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Sample Email Scams Involving the British National Lottery - Page 5

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

There are only two legal lotteries in Britain, the National Lottery and the Monday Lottery, and they do NOT use email to notify winners. Below are scam emails actually received. Comments have been added in red to help explain their tricks.

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.

Fraud Example 7

Category B - UK International Lotto

WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY B WINNER:
KP6821873DL

It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged as a Category "B" winner of the UK International Lotto. CONGRATULATIONS! You are entitled to a prize sum of US$2,500,000.00. Reference number for your
prize is KP6821873DL, ticket number A/03-4912.

As a category B winner, you have been selected from a total number of 25,000 names drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East and America. After the computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only
six winners emerged in the category and therefore both are to receive payouts of US$2,500,000.00 from the total US$15,000,000.00 for second category winners.

To immediately collect your prize, please contact our Category "B" financial handlers with information below:

Mr. Carl Gareth
Financial Director
International Contracting Company Ltd
76 New Fetter Lane
London, EC4A 1AG
TELEPHONE: +44 709200964, 008821652070052
FAX: + 44 709200962
Email:carlgareth2@internationalcontractingcompanyltd.net

Provide prize reference number-KP6821873DL and winning ticket number-A/03-4912 for confirmation. In your best interests, you must initiate contact within one week of receipt of this correspondence. International
Contracting Company Ltd will handle all matters with regards to claiming your prize. You are also advised to send a copy of this email,either by fax or email, to your financial handler Mr. Carl Gareth,when
contacting him.

You are to keep all lottery information from the public as we will not entertain cases of multiple claims processing or compromise the privacy and security for all winners.

Other necessary International Lotto Uk information are:

Draw 1 number: 01-11417
Draw 2 number: 02-7962
International Lottery code no: IL55008

You may be required to provide any of the above information during the process of collecting your prize.

We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Burk J. Fellow
Promotions Manager
International Lotto UK

Fraud Example 8

UK Queen's Sweep Lotto

RE/ WINNING /AWARD NOTIFICATION FOR 2003 DRAW

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of today, 1st of Sept,2003. Winners of the UK QUEEN'S SWEEP LOTTERY PROMO/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 21ST OF August, 2003.

Your name, attached to ticket number , with serial number drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of #800,000.00 British Pound sterling in cash credited to file REF NO. QLP /25512560888/26.

This is from total prize of BPS#20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 15 million names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and North America and Africa as part of International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a company insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account or your cheque send to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes BPS#1.3 billion International Lottery.

Notify us immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize to a designated account of your choice or send down your cheque to any contact address of yours. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th October, 2003. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your Certificate number in your correspondence to the regional payment center.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your claim's agent as soon as possible.You can get back to me through our altanative E-mail address (queenslottery@hotmail.com ) Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

yours faithfully,

MRS Caroline Brooks.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
UK QUEEN'S SWEEP LOTTERY PROMO.
QUEENS PALACE
MANCHESTER (Note: What?  The Queen moved to Manchester? Odd that wasn't in the news...)
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. (Note: Strange.  Don't lotteries normally require publicity, so they can sell more tickets?)

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