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850.000 american dollars!!

does anybody know what this is all about?

it came to me in my email, i am a bit terrified..am i right?

Dear Winner,

 

This is to notify you that you’re e-mail ID have luckily won the sum of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars ($850,000.00) in the Canadian-South African 2010 Online Lottery Draw held in Canada on Thursday 14th May 2009. Note: ALL Participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000,000 individuals and 10,000,000 companies email addresses from all search engines and web sites globally.This program is being sponsored by the FIFA SUPPORT AFRICAN TEAM, to create awareness for the coming 2010 FIFA world Cup Finals, which is to be host by Republic of South Africa.  

 

 

To file for your Claim, Kindly contact our Fiduciary Processing Manager in South Africa  Mr.Davies Larry ( +27-73 848 8145 ) E-mail: dllarry00@gmail.com  and furnish him with: 1.Full Name: 2. Present Address: 3. Country: 4. Date of Birth: 5. Occupation: 6. Mobile: 8.Sex: 9.Marital Status:

 

Yours faithfully.

Dr.Sally Pother.


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I'm guessing that this is some form of fishing for your personal info. I usually just delete that type of stuff.

Posted 2009-05-23T13:17:57Z
 

I'm guessing that this is some form of fishing for your personal info. I usually just delete that type of stuff.

Posted 2009-05-23T13:18:02Z
 
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Smile, it's contagious!

Definitely a SCAM.  It is the biggest rip off going.  Keep your info under your own hat if you want to keep your money and sanity, too.  Don't reply to it or anything similar.  When did you ever see a contest (other than beauty or gender specific) want to know your sex and marital status?  And, all in the same breath ask for your occupation and mobile info?  This should be a tip-off especially if it is something you have not personally entered.  Steer clear of all such spam and you should be 'safe' from 'the violator' of your trust.  Good luck!

Posted 2009-05-23T15:03:35Z
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I get this same message occasionally and delete it immediately. Citrine1 is correct.

Posted 2009-05-23T19:57:06Z
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There is no need to be terrified. 

It is a scam.  Since the World Cup is the most-watched sporting event in the world, there is no need to "create awareness" for it.  Therefore, this e-mail is just attempting to get you to part with your personal information.

Report the spam to AOL by clicking the Notify AOL link or by forwarding it to tosspam@aol.com.

Posted 2009-05-28T15:08:13Z
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I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either.

It is a scam. Do not answer it do not give any of your information, they will use it to get a credit card in your name or get money out of your bank account. There are all kinds of scams out there. They say they all come from a town in Africa. Heck they even wrote me saying they were the passport agency and someone had got a passport in my name . The problem is that they make it seem so real if I had not known it was a scam I would have probably answered it. And then one time they told me that they were a President of a bank and that some rich family died in a plane crash and wanted to know if I can pose as a long lost relative and put the money in my bank account and they will give me 40% of it. But they want you to send them all your information including your bank account number. There is a place you can report it but I forgot the name of it. Just type in report scams in the google search engine and it will tell you where you can report it. Now a days you have to be real careful. Did you know that they can even have scanners that they take to a department store that has gift cards? They scan the cards and when you buy them they keep track on line and then they use the numbers to buy something and then they are no good. So never buy gift cards that are placed out there where anyone can get a hold of them. I also seen on dateline that there is a internet cafe in Africa where they go and set up this scams. Everybody in there is scamming someone. 

Posted 2009-05-28T16:36:18Z

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