He we go again. I’ve just received another one of those dreaded phishing emails telling me that I’ve won €850,000.00. Naturally I know this to be impossible as I never bought a ticket from SWISS-LOTTO NETHERLANDS. Naturally they know that a lot of people will feel that way and so they try to get around it by inventing some lame lottery which involved your email address as being the condition of entry This is how they come up with the crummy line that says “Netherlands wishes to inform you that your e-mail address emerged as the STAR PRIZE WINNER!” Yeah, sure mate! And to think that there would be so many people who would fall for this.
It’s definitely a phishing email because it is fishing for personal information, information that could be used in so many ways against you, from helping themselves to your money to even stealing your identity. Anyway, this is the email you should be watching out for.
SWISS-LOTTO NETHERLANDS
Ruiterskwartier 7, 8923 KP Leeuwarden,
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
https://www.swisslotto.chSwiss-Nederland’s Winning Notification……CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A
WINNER!!!.The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Promotion
Department of the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite lottery, Netherlands wishes to
inform you that your e-mail address emerged as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in
this years’ SWISS-LOTTO Satellite lottery Netherlands International
Promotion (SLP) held on the 14th of November, 2011 in Amsterdam from a
database of over a million email addresses from the world wide web.This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Internet
Microsoft® Windows.All World Wide Web email addresses used/participants
for the draw wereselected randomly via computer balloting from World Wide Web sites through
computer draw systemextracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies
affiliated to theYAHOO/MSN/HOTMAIL LOTTERY service and are listed online. This promotion is
proudly sponsored by the SWISS-LOTTO NETHERLANDS organization.Your email address, attached to Ref number 15, 11, 20, 37, 4, 17 with
Serial number SLN/34541982/07 drew the lucky Numbers 25.Therefore you have won the sum of €850,000.00 Euros (Eight Hundred &
FiftyThousand Euros only). A winning cheque will be issued in your name by
the SWISS-LOTTO NETHERLANDS and also a certificate of prize claims will be
sent to you along side with your winnings cheque. You are to make contact
with your designated agent, who shall by duty, guide you through the
process of facilitating the release of your Prize.To file for your claim, kindly contact the accredited Claims Manager, Mr.
Lenart Van Olst of the claims department of Westin Capital Finance,
Netherlands with a completely filled verification form shown below.. He
has been mandated to assist you and facilitate the urgent delivery of your
prize.Claims Manager, Westin Capital Finance BV, Netherlands
Mr. Lenart Van Olst
Tel: +31686163804
Fax: + 31-84-755-7646
Email: lenartvanolst@aol.com
N.B: kindly fill the verification form below.VERIFICATION FORM:
1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) OCCUPATION:
6.) Ref. Number:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) Briefly describe how you plan to spend your winnings (Not more than
one sentence):Thanks for been part of this promotional award programme.We wish you the
best of lucky as you spend your good fortune.Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Hilda Eggees
Promotion Manager
https://www.swisslotto.chN.B: For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your
claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever method you
request. Precautionary measures to avoid dobule claiming and unwanted
abuse of this program are in place. Please be warned!!!
If you happen to get this email and are wondering as to the legitimacy of it, let me tell you it’s absolutely !00% bullshit. Whatever you do you must never reply to this type of email because once you do you’re telling them that they have hit upon a legitimate email address opening up the door for hundreds more of this type of email crap. Delete it immediately and count yourself lucky that dodged another bullet.
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