Bad News

You may have found this entry by Googling one of the terms from the following email. I have posted these things in the past because they are funny, and have been amazed at how many people took them seriously enough to check it out by googling it. It is a lot of money, and if one is not familiar with 419 scams, I could see how it might just seem like great news.

However, the bad news is that you did not win the lottery. The good news is that you did enough research to avoid being taken in by an expensive and potentially deadly confidence scheme.

For those of you who just like to read these things for amusement, well, Donald Duff is just about the best name yet, and it is always fun to read about "unscrupulous elements" in a 419 solicitation:

Imperzio Internationale Sweepstakes Lottery
Headquarters:
Marcolo Scozzi way,
Viani Meido 02-06,
4566 Torino,
Italy.

Ref: IISL/4080318306/04
Batch: 23/05/EC11

NOTIFICATION OF WINNING

It is my sincere pleasure to announce to you the result of the draw of
the
Iuliano Internationale Sweepstakes Lottery International program held
on the
10th of March 2005 in London, UK.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5232465504 with Serial
number
Z87968DX drew the lucky numbers: 21-231-111-021, which subsequently won
you
the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £850,000.00
(Eight
Hundred and Fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds) in cash, credited to
file
with reference number
IISL/4080318306/04. This is from a total cash prize of £3.4 Million,
shared
amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Western
booklet
representative office in Italy as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your £850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty thousand
Great
Britain Pounds) would be released to you by the paying Bank. Our
Western
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 the World Wide Web through
a
computer draw system using e-mail addresses obtained from our affiliate
companies. This promotion takes place annually.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to
you
in whatever manner you deem it 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 fiduciary
agent:
Mr. Paolo Baldini
The IISL Foundation
Email: pbaldini77@yahoo.it
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondence with our designated agent
or
us.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Donald Duff
IISL Zonal Coordinator.

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