I WON $1,950,000.00 Or Did I?????

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

WOW never won anything before! I did not have to enter to win, must be my lucky day...NOT

I hope u enjoyed reading this as much as I did..


PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!
============================
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today 1TH DEC
2006, as one of the winners in the FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, as part of our Promotional draws. HELD ON 30TH OF APRIL 2006. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket number 100-309-74824 with Serial number 513-10 drew the Winning numbers 5, 9, 12, 29, 40, 59 TOP 76 and Bonus number 1
which subsequently you won the lottery in the 3rd category i.e. Thunder ball Jackpot.
You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,950,000.00 only in cash credited to file ZAR/5533-SDS2/06. This is from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among the Seven International winners in the Third category.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 Unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This Promotion takes place monthly.
Please note that your Lucky Winning
number falls within our
International Booklet representative office here in South Africa as indicated in your
winning numbers.
Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers
and email address, we request you to quote your Reference Number and Batch Numbers
We also advice you to keep this award strictly from Public Notice until
Your claim has been processed.
To begin your claim, urgently call the Claims Manager upon completing the Application Prize Claim to speedy up in processing your Winning.

Reference Number: FLS-ZR39-825P-4
Batchl number: 74-263-BBN


CLAIMS MANAGER
FLASH FORTUNE ONLINE PROMOTIONS
MR. Larry Williams
TEL:
+27 83 486 2761

 

[Dusty]

How about loaning me a few $$$$$ till my loader arms straighten out??

 

[coveredbridge]

It's hard to believe that there are in fact many otherwise seemingly rational people who fall for these scams every day, and lose thousands of dollars trying to collect their "prize". Unfortunately, I see it all too often.

 

[Doc_Bob]

It's hard to believe that there are in fact many otherwise seemingly rational people who fall for these scams every day, and lose thousands of dollars trying to collect their "prize". Unfortunately, I see it all too often.

What are you saying? He did not win ?
Bob

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

How about loaning me a few $$$$$ till my loader arms straighten out??

Loan

Just to show you how nice of a guy I am just give Larry a call and give him the number below and just send me whatever $$ are left over after you buy the new loader arms...

Reference Number: FLS-ZR39-825P-4
Batchl number: 74-263-BBN
CLAIMS MANAGER
FLASH FORTUNE ONLINE PROMOTIONS
MR. Larry Williams
TEL: +27 83 486 2761

 

[EddieWalker]

What's sad is that there are those who will fall for this and end up spending thousands of dollars to these scam artist thinking they are going to get rich. From what I've read, the most likely person to fall for these things are the elderly and widowed women. They give far more than any other group and are the most likely to be taken advantage of.

Eddie

 

[Tig]

For the curious, I found this.
FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY
It's a play by play of how the scam is supposed to work.

 

[California]

What's sad is that there are those who will fall for this and end up spending thousands of dollars to these scam artist thinking they are going to get rich. From what I've read, the most likely person to fall for these things are the elderly and widowed women. They give far more than any other group and are the most likely to be taken advantage of.

So true. We helped clean out the home of an elderly neighbor. For years she had talked of helping her kids solve their financial problems as soon as she won a sweepstakes. That was all she ever talked about.

We found hundreds of pounds of sweepstakes mail and in many of the envelopes, she had stored the real bill she intended to pay when she won. It was also clear that each Christmas when she cleaned the living room for entertaining her family, a year's mess of documents was moved to the pile in the garage and never recovered. Looking through that mess I found heirloom pictures of her grandchildren, and of her own ancestors that family members had sent her. Also over $200 in real checks from stock dividends, insurance refund, etc. The huge mess of sweepstakes correspondence was her only filing system.

Much of it was from the Reader's Digest sweepstakes. She had many simultaneous subscriptions. We also found records showing much of her income was spent on 'award fees' and for buying useless stuff to qualify her for sweepstakes. This was her full time occupation.

There's a huge industry here in the US that preys on confused elders - you don't even need to look overseas.

 

[Dusty]

So true. We helped clean out the home of an elderly neighbor. For years she had talked of helping her kids solve their financial problems as soon as she won a sweepstakes. That was all she ever talked about.

We found hundreds of pounds of sweepstakes mail and in many of the envelopes, she had stored the real bill she intended to pay when she won. It was also clear that each Christmas when she cleaned the living room for entertaining her family, a year's mess of documents was moved to the pile in the garage and never recovered. Looking through that mess I found heirloom pictures of her grandchildren, and of her own ancestors that family members had sent her. Also over $200 in real checks from stock dividends, insurance refund, etc. The huge mess of sweepstakes correspondence was her only filing system.

Much of it was from the Reader's Digest sweepstakes. She had many simultaneous subscriptions. We also found records showing much of her income was spent on 'award fees' and for buying useless stuff to qualify her for sweepstakes. This was her full time occupation.

There's a huge industry here in the US that preys on confused elders - you don't even need to look overseas.

It is unfortunate, and I don't mean to step on anyones toes, however, I know firsthand about an elderly woman that made a single donation to one of the television ministries. That started her down the path to giving her entire life savings in less than 2 years to them. The ministry would call and send letters asking for donations, and she would always oblige with either cash or check. She wasn't forced into the donations, but they were very persuasive in getting her to part with the little that she had. In some ways, I think that they made her feel guilty if she didn't donate. I never heard any of the calls, but I did see some of the letters and they were very good at plying money from the elderly. They made it sound like you were guaranteeing your passage into heaven when you donated. She died penniless and there wasn't even enough money for her funeral. Friend, neighbors, and relatives took care of that.

 

[Gatorboy]

So, not only do I have to sift through SPAM received in my emails, I now get the pleasure of reading SPAM on TBN. DOH!