Recently I received a mail that said:
Mrs.Paulina Melbeck .Prize Claim
EURO LINES
PROMOTIONS AWARD!!
LOTTERY WINNER,
We are pleased to inform
you of the result of the euro lines Lottery programs held on Jan 6,2006
your email address were attached to one of the ten winning ticket
numbers #9817- with game Number #128000… You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of US$250,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand dollars)
CONGRATULATIONS!!
All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system from our sponsors databases,
including over 20,000 companies and 180,000 individual E-mail addresses
and names submitted by our agents drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe,
North And South America, Oceania and around the world. To file for your
urgent claim, please contact our approved agent.
Mr. Lucas Donk
Tel:
+31-619-056-xxx
EURO LINES LOTTERY AGENCY
Tilburg the Netherlands
E-mail:xxxxxxx@myway.com
It is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and to minimize identification difficulties to advise
you to keep this information confidential until your claim is processed
successfully and to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants to please note that you will be required to pay for the
issuance of your winning certificate and all winnings must be claimed
not later than Jan 17,2006.after this date all unclaimed winnings will
be null and void.
In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers
in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of
address do inform our agents as soon as possible.
Congratulations
once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Paulina Melbeck
Award Co-ordinator.
I’m 99% sure that this is a fraud! Has this happen to any of you?