Re: help me out guys

"Scott Rudy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Read the post titled "Did you win?" posted on 10/18/03.
> Did you sign up for any promotional contests or sweepstakes? This should
> tell you if the promotional win is valid. Do they request you to send them
> any money to file claim before the winnings are released to you? Again,
this
> will give clue to validity.
>
> Be leery of winning contests that you never signed up for and/or contests
> that require you to pay an up front fee to file claim before the winnings
> are released to you also, watch out for such promo's that request bank
> account numbers to transfer your supposed winnings to.
>
> Email addresses are a dime a dozen and hackers, scammers, and spamers
change
> them frequently.
>
> Find out the details for collecting your supposed winnings without making
> any commitments.
>
> Remember, anything that sounds too good to be true, most likely is.
>
> Scott Rudy
>
>
> "baggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > been lurking around for a while...however I recently received an e-mail
> > which sounds too good to be true...sigh...any scams/419 related to
e-mail
> > address lotto.lotto>at<tiscali.co.uk???? according to the e-mail I won
> some
> > money on a promotional program...not a huge amount you understand, but
> > enough to perk my interest...I phoned my local tiscali server to find
out
> if
> > there had been any black marks listed against this e-mail address...they
> > tell me no....so I'm wondering?
> > Please help
> > baggins
> >

Thankx for the heads up guys....trouble is,  I have left my e-mail address
at various lotto sites..so it's plausible....they haven't asked for any
money.....yet.... I'm to reply to an e-mail address, just verification that
I have received their e-mail..... so far seems kinda sorta upfront.....but
nevertheless....my antennae is twitching...did a search on Jeeves just to
see what sort of lotto scams there are out there.... language and tone are
sort of similar but mine is more formal ....
baggins