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,
see this page to find out
what happens next!
In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.
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Email address ballot: There is no such thing as a
"computer ballot system" or "computer email draw". No one, not even
Microsoft has a database of email addresses of the type or magnitude they
suggest. Your email address cannot ever "win" you a lottery.
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Terrible spelling, punctuation, syntax and grammar - Scammers
apparently don't know how to use spell checkers. We assume they
dropped out of school before that class. They use almost random
CapItaLiZAtion and often can't even spell "February" or know that "22th" ought to
be "22nd". Real lotteries proofread their emails and use people
who can write above the 3rd grade level.
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Using free email account: The scammer is writing to
you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.). Don't you think a real organization
would use its own email, its own domain and website?
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Keep Confidential - Real lotteries THRIVE on
publicity - they don't want you to keep anything secret - the publicity
causes people to buy more tickets. there is NO risk of "double claiming"
because they can validate where the ticket numbers were sold. The scammer
want you to keep quiet because they don't want the police or
ConsumerFraudreporting to hear about them!
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Email notification: NO REAL LOTTERY SENDS AN EMAIL TO
NOTIFY WINNERS. Period. Full-stop. End of story. There mere fact
ALONE that you received an email saying you won a lottery is proof that it
is a scam.
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Courier / delivery charges are high due to Hardcover insurance Policy
- If you respond to them, you will usually receive an email telling you you
must pay delivery charges. First, as we mentioned earlier, no winner would ever have to pay delivery
charges in a real lottery, sweepstakes or promotion. Secondly, there
is no such thing as "hardcover insurance policies" . Go search in Google and
see if you can find a definition for it!
Fecha: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:54:55 +0000 (UTC)
De: "Uk National Lottery Inc." <
info@uklottery.co.uk >
Asunto: Uk Lottery Winning Notification.
UK-GAMING Headquarters:
United Kingdom
Customer Service
Ref: 851125
Batch #: 09-18-21-24-37-48
To the
receiver of this mail,
This is to notify you that your email address was
officially emerged and won the sum of GBP £650,000.00 ( Six Hundred And
Fifty Thousand Pounds in the Online Uk Gaming Board Programme.
The award was held 24th March 2008 and results were
released on 28th March 2008.
The winning numbers, Batch number: (UK
09-18-21-24-37-48) Serial
Number: 851125 and a bonus ball of (23).
All online participants was selected from a
data
base on internet users from which your email address came out as the winning
coupon.
In view of this, Your £650 000(Six Hundred & Fifty
Thousand British pounds sterling) will be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.
Choose your mode of delivery
(1)BANK TRANSFER(BANK TO BANK TRANSFER)
(2) COURIER DELIVERY(CERTIFIED CHEQUE MADE OUT IN
YOUR NAME DELIVERED TO YOU VIA OUR AFFILIATE COURIER COMPANY)
For more information on how to redeem your prize,
You are to reply with the information below as soon as you receive this
notification.
CONTACT NAME: RYAN BOND
EMAIL:
ukclaimsltd2@hotmail.co.uk
Tel:0 44 704 521 4521
INFORMATION FOR CLAIMS
1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Phone numbers:
8. Country:
Please note the following:
1All claims are nullified after 20 working days from
today.
2Your Reference number must be in all your mails
with the claims officer.
3Do inform the claims officer of any change of names
or addresses.
4Please do not reply to this email. Contact your
claims agent.
This international promotion is proudly sponsored by
Yahoo! Inc. to encourage
the use of the Internet and computers worldwide.
We are proud to say that over 200 Million Pounds are
won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
Your's Truly
Graham Lewis
CO-ORDINATOR(ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME)
