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Have you received an email from "Barrister Louis Cox Esq" at the "the National Lottery , 65 FULHAM PALACE RD" telling you that you won the a prize and to contact "Dispatch Agents Mr. Gary Smith Jnr. and Mr Williams Diver at FRONTIER FORWARDING SERVICES L.T.D ."? It is a scam.
There are only two legal large lotteries in Britain, the National Lottery and the Monday Lottery, anyway, and they do NOT use email to notify winners. 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!
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In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams. Note the similarity to this scam.
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:
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.
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.
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?
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!
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.
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.
HOME OFFICE: 165 FULHAM PALACE RD. W6 8JB UNITED KINGDOM.
(Customer Services)
REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/839030X2/14
BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
Dear Winner,
Congratulations once again from all the staff here. I am in receipt of your mail and I must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners in this year lucky dip sweepstakes. As you already know your email address was randomly selected along with others from over 125,000 website on the internet of which your.
The NATIONAL LOTTERY have finally conducted its E-games lottery for 2007, our aim was developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing number of participants in our various E-games lottery programs. This is a promotional draw that officially launches the Lotto-Wheel E-games 2007, with funds accrued exclusively from previous draws. Payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.
I want you to understand that your winning fund of 552,000.00 pounds was given out in cheque along side with other vital document which will enable you to clear the cheque in any bank in this world, however i want you to understand that the cheque and documents is presently handed over to the courier firm below:
Send Your details to the following contact below:
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Company Name: FRONTIER FORWARDING SERVICES L.T.D Dispatch Agents: You can call Mr. Gary Smith Jnr.
And Mr Williams Diver
For Enquiries Please Call;
(Tel: +(44) 703 196 8293
( Tel: +(44 ) 703 196 8277
Fax: +(44) 870 471 7086
Email: frontier_deliverydept101@yahoo.co.uk
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They are responsible for sending your funds to you, after you most have taken care of the required mordalities which will be handled by you. Please oblige to follow their instructions so the document can get to your present address on time. Do ensure to file your claims to them with a copy of your verification particulars and scanned copies of driver's license or any form of national identity. Endeavour to make your winnings confidential during the process of the transfer of your winnings, to avoid double claims.
Do ensure to file your claims to them with a copy of your verification particulars and scanned copies of driver's license or any form of national identity. Endeavour to make your winnings confidential during the process of the transfer of your winnings, to avoid double claims.
The documents to be sent are;
1. WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM THE UK LOTTERY 2.WINNERS CHEQUE / CASH AMOUNT FOR THE VALUE OF 552,00.00 POUNDS 3.CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES (C.S.F.C.);
As soon as you establish contact with them please notify me at once.
We look forward to receipt of your information.
Congratulations once again on your winning.
You are requested to send a copy of your information to the above mentioned firm of your choice to enable the proper verification of your winning details Below:
CLAIMS RELEASE/ VERIFICATION FORM
1.Full Name___________________________
2.Full Address_________________________
3.Marital Status_______________________
4.Occupation_________________________
5.Age_______________________________
6.Sex_______________________________
7.Nationality_________________________
8.Country Of Residence________________
9.Telephone Number___________________
10.Fax Number_______________________
11.Ticket Number______________________
12.Reference Number___________________
13.Batch Number______________________
Also I want to use this medium to inform you that you will have to keep your winning very personal to avoid double claim by internet violator. I hope this is clear if there be any further question you wish to ask do not hesitate to let me know about it. Once again congratulations on your victory.
Thank you for your understanding
Regards
Barrister Louis Cox Esq.
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