Is This A Dodge Email?

trigger_mike

Found this email in my trash can, do people really fall for this scams?
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FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT
         NEDERLANDSE INTERNATIONALE LOTERIJ BV
         PALEISSTRAAT 55
         NL-2500 BP
         THE HAGUE
         THE NETHERLANDS
          PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION
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PRIZE CATEGORY: “B”
REFERENCE NO: NIL-B-3120-01101980-NLBV
TICKET NO: NIL-B-15-01-05
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We are happy to inform you that the recipient email address has been
selected as one of the lucky email addresses in the category "B" of the
online lotto conducted by our company NEDERLANDSE INTERNATIONALE
LOTERIJ BV here in Hague. CONGRATULATIONS! The cyber-lotto was
conducted by a first of its kind automated computer balloting system, where by email
addresses (25,000 email addresses), were extracted from all continents of the
world. A draw was held in different categories and winners from
different parts of the world emerged and are entitled to various cash prizes depending
on their different categories. Thus, you/your company with this email
address, attached to Ticket number: NIL-B-15-01-05 and a Reference number:
NIL-B-3120-01101980-NLBV in the Category B, is entitled to a lump
payout of €2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros).
As a category B winner, selected by computer balloting system where
only email addresses were sorted, from a total number of 25,000
addresses drawn from all over the globe via an automated computer ballot of our
International Promotions Program, FIVE winners emerged in this category
and therefore each are to receive payouts of €2,500,000,00 (Two
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros) from the total of €12,500,000.00 (TWELVE
MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS).
To immediately claim your prize, please contact our Category "B"
financial agents DUTCH FINANCE & CONTRACTING COMPANY BV, below are the
contact information of their financial director:
Mr. Van Leroy
Financial Director
DUTCH FINANCE & CONTRACTING COMPANY BV
NOORDBARGERSTRAAT 77
NL-7812 AA EMMEN
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel/Fax: +31 847300938
E-mail:claimsagent004_dfccbv@yahoo.de
Provide Prize reference number-NIL-B-3120-01101980-NLBV and winning
ticket number-NIL-B-15-01-05 for confirmation. In your best
interest(s), you
must initiate contact within two weeks of receipt of this
correspondence.
DUTCH FINANCE & CONTRACTING COMPANY BV is to handle all matters with
regards to claiming of your prize money. You are also advised to send a
copy of this email, to your claims agent Mr. Van Leroy, when contacting him.
You may be required to provide any of the above information during the
process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you once again and it
is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs
in the nearest future.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Vivienne Hordijk
Promotions Manager
NEDERLANDSE INTERNATIONALE LOTERIJ BV
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shazamaca

I have recently seen some stuff on this as I was interested in doing some work from home. I received an email telling me that the work involved emailing people with details of a lottery, havn't read it all but it looked a bit suspect. They said that the more people you send the email to the more money you make. They also suggest that if you have used paypal in the past then you should start with using the email addresseses from this. (this maybe where they got your details from)

If you are interested in reading more PM me and I will forward the email to you. Please note I am not endorsing the work and that this would be for your information only as it is now in my trash can.

:dance:

ManAtHome

£1 billion a year apparently... quite a lot of people http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1403665,00.html

Justicia

trigger_mike wrote:

Is This A Dodge Email?

Mike,

It couldn't be more dodgy!!

A lotto based in Holland (yet another favoured location of the 419 scammer), a lotto that you haven't heard of and I doubt ever entered into...

Straight to the "Deleted Items" box I suggest

If you are interested in researching it, then 419 Eater is a good place to start

trigger_mike

shame people fall for it though

christie_m

The story of how 419eater got revenge on one scammer was featured on the BBC site - this one always brightens up a bad day!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3887493.stm