I've won €750,000 on the lotto

[Malt-Teaser]

In spite of not even knowing my e-mail address was entered into a magic annual lotto it seems I won and my prize, so I am informed today, is €750,000

All I need to do to claim the money is send enough information by return which would allow a pretty good case of identity theft.
Do you think this may be a scam

[portwood]

I'd go for it ... use the cash for collectible whisky. I hear its a great investment.

[Moggy]

i've had the FBI trying to give me $900,000 lately, as i'm a US citizen it should be easy as pie... only i'm english

[C57]

Pity - when I read the title of the post I thought "At last a bit of good luck for Malty"

[Peat Sampras]

a bit

I'd cal 750k more than just a bit

[Pete Smoke]

I was once offered a 20% share of $9,000,000 by a West African lady who had chosen me from many because i was particularly honest and decent! In return i had to send her only $10,000 to cover the legalities of the transaction and assist the said lady to relocate to Europe and start a business with her.

I thought that was a bargain, so sent her the 10 grand and am patiently waiting for her and the money to arrive. She must be wading her way through a nightmare of Nigerian bureaucracy as it's been almost 2 years and she's too busy to reply to my pleading eMails.

[portwood]

I was once offered a 20% share of $9,000,000 by a West African lady who had chosen me from many because i was particularly honest and decent! In return i had to send her only $10,000 to cover the legalities of the transaction and assisted the said lady to relocate to Europe and start a business with her.

I thought that was a bargain, so sent her the 10 grand and am patiently waiting for her and the money to arrive. She must be wading her way through a nightmare of Nigerian bureaucracy as it's been almost 2 years and she's too busy to reply to my pleading eMails.

I know a good Nigerian lawyer that can help her (and you) expedite the matter. Send me $5,000 to cover the expenses, and I will make all the necessary arrangements.

[Pudge72]

I was once offered a 20% share of $9,000,000 by a West African lady who had chosen me from many because i was particularly honest and decent! In return i had to send her only $10,000 to cover the legalities of the transaction and assisted the said lady to relocate to Europe and start a business with her.

I thought that was a bargain, so sent her the 10 grand and am patiently waiting for her and the money to arrive. She must be wading her way through a nightmare of Nigerian bureaucracy as it's been almost 2 years and she's too busy to reply to my pleading eMails.

I know a good Nigerian lawyer that can help her (and you) expedite the matter. Send me $5,000 to cover the expenses, and I will make all the necessary arrangements.

...since you have to buy your whisky at the LCBO, your "expenses" would run closer to $10,000...yeah, expenses, that's it.

[athlete cured]

If I win the $640 million "mega millions" jackpot tonight there will be Broras and Port Ellens for all.

[Onefortheditch]

Once I won a share of £175,000 in a competition prize - they actually sent me a cheque for 17p!!

(Needless to say I never cashed it)

[John Barleycorn]

they actually sent me a cheque for 17p

That will go a long way towards the whisky you purchased last night.
Hope you enjoyed the evening.

Cheers John

[Nick Brown]

I remember one scam email from a man called Drai Brown who was a lawyer and had selected me to represent the next of kin of a wealthy deceased person. He didn't seem to understand when I asked him why he couldn't do this himself - he kept saying it was because I had the right surname.

I like getting into email correspondence with these scammers. I have one at the moment who is trying to resolve the charging policy of the freight company that will send me a MasterCard loaded with many millions of Rand that I have won in the South African lottery.

[Onefortheditch]

they actually sent me a cheque for 17p

That will go a long way towards the whisky you purchased last night.
Hope you enjoyed the evening.

Cheers John

If only! I’m afraid I used up my whisky buying budget for a wee while. It was an enjoyable evening though – very good to be the company of people who are enthusiastic about whisky. And the whisky was nice too – but as someone who usually limits himself to two or three whiskies in an evening, I was a “wee bit tired” the next day after having 5 cask strength ones.

Cheers OFTD