I won the lottery!

[Death Engineer]

Yup, that's right. :) I won the canadian lottery today. Or at least that's what this here email says. Check it out...


WINNING NOTIFICATION


THIS LOTTERY IS SPONSORED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE HOSTED
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

(underline added for emphasis)


Doesn't that look authentic?? :rolleyes: The full text is below. Does anyone fall for these things?


From: Mrs. Anna David
No: 125 St Michael's Street
Plot 2A Harrison Drive
Ontario Canada.
(www.canada.com/lotteries)
Check for LOTTO 6/49

Email: canada_lotterycentre@canada.com
Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/04
Batch No: Lotto 6/49
Draw Coupon: Match 6+B

WINNING NOTIFICATION


THIS LOTTERY IS SPONSORED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE HOSTED
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-
American Sweepstake Lottery International programs held
on the Sat June 04 2005 in Essex United Kingdom and
Canada Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
B9564 75604545 100 with! Serial number 46560 drew the
winning numbers 11/16/18/19/21/23 with a bonus Number 41,
for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of the lottery in the
2nd category of daily three. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of US$1.000,000.00
(One Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to
file EAAL/9080118308/04.

This is from a total cash prize of US $130,000,000.00
Million dollars, shared amongst the first One-Hundred
and thirty (130) lucky winners in this category
worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our Afro booklet representative office in
Africa as indicated in your play coupon, because this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be Hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept to enable you participate in our subsequent games before the grand finale. In view of this, your US$1.000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in South Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide
Web site through computer draws system and extracted
from over 10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails. 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 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 corresponding agent in South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow: Mr. R Zuma Tel: 27-73-744-64-79 email: (canada_lottery_agentzuma@canada.com)To avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/ batch numbers in any correspondences with
our designated agents.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff
of this program that has successfully won this
competition. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program. Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Gladys Owen United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator Mrs.Patricia Hope Asst. Gen. Sec Mr. Grey Johnson Canadian/American Zonal Secretary General. Switzerland Zonal Co-coordinator For African Winners Dr Bill Wilson. African/European Head Office Baumgarten-strasse 15 Postfach 686 Geneva CH-8201 Schaffhausen Dr Peter Martins Head South African Offshore Payment Office Madrid, Spain. Thanks for your Co-operation in anticipation. Contact: (www.canada.com/lotteries)Check for LOTTO 6/49

[Dangerous Dan]

lol, as a canadian, i can say about the only real thing on there is the phrase "LOTTO 6/49"

[solid snake295]

hahaha, thats funny. i could be at that address in seriously no more then 45 minutes. i might have to go knocking on someones door and bring mr. louisville with me :P

[Mad Fox]

hahahaha that looked pretty authentic

[Die Hard]

Can you lend me a few thou DE?

[noldhor]

lol, as a canadian, i can say about the only real thing on there is the phrase "LOTTO 6/49"


As a canadian too, i so much agree with DD hehehe!

[Caged Anger]

"...10,000,00 companies..."

wow...thats a lot of companies

[Free Styler]

how can i participate again?


hehe honestly tho theres this guy from a few months back at work who said he has won a free cruise and bla bla bla.

I say to him forget dude its a hoaks....dont botter with it.

He says no that's the thing they say it's not a hoaks.

I look at him with the weirdest look and say to him are you kidding me.

He says no and is all happy and all.im like dude you've won nothing man.

He goes on bableling that they said it was not a hoaks.

I say good for you then.

story is

People are waiting for good stuff to happen to them.

Tho some are more realistic then others.

[Caged Anger]

People are waiting for good stuff to happen to them.

Tho some are more realistic then others.

:thumbs:

[Bingo]

Now, what I find very interesting about this is that all the URL's actually DO resolve to Canada. I did a quick search figuring that they would not:


Registrant:
CanWest Interactive Inc.
163 Jackson Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3A6
CA
Phone: 905-645-2091
Fax: 905-645-2093

Domain Name: CANADA.COM

Administrative Contact :
DeGroot, Peter
pdegroot@canwest.com
163 Jackson Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3A6
CA
Phone: 905-645-2091
Fax: 905-645-2093

Technical Contact :
Technician, DNS **
pdegroot@canwest.com
163 Jackson Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3A6
CA
Phone: 905 645 2090 x2611
Fax: 123 123 1234

Record expires on 17-Sep-2012
Record created on 18-Sep-1996
Database last updated on 06-Jun-2005

Hell, I even went a step further and did a name search on 'Peter DeGroot', and most of the links pulled up someone who works for the Canadian Government.

HOWEVER - as we all know South Africa is the hotbed for internet scams, and they do indeed point you to a South African representative. (Who in the HELL falls for these things??? WHO looks at that and says to themselves 'Oh, that makes sense. The Canadian Government naturally works out of South Africa).

And sure enough, the country code 27 does in fact go to South Africa.
Odd though, that the website resolves to Canada.

Wonder if someone in Canadian IT department is in on it?

Bingo - with too much time on his hands.