Lottery Scam?

meclive

Just got this email which sounds like a scam to me what do you guys think? look at the email address it came from (gives it away lol).

*edited the numbers just in case (fingers crossed! lol )*

From : Richard Lloyd <onlinesweeptakes34@msn.com>
Sent : 24 January 2006 02:41:12
Subject : WINNING NOTIFICATION MAIL

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X-Originating-IP: [66.178.81.6]
X-Originating-Email: [onlinesweeptakes34@msn.com]
X-Sender: onlinesweeptakes34@msn.com
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180
Return-Path: onlinesweeptakes34@msn.com

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The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/********
Batch: 074/**/*******
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1052) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 21st January 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: ********* ***
with Serial number ****/0* drew the lucky numbers:
01-25-26-27-39-49 37

(bonus ball)
Bonus ball (#37)which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e match 6 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of £141.022(One hundred and forty one thousand,twenty-two pounds sterling) in cash credited to file K*U/9****1**0*/0*.This is from a total cash prize of £1,833,286 shared amongst the (13) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £141.022(One hundred and forty one thousand,twenty-two pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact her.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, fill the verification form below

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:______________
10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL____________

13. COUNTRY________________________________
and contact our fiduciary agent:Mrs. Sharon Cole with the email address below
Email:filing4verification_unit1@yahoo.co.uk
You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Phone :+44- 7031843335
Fax :+44703184584

© Copyright 1994-2006 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

leics_poshie

Unless they ask for money fill the form out, what have you got to lose, just remember who told you to do it if you get the money

I only charge 10%

trisontana

This is a scam and has nothing to do with the National Lottery. Just think about it , how can you win a lottery if you haven't entered it? If you do reply you will find that you will have to either send them some money as a "processing fee" or they will want all the details of your bank account. Stay away from it.

In similar scams people have parted with thousands of pounds because they had though they had won nearly a million pounds. It has been featured on Watchdog.

bbruce

It's gotta be a scam - I'll take a chance and charge 0% so good luck.
Why not email or phone him?

blushred2

I get those emails all the times, last week it was the lottery in france, prior to that it was amsterdam.
i just report it as spam mail
i did once ring the number from a call box, and someone who could not speak english very well answered.
today i got email reportedly from natwest audit department saying the usual stuff, i forwarded it on to natwest.

it makes me cross sometimes to think of all the silly people who have been taken in by these scams

trisontana

There was that one woman on Watchdog who had paid out over £40,000 , on the promise of a win of £750,000.

meclive

Guess il have to keep on waiting for my millions then

Heinz

Phone :+44- 7031843335
Fax :+44703184584

The giveaway (as if such an obvious scam needed one) - UK 070 telephone numbers are designated by Ofcom as 'personal' numbers. Why would a supposedly genuine organisation allegedly based in Liverpool have 070 numbers and not ordinary 0151 numbers?

Answer: If you call them (assuming the numbers actually exist), the calls cost 49p per minute and they'll make money from you while they keep you on hold.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133608

ManAtHome

And you'll probably find that BFG has got all the cash anyway...(LOL)