[AccessD] OT- I am a lucky winner??

Hi Don

There are many of this type. The other day I "won" quite an amount:

<quote>

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Webmasters Global
Email Lottery programs held on the 10th July, 2003. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 56842741 with Serial Number
5421-5739 Drew lucky numbers 2,8,15,21,26,34,38, which consequently
Won in the 2nd category and have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay of US$300.000.00  (Three hundred thousand United States
Dollars).  

</quote>

I had to call a number and probably give away some privacy so I dumped
it.

/gustav


> I apologize for the extreme OT nature of this, but it is Friday and it is a
> computer of sorts.....
> Got an email from giftstakes.com saying I won an XBox. I would like to win 
> an xbox and it looks authentic enough. However they want me to pay shipping 
> (like 4 bucks) which is reasonable- but they only accept debit cards and 
> they want my debit card number and my PIN...this makes me leary, timothy.
> Has anybody else seen this email is this a con...am I a sucker in the 
> making?? They also have a 72 hour limit before the prize goes back to the 
> pool....whadayathink??
> _D -----like my sig says...

> "Things are only free to the extent that you don't pay for them".-Don 
> Elliker