(life) Re: Confirmation Ticket Number:56475600545299

[Ria Smit]

I received the following a few days ago,  It just sounds too good to
be true, and I wonder whether there is anyone out there who knows what
it is about.

Is it just a clever hoax to snare me or is there such a thing.  My
instinct says, "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is too
good to be true".

Ria

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This is to notify you that your email address has won £850,000.00 in
the British National Lottery Email Draw in which e-mail addresses are
picked randomly by computerised ballot system, powered by the
Internet.
Confirmation Ticket Number:56475600545299. This is to enhance the
utilization of the internet. To claim your prize, please contact the
Claims Officer on the email with the claims requirement listed below;
***************************************
Frank Arthur {Claims Officer}
E-mail: uknlclaimsoffice@...
Tel: [phone]
***************************************
Claims Requirements:
1.Full Name:
2.Home Address:
3.Age:
4.Gender:
5.Tel:
6.Occupation:
7.Country Of Residence:
8.Nationality:
***************************************
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Sincerely,
Group/Promotion Manager
David Robert
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[william donnelly]

There certainly are many such things, as compared to the likelihood of the absurd prize contest you never entered.  This is an instance of what is called "phishing" (fishing) which will produce for the phisher a valuable list of people who answer e-mails including a lot of data about them for those who wish to contrive various on-line "deals" and rip-off using your personal identificaton. . Those ridiculously long numbers -- must be in the gazillions -- are pretty funny.

william donnelly

[tanyujie]

--- On Fri, 10/9/09, Ria Smit <tryria@...> wrote:
 
This is to notify you that your email address has won £850,000.00 in
the British National Lottery Email Draw ...
 
My instinct says, "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is too
good to be true".

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Ria,
 
I get stuff like this in my e-mail all the time.  I fell for a scam like this in which I was sent a check for XX amount of dollars only to find out that it was not valid when my parents tried to put it in my account.  Luckily my credit union spotted it and told me that the organization that claims that I won this money didn't even exist.  They were just trying to fish (not sure if that is the correct term) for valid bank accounts to con people like me.  I almost had to pay this crooked organization money but luckily my credit union put a stop to that.  Yes, if it is too good to be true, then it probably is.
 
Jada

[Bishop Johnson]

I'm wondering if RIA is serious? Most email addresses get several such notices every day -- for decades, and by mail decades before that, she **must** have seen a scam like this, before . I wonder if she really thinks this email is plausible, or if **she's** pulling our collective legs.

KTF
RAY

--- Ria Smit wrote:
>
> Is it just a clever hoax to snare me or is there such a thing.  My
> instinct says, "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is too
> good to be true".
>
> Ria
>
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> This is to notify you that your email address has won £850,000.00 in the British National Lottery Email Draw