Euro millions contacted me by email saying i won.real or fake? attachment also came with it?

Question

EURO MILLION LOTTERY ORGANISATION,

#5 PERCY STREET LONDON W1T 1DG

Registered in England & Wales No 05370296.

Vat registered number: 864142527.

Ref: Number: ENG/UK6600/77z

Batch Number: UK994500/ENG

LOTTERY AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the EURO MILLION LOTTERY ORGANIZATION International promotion UNITED KINGDOM programs held on the 8th of APRIL 2008. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453with lucky numbers 2-7-14-18-13-45, which consequently won in the A category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $1,200,000,00 Dollars (ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in cash credited to file VIEW THE ATTACHMENT

To file for your claim, please contact our financial agent:

Mr. HARRY WILSON

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] ========================================...

APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Let

Answer 1

Fake... I get them all the time and I report them as phishing scams, then delete them.

Answer 2

Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...

http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showt...

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...

.Also If you go to the following site you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful

Answer 3

Fake, totally. If you didn't enter, you can't win. Ignore it, or you'll be sorry.

Answer 4

It's clearly a fake.

First off, the English is horrible, and you'd think a multi milliion dollar organization would hire someone who would actually write, for this kind of job.

Secondly British people don't use the # symbol before a street address, that is an American thing.

Thirdly, British people don't pay out lottery wins in US dollars.  Why would they?  They have their own currency, called the Pound.  And even if they were feeling suitably international, the first thought would be that the Euro Millions would be in Euros, not dollars.

Forth.  Notice how they did not correctly delineate the prize?  The cents are delineated by a comma, not a decimal point.  That's quite a biggie.

Fifth, according to the Royal Mail, that post code is associated with four companies who are situated on Percy Street.  None of them have anything to do with a lottery.

Sixth.  Notice how the email address you are given is a free Yahoo! email address?  Why would a multi million dollar (pound) lottery commission/company use a free email address from Yahoo?

The second link is to the official UK Lottery web site that explains how they do things.  I can tell you with 100% certainty that this email you got is a scam.

Answer 5

This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them :

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/id...

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Please remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.

Check out these sites for further information :

http://www.scambusters.com

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

Answer 6

Most likely it is a scam. I've received several similar emails, and all were frauds. I do not think opening the attachment is a good idea and I'd check it at snopes.com.  You can never be too careful when it comes to things of this nature.