:  Tue, 08 May 2007 22:28:53 -0700

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GLO LOTERIJ
E-mail: [email protected]
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk, Netherlands.

Ref.: 0021G752-07 Batch: 012E966W07

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you of your winning in our special Lottery held on April 2007.
You are formally approved to receive 500 Thousand Euros as prize. No tickets
were sold for this, therefore Winners were randomly chosen by an automated
system, globally drawn from 700 thousand company and individual e-mail
addresses.

You are warned to keep your winning information safely until you have your funds
claimed. This is to curb double claiming and undue abuses of this promotional
program by unscrupulous individuals.

You are to either;

1. Claim it in person. (You will get instructions on how-to when you contact us
at the above e-mail). Or 2. Use service of the below attorney we recommend if
you cannot travel due to personal reasons.

Tony Smit - [email protected]

To avoid delays, please remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers to
the attorney. And also be informed that all winnings must be claimed within
THREE weeks from the date of this Notice. All unclaimed prizes will be null and
void.

Congratulations once more from our staff members and thank you for being part of
our promotional lotto program.

Note: Under 18yrs is automatically disqualified.

Best wishes,

Mr. James Meijer
Management  

I am confused but feel likely this is a scheme sent to several others. Opinion need from Ladies as well Gentlemen

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These letters/offers are all very much fraudulent. Every single one of them. Do not allow yourself to be conned.

and see what he says.

Ten to one he'll end up asking you for bank info, SS number or similar; or probably ask you to forward money to cover "expenses".

Be prepared to hang up and if you are susceptable to sales pitches, just forget this advice entirely.  You might want to forward it to Interpol or some other international organization that polices this type of thing.

I've heard that replying to these things can be one of the worst things you can do...you will then trigger an avalanche of similar solicitations, offers, etc.

Although I must admit that the first time I got one of these I was dumb enough to send a reply (just for kicks, I knew it wasn't real) saying something to the effect of "Send me my money right away IN U.S. DOLLARS and don't fucking short me on the exchange!"  Obviously, I got no reply back.  But I've gotten a lot more junk emails along these lines...so avoid.

by replying.  Unless, of course, you have nothing but time on your hands and wish to receive a ton more of these letters.  It is just a new version of a very old scam.  If you want a little entertainment, click on the link below and have fun!

I think you might find this link helpful as well.  It details e-mail lottery scams.  Aint google a wonderful thang???  LOL

The letter were also a Nigerian scam of the same type.  That was around 1990.  Then email became so widespread they changed to email and I recognized the scam immediately.

I get 10 per week by email.  I can't believe some people actually fall for it.  There was an expose of the scam about a year ago on TV by some organization that actually filmed the culprits secretly at the meetings.  It can be very dangerous (life threatening) and very costly (con men that take your money while promising enormous riches for you in exchange for the "expenses" that you cover for them).

Disregard any email that sounds fantastic and too good to be true. You can bet your life that it is a scam and you will be injured either financially or physically or both.

scam scam scam delete it, forget it, go back to earning money the old fashioned way...

This is one of the funniest sites on the Interweb.

Whenever in doubt, ask yourself why would anyone (other than a client) offer you something like this?  Also, copy the email address or name or even a sentence from the letter and google it with the word 'scam' and see for yourself.

Tiffany,

Also be careful for fraudulent date inquires.  These same scammers send inquiries through email and website forms asking your availability for a 1-2 day date.  They won't give exact dates and will do EVERYTHING possible to evade your screening policies.  They'll want to send you a check, money order or credit card payment and expect you to wire transfer the remaining amount of funds to XYZ...their boss or agent or whatever.

DO NOT FALL FOR IT.  Don't talk about anything until you receive a legit reference from an established companion.  Make sure she has a website and can be contacted via email and phone.  Personally, I'd ask for 2 references if they say they're an overseas client.  Its unfortunate that someone's inquiry from outside the US has to be scrutinized, but these scammers have ruined it for others.

All the best Tiffany.

XOXO,
Ella

But also one stating the guy is looking for a regular long term companion etc after inheriting $$$$$$$...

I traced the IP down to an African account.

Moral is if it sounds that good then it is most likely a scam and you are best off marking as spam and deleting.

I get these ALL the time. Is there anyway at all to get them to stop, a way to report them, or block them or something?

That's funny I have 5 emails with Windstream and I won at all five emails! Lucky me! I bet I could even get laid tonite.