Woo-frickety-hoo!!

I won the lottery - One Million Euro! What luck - I didn't even purchase a ticket. This is obviously my lucky day. Check this out; I got an email ("You Have Won One Million Euro") from the good folks at Schleswig-Holstein Lotto with instructions for how to claim my prize:

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of the Schleswig-Holstein Lotto Program.

Schleswig-Holstein Lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 30,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the internet as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every year. No tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address attached to ticketnumber 6239771 drew the lucky numbers 5-3-14-7-5-3 which consequently emerged you as one of first fifty (50) lucky winners in this year lotto program.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of €1,000,000.00 (One Million EURO) in cash credited to file SHL/Spiel-77. This is from a total cash prize of €50 Million Euro shared amongst the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for Schleswig-Holstein. The estimated €50 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in Europe history. The biggest was the €363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a February 2003 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions' predecessor.

Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover insurance. Note that your lucky number falls within our European booklet representative office in London . In view of this, Our London Representative Office will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with them.


To claim your prize funds, you are required to come directly to our UK office for direct claim. If you have problems with coming to our office you can make a wire transfer of your funds to your private bank account. You can also employ a courier service company to deliver your prize funds to your home or office address.

For a telegraphic transfer of your funds to your private bank account, you are required to send your name and address in full, phone number, and bank information, so as to facilitate the release of your funds to your nominated account.


To begin your claim, contact the office below with information in regards to your claims option.


Mr. Stevens G. Herbert
Schleswig-Holstein Lotto
Information and Payment Bureau:
London Representative Office.

So essentially, they put all the email addys on da intanet in a hat and drew mine. And all I need to do in order to claim my million Euro is to give them my bank information. Awesome deal - there can be no possible downside to this.

I think I'll forward the email to the Northern Norway municipalities involved in the Terra scandal - they could probably use some cold hard cash right about now........