Sample Email Scams Involving BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

Sample Email Scams Involving the Fake Lotteries in the UK
Lottery International - British Lottery International

How to Recognize Them and What To Do If You Receive One

This scam email, claiming to be from "BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL" is a really obvious fraud.

Of course, there are no legal online lotteries in the UK. There are only two legal lotteries in Britain, the National Lottery and the Monday Lottery, and they do NOT use email to notify winners. If that isn't enough, we've highlighted some other obvious clues that they are scams; such as using free email accounts, selecting winners by random email addresses ("computer ballot system", which is winning simply by having an email address), spelling mistakes, etc. Below is a scam email actually received.

DO NOT reply to any emails you receive saying that you have won a lottery that you did not enter.  They are frauds.  You will lose your money.  There is no "free lunch"; don't be foolish and believe a scam!  We can not say it any more plainly:  YOU WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL BY ANY LEGITIMATE LOTTERY THAT YOU WON A PRIZE.  If you do receive such an email, it IS a fraud, do not reply to it!  If you DID reply to one, click here to see what you will likely receive back.

In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.

See below for an example of the scams:

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From: LOTTERY BOARD < lottooffice1@bellsouth.net
To: < Info@britintlotto.co.uk
Subject: Consultation Prize Winner(Ref Nr:BTL/491OXI/04)
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 18:58:28 -0500
BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
60 Merriman Road
Blackheath
London SE3 8RZ
England.

Ref Nr:BTL/491OXI/04
Batch Number: 12/25/0304
Dear Consultation Prize Winner,

CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE

Europe/ America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the End of January 2007 BRITISH LOTTERY -wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The UNITED KINGDOM. Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. Its major aim is to promote music, theater, art,literature,projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher education.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 6 lucky consolation prize winners Your email ID identified with Ticket Number:564 75600545-188 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a consultation cash prize of USD2,500,000 (Two Million, five hundred thousand dollars) only.

The BRITISH LOTTERY Group. BV, have approved a payout of your consultation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your consultation prize.

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information Officer Mr William Gilbert who has been assigned to assist you.You are to contact him with the following details for the release of your winnings.
Claims Requirements:

1.Name in full:
2.Home Address:
3.Age:
4.Occupation:
5.Phone Number:
6.Present Country:
7.Sex:

Contact E-mail: mail@uknlwinners.vossnet.co.uk

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consoltation prize winning.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Campbell,
Executive (International Sweepstakes).

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