These clever little criminals going by the names "Mr. Ian Louis" and "Mr. Carl A
Houghton" send this email to you ONLY if you do not live in the UK. The
obvious because they include some language from the real UK National Lottery
that says you can come to their payment centre to collect a cheque. However, if the obvious fact
that NO lottery ever emails people to tell them they won, and you can't win from
your email address, without buying a ticket;
that's what the scammers are counting on, a combination of greed and stupidity
on the part of the victims.
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.
In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.
ROSS-ON-WYE REGIONAL CLAIMS OFFICE.
Lottery Prize Winning Confirmation - Payment
From The Desk of:
Mr. Ian Louis
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agent
Email lottery promotion regional office
11 Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire,HR9 9WB
United Kingdom
Tell : + 44 703 192 0669
: 44 207 060 0486
Fax : + 44 870 479 1713
Email:
claimsonlinehelpdesk@yahoo.co.uk
REFERENCE Nº: EGS/2251256003/03
BATCH Nº: 14/0017/1PD
Attention Winner: John Doe
This is in response to your email enquiry
fowarded to this office for
claiming lottery Prize, we have verified on the system and confirmed with the UK
Lottery Board that your reference and batch numbers is legitimate, the valued
Prize still valid with your email address {} as selected
via computer ballot system a winner with:
REFERENCE Nº: EGS/2251256003/03
BATCH Nº: 14/0017/1PD
PROCEDURE TO CLAIM PRIZE
Option #1. To claim your prize you need to come down to any of the UK Lottery
payment centre by 2nd March, 2007 to redeem your prize as you have won in second
category. You are required to be present physically in the payment office with
your Identification in The United Kingdom or Amsterdam (Holland) and at the EU
payment bank before the 14days deadline for claiming your Email lottery prize.
Option #2. In the event of your inability to make it personally to any of the
above mention payment centers, an in-house EU affiliated attorney will be
appointed to process your claim on your behalf, to endorse all legal discharge
document and send your prize check to you or sign transfer Release bond at the
paying bank.
Note: All email lottery prizes
are insured by a high cover insurance policy
and thus can not be any deduction. All payout is in full amount for instrument
of payment (certified check) or direct transfers are "BONDED". All
processing
cost to dispatching your prize to you is to be paid by you as they
can not be
deducted from the prize.
Therefore you are to notify us which option is best suitable for you to
redeem your prize. We shall send you a claim application form immediately to
fill and submit to the Payment committee to commence the process of redeeming
your lucky lottery prize or to be sent to your appointed attorney if you choose
option #2.
Congratulations once again.
Sincerely,
Mr. Ian Louis
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agent
For The UK National lottery Board.
life stories to find out how some of our big winners have changed their
lives.
Joseph Ashworth was delighted to discover that he had cracked the case to net
a £1,173,072 share of the Lotto jackpot on Saturday 27th January,2007.
Yours faithfully,
Carl A Houghton (Mr.)
Director.International Promotions Unit,
NOTE: Claiming your winnings.
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If your prize is up to £75, you can claim it in cash from any National
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