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Hey guys,l I just got another one of those emails that is perfect for the bullshit lottery ticket category. In this one I won 750.000 Euros. If you apply what we learned on my post Beware Emails That Tell You You’ve Won The Lottery it’s quite easy to determine that this is obviously a scam.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON 750,000 Euros
You have been awarded 750,000 Euros in the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite Software email Lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by Software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website, your email address was amongst those Chosen this year for the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite lottery. And this promotional program is proudly sponsored by the SWISS-LOTTO organization.
Your email address attached to Ref number 5, 7, 14, 17, 18, 43 with Serial 10, and consequently won the lottery in the “A” Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 750,000 Euros. Number 1979-12 drew the lucky Numbers 101979-12 drew the lucky Numbers please note that you are lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet representative. In View of this, your winning prize will be released to you by our fiduciary agent located In the Netherlands. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning funds as soon as you Contact them.
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details confidential till your claims is processed and your Winning funds remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to Claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted d abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr. mark quartel
Email: markquatel@aol.com
Tel: +31-685-045-366
Provide him with the informations as stated below:
(1) Name:
(2) Address:
(3) Marital:
(4) Age:
(5) Sex:
(6) Nationality:
(7) Country of Residence:
(8) Occupation:
(9) Telephone Number:
(10)Fax Number:
(11)Draw Number above:
These details facilitate the due process and the release of winnings to avoid Unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your Winnings.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Sincerely,
Mr. Kenneth Gram
Online Games Director
SWISS-LOTTO NETHERLANDS…
https://www.swisslotto.ch
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This is so obviously a phishing email especially when you consider all the personal information that they are trying to coerce out of the recipient. If you have received this email and you didn’t purchase a lottery ticket then I urge you to delete it immediately. It’s got to make you laugh the way they actually give you a fictitious set of lottery numbers. 😆 Perhaps I should use these lottery ticket numbers in the next lottery ticket I purchase. Wouldn’t it be a hoot if they turned out to be winners.?
Remember, replying to it is not an option as this only confirms that they have a legitimate email address.
Thanks for the warning. I wnt get excited if I receive one of these emails. I wonder if anyone would answer the phone if you called them? :star:
Actually in some case Julia I’ve heard that they do although in most cases they don’t.