Is this real? Did I just strike it rich!?

[amybeader]

A complete and total scam! Run away from this. It is a fake, it is a variation on one of many many scams out there. The moment you get an unfamiliar e-mail telling you won something, especially if it's outside your own country, a lottery or any other kind of contest, it's a scam. It can actually be illegal to enter such a contest, but aside from that, you didn't enter, it's something you've never heard of, and that should be a MAJOR RED FLAG! Do not respond, if you do, they will try to get your get account information, your Social Security info and so on, in other words, they want to steal your identity and rip you off.

General rule 1: if it's too good to be true, it's a fake.
General rule 2: if you don't know who they are/have never heard of the organization, do not respond.

And another Red Flag is the part of the message telling you not to tell anyone about it. OF COURSE they don't want you telling anyone about it, because you'll find out it's a scam!