Lettera del consumatore

Salve, ho ricevuto di recente un'e-mail che mi annunciava la vincita di una consistente somma per essere stato estratto tra 50 fortunati (e ignari, dato che non era prevista la partecipazione a nessun tipo di concorso, ma tali nominativi sarebbero stati estratti "casualmente"). Nulla di eccezionale; di bufale del genere sono consuete in rete, ma la cosa che mi ha lasciato perplesso e' che l'azienda alla quale il concorso fa riferimento, e la "De Loterie Romande" (Rue Marterey 13 1002 Lausanne Switzerland), piuttosto rispettata nell'ambito dei concorsi a premi. Inoltre mi e' stata indicato anche un referente per darmi istruzioni per ritirare la somma (in questo caso, dopo aver riempito un modulo con i miei dati, recarmi in Svizzera per sbrigare le pratiche). Esistono precedenti legati a quest'azienda riguardo a "fregature" on-line? Esistono questo tipo di concorsi? Di seguito riporto il testo della e-mail che mi e' stata inviata.
Alessandro, da Meldola
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Dear Winner, We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of the DE LOTERIE ROMANDE Program. De Loterie Romande draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 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 serial number xx-xxxx drew the lucky numbers x-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx which consequently emerged you as one of first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of €1,000,000.00 (One Million EURO) in cash credited to file xx/xx-xx/xxxx. This is from a total cash prize of €50,000,000 (Fifty Million) Euro shared amongst the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for De Loterie Romande. 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 Febuary 2000 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions' predecessor. Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover insurance. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in London. In view of this, your euro 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in Europe. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him. To begin your claim please contact your claims agent.