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UK National Lottery Scams:
Example:
British National Lottery
"Sir. Latoya Nicole", "Mrs Shannon Maris"
Have you received an email from "Sir. Latoya Nicole" at
the "British National Lottery" telling you that you won the a prize and to contact "Mrs Shannon Maris"?
It might seem odd to you that a person with a female Africa first name and a
surname that is a female first name... would be a peer of the Realm with the
title "Sir". It is more than odd, it is a pathetic scam, perpetrated
by an idiot scammer in Nigeria.
There are only two legal large lotteries in Britain,
the National Lottery
and the Monday Lottery,
anyway. You must buy a ticket in order to win, and even if you bought a ticket,
it is up to you to match the numbers and notify them that you won - they
wouldn't notify you (how would they know you won, anyway!?) 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,
see this page to find out
what happens next!
Other resources:
Also
In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.
There are many other signs that this is a fraud that we have
highlighted in the email below,
typically including one or more of these:
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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!
Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification.
Actual scam email (One example - the scammers constantly change
names, dates and addresses!):
British National Lottery,
101 Wigmore Street
London W1U 1QU
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce the final result of the
British National Lottery Online Promo Programme held 1st March 2009.You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 815,502.00 Pounds.
For Due remittance of Prize Contact Shannon Maris
with your Name/Full Address/Nationality/Age/Sex/Phone/Occupation/Country
Email:
uknlprizeconfirmationdesk@8u8.com <mailto:uknlprizeconfirmationdept@8u8.com>
Note: All Replies and Queries Should only be sent to
Mrs Shannon Maris via
uknlprizeconfirmationdesk@8u8.com <mailto:uknlprizeconfirmationdept@8u8.com>
Congratulations on behalf of British Government
Financial Department.
Yours Truly,
Sir. Latoya Nicole {Co-ordinator}
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
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