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Old 06-Nov-2004, 21:14
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Scam?????

got this today


Treasure Chest Sweepstakes Lottery
An Affiliate of the GREEK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Kifisou 62 Av. GR-121 32 Peristeri,
Athens. Greece.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: TCSL/2551256003/53 BATCH: 14/0017/SPM/IPD
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

Date:6-11-2004

WINNING NOTICE

We happily announce to you the draws of the Centenary Olympics Big
Lottery International programs held on the 10th of August 2004 here in
Athens, Greece in which you and forty nine (49) others were selected as
winners under draws 5+B.
Your email address attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with
serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. This promotion takes
place every Olympic year.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Please be inform that all participants in this Lottery Program have
been
selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over
200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual email address from all
search engines and web sites. This Lottery is organized by the host
country Greece in collaboration with International Olympic
Committee(IOC). Funds for the draws were contributed by the major
sponsors of the games, such as Nike, Addidas, Coca Cola, Pepsi,
Vodafone, Microsoft, Rolex, Greek Telecom, IBM Computers, etc.
Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and
insured. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program. To begin your claim, please contact the
clearing house (through your claims agent) the body assigned with the
verification of any emergent winner.Therefore all protocols laid down
by
them must be followed to facilitate your claims:

CONTACT: MR. STEVE NICKS,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
DE-DIAMANT FINANCE COMPANY,
London, U. K.
PHONE NO: 44 - 704 - 010 - 4605
FAX NO.: 44 - 870 - 129 - 9532
EMAIL: stev_nicks@mail2uk.com

Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:
Ref No: TCSL/2551256003/53
Batch No: 14/0017/IPD
Zonal Draw No: GSLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099


You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$85,000.00
(Eighty Five Thousand Dollars only) in cash credited to file REF
NO: TCSL/2551256003/53. This is from total prize money of
US$4,250,000.00 shared among the Fifty international winners in this
category.For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice. Remember that you must contact your
claim agent not later than 15TH NOVEMBER, 2004. After this date, all
funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our
staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.

Sincerely,
Ms. Antonia Filippidou

The Promotions Manager,
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to Disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact
your claim agent. Also you are automatically disqualified if you are
below 18 years of age

__________________________________________________ _________________________
Mail sent from WebMail Full Service Umbria
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Old 06-Nov-2004, 21:26
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why do they still think people would fall for it!!!!!!!
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Old 06-Nov-2004, 22:06
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 17:17
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go on do it you know it makes sense
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 19:11
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Forward it to mail2uk, you won't be the only one and they can monitor the emailsshould some sucker fall for this scam.

http://www.mail2uk.com/s/m2wpublic/policies/fraud.asp
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 19:33
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I thought about using one of my unused email addresses and playing along and seeing what happens !!

[Edited on 7-11-2004 by Nigel C]
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Old 07-Nov-2004, 22:16
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Originally posted by rockhopper
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Yeah, but it only takes a small fraction of recipitents to be naive enough make it worthwhile for them. I have to clear out my spam file in my inbox every day or else it gets choked up!
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Old 08-Nov-2004, 00:20
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they could just be trying to collect valid email addresses - but I had a similar one earlier in the year - asking for cash for processing....

G....I....T.....S !!!
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Old 08-Nov-2004, 09:36
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They ask you for money in advance to pay for insurance for when they send you your winnings and stuff like that.
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