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won 2.5 mill (USD) from London?!?! real?

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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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got this in my email.


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the BRITISH Sweepstake Lottery
International
programs held on the 1st of April 2004 in London.Your e-mail address
attached
to ticket number:with Serial numberdrew the
lucky
numbers:,which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd
category.You are therefore,been approved to claim a total sum of
US$2,500,000.00
(Two million, five hundred thousand, United StatesDollars) in cash
credited
to file .This is from a total cash prize of US $125
Million
dollars, shared
amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In
view
of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, five hundred
thousand,United
tates Dollars) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in
London.Our
agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of
your funds to you as soon as you make contact with her.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This
promotion
takes place annually. For security reasons,you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit
to claim
your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements.Please
be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
with
the below details for processing of your
claims.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please quote your
reference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.Congratulationsonce
more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being
part
of our promotional lottery program.


is that for real? shoot i'd sh1t my pants!!!
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 10:29 PM
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Did you by a ticket/enter!?
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Arfiman1,Jul 25 2005, 10:29 PM
Did you by a ticket/enter!?
no, like it says, i was randomly selected. im 1 of 50 selection.
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 10:57 PM
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I'm pretty sure it's legit...























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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 12:05 AM
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give them your bank acct # so they can wire you the $. But you have to send in some $ to cover the cost first
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 03:20 AM
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Haha, i got the same letter from Spain last week. They even spent .73 Euros (~ $.94) in postage to send it to me.

I suppose it only takes one sucker to send them some money to pay for this scam.

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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 03:55 AM
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geeze.. dont be so stupid n be gullible. that is known as a 916 scam.
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 04:39 AM
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hahahah yeah i'd figure so. that's why i was wonder before sending sh1ts. btw, is anyone here living in MD? i know there's a girl with an SS S2000 went to HCC. happen to found her on honda-tech.com or something i dont remember. my buddy and i are getting S2000 sometimes next year. rio yellow and SS, both will be w/ comptech S/C off the lot. he know this guy works for Acura dealership w/ comptech discount.
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 05:44 AM
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sounds legit to me.
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 07:02 AM
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Hmm. I got this email this morning. What do you guys think?

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