Real or Fake E-mail

Flintoff_2

I enter lots of competitions daily and dont really keep track of what i've entered, i've today recieved an e-mail from 'Unity Lottery' stating that i have won second prize in one of their competitions, below is the full e-mail. Thanks for any replies, i think it's too good to be true but i'd like to know what you guys think.

UNITY LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England
(Customer Services)

REF NO: SLP/ 24-FB-426253
BATCH: 42/450002/YLP

We are pleased to inform you of 26TH Dec 2006 UNITY
LOTTERY draw.Your e-mail address attached to ticket Number
644701836872,with serial number 64483-72 drew the lucky
Winning Numbers 061417283041, and consequently won the
lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of(£420,000)Four hundred and twenty thousand Pounds sterling.

Your prize award is ready for claims IMMEDIATELY.
you are advised to expeditiously establish contact with
agent via e-mail or phone with the particulars presented
below citing the serial and e-ticket numbers to thisletter.
Please be informed that claims not
processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited
to the pool without further notice.

BTW this is a brilliant site, keep up the good work :beer:

chartreuse_2

Scam. You know you didn't buy a ticket.
Google on "Advance fee fraud" and lottery or look at: http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/section/lotto_fraud.htm

Stompa

Flintoff wrote:

i think it's too good to be true but i'd like to know what you guys think.

I think it's too good to be true as well I'm afraid.

chartreuse_2

Another fun way to pass the time is to google on numbers in the email. eg:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Numbers+061417283041%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

Flintoff_2

Thanks everyone

Lyla_2

Hi,

I just received the same email this morning which I've copied below. Shame it is a scam. I could really do with £250,00!

Lyla



The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1HX England
(Customer Services)
Dear Winner,

The draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY®. online Sweepstakes International
Program held on 27 November 2006 , won you the Lottery in the Thunderball.
The amount you luckily won is yet to be claimed and you are getting the
FINAL notification as regards this Email.

NOTE: We had to wait for all Winners who purchased the Lottery Ticket(s)
to claim their prizes before notifying you who won *Online* even without
your knowledge. This is the reason we have not notified you of your
winnings before now.

Your e-mail address was attached to the following winning numbers: 4, 5,
7, 9, 33 & Thunderball 8, By our computer draw system, which subsequently
won you the lottery in the Email Lottery (e-Lottery®).

Because your email was attached to our winning numbers, you are QUALIFIED
as one of the draw winners. You have therefore been approved to claim:

A total sum of £250,000(TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND,Pounds Sterlings)
in CASH credited to file number ; KTU/9023118308/03. and Draw Number:552.

Do not think that your winning is a joke, (or Play-Time) . It is real, and
we had more winners in the past with greater prizes than this. You may
click on this link to watch videos of what past winners have to say
**click here**

The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY®. and the EURO MILLIONS®, are the richest Lottery
Agencies in the whole world.

The total cash prize was shared amongst (5) lucky winners in this
category i.e Email Lottery (e-Lottery®)

All participants for the Email Lottery (e-Lottery®) were selected randomly
from
World Wide Web sites (w.w.w.) through our Email Lottery Draw System
(E.L.D.S) and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and
corporate bodies that are listed online.

This Lottery programme is part of the Country's Programme to fund for the
Olympic Games in 2012 (The £1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle).
Other sums to be raised from the National Lottery would be from Ticket
sales, Marketing, Sponsorship and the sale of Television rights.

Note: You did not purchase any Ticket(s) for this endeavor, your email was
selected by our E.L.D.S.(e-Lottery®) randomly.

Your £250,000, will 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 them.


For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you in your country.

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, kindly contact our fiduciary agent with the
information below:

Name:Kings Robert
Email:lotterygrants01@sify.com
Complete the below form and summit it to:

YOUR FULL NAMES:
YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR COUNTRY:
LANGUAGE:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
HAVE YOU EVER WON A LOTTERY BEFORE:
HOW DO YOU FEEL TO BE A WINNER:

Please endeavor to contact
via email with the required information as soon as possible.
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings :-

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info=unclaimedprizes
ONCE YOU VISIT THE ABOVE SITE, CHECK FOR YOUR WINNING DATE AND NUMBER.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY®.
Yours faithfully,

Darryn Clarke(Mrs)
Online coordinator
for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program © Copyright 2006