I was sent an email by them telling me that I had just won 2.5 million dollars in an online lottery sponsered by a Western Tobacco Co. and Coca Cola. There are no lottery tickets just a random computer search amongst 25 million possible winners and they wanted me to believe I was one of them. First, they wanted me to verify things like my name, DOB, nationality, and gender before discussing with me how to collect my supposed winnings. Then I began to regulary get emails from the supposed claims officer, Albert. He had me curious so I fill out a 'claims form' with my name and address on it and he also wanted me to send a copy of my most recent passport or driver's lisence along with it so he could verify if the email address belonged to me, the person he was corresponding with. BIG Mistake, but I figure it could of been worst and they could of asked for my banking info which they never did. However, then things get real crazy and I am soon told that I need to send them anywhere from 1,500 to 2,500.00 to open up the account at their bank in the Netherlands. They claimed they will return it with my winnings. And at that point the gig was up. Why would I have to send such a large amount of money to a man who hasn't even given me a name for "their bank". And why would I send this money to him? So he could deposit it in the bank for me so that I could get all my winnings. Give me a Break guy!
Chandra
Grand Rapids
MI,United States