$1,000,000 Sweepstakes Could Be Weepstakes
by Cynthia Bercowetz
Bloomfield, CT  06002   May 9 2006
 
A new email is circulating around that there are winners in a lottery from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The email states that you have been approved to claim a sum of 1,000,000 United States Dollars in cash.
The email also states that "all participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw/ballot system and extracted form over 100,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place every six months."
Supposedly the million dollars would be released by any of its payment offices in Europe.
Now here is the clincher: "For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you. Please be warned."
If you receive an email like this, throw it away. I have checked with the sheriff's offices in Naples, Fl. at the time I received this email. I was informed that it is another way for these crooks to get into your bank account. The email requests the following: your name, address, nationality, your occupation and your company.
Delete the email if you happen to open it.
 
Cynthia Bercowetz (consumreye@aol.com)
Author/Consumer Advocate
22 Oak Lane
Bloomfield, CT   06002
Phone : 860-243-2208

 

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