iis security: Dear Sir
Good Day
I have received an e - mail from a certain Fllora Adams (
e-mail address flloradams@hotmail.com ) of the EAAS
Lottery Scam notifying me that I have won $250,000 prize
of the 13th August 2004 Euro - Afro - Asian Sweepstake
lottery International sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates and the
Sultan of Brunei. Reading through her e-mail I have
noticed that the ticket number given to me is the same as
the ticket no. given in the EAAS Lottery site:
http://www.netscalped.com/_disc4/00000b62.htm for the
draw of a year before that is July 13th 2003 . The name
of the Barrister in this site is Jeff Idris where as the
name of the Barrister in the e-mail I received is Joneb
Ferguson they are requesting me in a subsequent e-mail to
pay them $475 in advance for their delivery service of
the $250,000 cheque to my address .Also the name in the
source e-mail address is Fllora , (not Flora as in the
above web site). I forward the two mentioned e-mails
with their attachments to you . Quite honestly I sense
some unusual discrepancies make me skeptical . Kindly
please help me in solving this puzzle of authenticity of
my winning and their demand of advance money paid to
them . I shall wait eagerly for your response before I
commit myself to sending them the money they requested .
Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest
possible convenience . Accept my sincere wishes and
regards .

Jamarose

This has nothing to do with the IIS web server.

And yes, it is a scam.

Tom
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| Dear Sir
| Good Day
| I have received an e - mail from a certain Fllora Adams (
| e-mail address flloradams@hotmail.com ) of the EAAS
| Lottery Scam notifying me that I have won $250,000 prize
| of the 13th August 2004 Euro - Afro - Asian Sweepstake
| lottery International sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates and the
| Sultan of Brunei. Reading through her e-mail I have
| noticed that the ticket number given to me is the same as
| the ticket no. given in the EAAS Lottery site:
| http://www.netscalped.com/_disc4/00000b62.htm for the
| draw of a year before that is July 13th 2003 . The name
| of the Barrister in this site is Jeff Idris where as the
| name of the Barrister in the e-mail I received is Joneb
| Ferguson they are requesting me in a subsequent e-mail to
| pay them $475 in advance for their delivery service of
| the $250,000 cheque to my address .Also the name in the
| source e-mail address is Fllora , (not Flora as in the
| above web site). I forward the two mentioned e-mails
| with their attachments to you . Quite honestly I sense
| some unusual discrepancies make me skeptical . Kindly
| please help me in solving this puzzle of authenticity of
| my winning and their demand of advance money paid to
| them . I shall wait eagerly for your response before I
| commit myself to sending them the money they requested .
| Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest
| possible convenience . Accept my sincere wishes and
| regards .
|
| Jamarose
|

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:35:43 -0700, "jamarose" <jamarose7@yahoo.com>
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Not related to IIS security.

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But, while I can't believe there really are people this gullible,
this is disturbing enough to demand a reply here. In general, if you
are notified you've won a lottery you never entered, it's a scam. If
you are asked to provide money to collect winnings, it's a scam. If
it's reported in all the national news media (world-wide most likely),
it's likely a scam.

See:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery-scams.html
http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/bonitanews/article/0,2071,NPDN_14894_3216287,00.html