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If you want your winnings, you'd better give Mr. Steven Burtler and Mr. Christopher Thomas all the "informations" they need. If the obvious fact that NO lottery ever emails people to tell them they won, and you can't win from your email address, and they don't know that the plural of "information" is ... well, "information" - if all this doesn't tell you that this is just a sad attempt at a scam; then we suggest you stay home and eat soft foods without using sharp utensils.
Of course, there are only two legal lotteries in Britain, the National Lottery and the Monday Lottery, anyway, and they do NOT use email to notify winners. Below is a scam email actually received.
DO NOT reply to any emails you receive that claim 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.
For your education and entertainment, we have highlighted some of the obvious clues that this is a scam; such as the use of a free Yahoo email account and the omnipresent claim that your "email address attached to ticket..." was the key to winning. As if email addresses are used to hand out money...
In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.
The National Lottery
REF NUMBER: EAASL/9410Y1/02
BATCH NUMBER: 561701-PCD03
1 QUEENS PARK ROAD
K2M 4RT
LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM
ATTENTION
This is the official result of the UK 2007 LOTTERY PROGRAM held on 10th february 2007 Your e-mail address drew the winning lucky numbers:0405, 16, 19, 21, 49 & 20. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 251,420GBP in cash credited......
To file for your claim please kindly provide the
following informations
and send it to our Fiduciary Agent who shall clear you
as a winner.
(1)FULL NAMES
(2)DATE OF BIRTH
(3)SEX
(4)MARITAL STATUS
(5)CONTACT ADDRESS
(6)PHONE NUMBERS
(7)OCCUPATION,
contact our claims agent below.
MR CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
fiduciary_lotteryclaimsagent33@yahoo.co.uk
Yours faithfully,
Steven Burtler
ONLINE SUPERVISOR
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