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Sample Email Scams Involving the British National Lottery - Page 7

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.

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 10

This one's fairly creative.  Note the use of the Union Jack, the coat of Arms, a bar code and a photo of an unattractive fat woman - very authentic looking!

----- Original Message -----

From: " willaims jones" <willaimsjones2q7@wanadoo.es>

To: <willaimsjones2q7@wanadoo.es>

Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 7:42 AM

Subject: DEAR WINNER

 

U.K LOTTERY.

28 ROMFORD AVENUE FOREST GATE

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

REF: NBM /2551256003/22

BATCH: 14/0017/IPD

DEAR WINNER,

ON BEHALF OF THE U.K LOTTERY AND FROM THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,WE GLADLY NOTIFY YOU OF YOUR LUCKY WIN OF A TOTAL OF £ 1,600,000 POUNDS STERLING ONLY,IN THE ON-GOING DRAWS,HELD ON THE 25th OF FEBUARY,2006

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT IN THE 3RD CATEGORY OF OUR COMPUTER BALLOTTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 15 MILLION NAMES FROM AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, AMERICA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICA AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.

YOUR EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER:025-1146-1992-750,WITH SERIAL

NUMBER: 2113-22 AND LUCKY NUMBERS:3, 17, 31, 37, 45, 49

(YOU CAN CHECK YOUR RESULTS ON www.alllotto.co.uk TO CONFIRM YOUR EXACT PRIZE AMOUNT)

YOUR WINNING FALLS UNDER THE BOOKLET OF OUR EUROPEAN CO-ORDINATOR, THEREFORE YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED TO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT,TO PROCESS YOUR PRIZE CLAIM,AT THE ADDRESS BELOW:

Name:SIR WILCOX DUTCH

(EUROPEAN FIDUCIARY AGENT.)

Email: wilcoxdutch@myway.com

ONCE AGAIN,ON BEHALF OF U.K LOTTERY TEAM, WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS. YOURS SINCERELY,

DR. WILLIAMS JONES.

HEAD,ONLINE CONTACT TEAM.

U.K LOTTERY.

WARNING:

1. YOU ARE HIGHLY ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR PRIZE WINNING HIGHLY SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL AND FROM PUBLIC NOTICE,UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETELY TRANSFFERED YOUR PRIZE, TO AVOID ANY LOSS, TO UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS,AS WE DID NOT EVEN PUBLISH YOUR NAME/EMAIL ON THE WEBSITE, TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY.

2. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED, IF UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

3. YOUR PRIZE MONEY WILL BE FOREFEITED IF YOU REFUSE TO CLIAM IT,TRY TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,ON OR BEFORE THE 10th OF MARCH,2006 SO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT IMMEDIATELY.

 

 

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