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I know this is not a freebie but I need some advice.
I have received this email this morning
NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1019) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on the 17th january,2007,
Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number:56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers :21-32-41-42-43-46,
and
a bonus number of (17) which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£251,420 (two hundred and fifty-one thousand,four hundred and twenty
pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a
total
cash prize of £1,005,680 shared amongst the (4) lucky winners in
this category that is Match 5 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 number
falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your playcoupon. In view of this, your £251,420 (two
hundred
and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and twenty pounds ) would be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
fiduciary Agent: MR: MICHAEL MARTINS
Email address: claimsagent0607@sify.com
(Form HLP)
REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
FULL NAME...............................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:.................................
AGE...................................
OCCUPATION.............................
TEL.......................FAX................. (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL..................................
WINNING NUMBER......................
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you
for being part of our online promotional lottery program.
Yours Truly,
Richard K Lloyd.
Co-ordinator (Online Promo Programme).
Has anyone else had one of these?
Is it that scam that has been on the news recently?
If anybody could answer I would grately appreciate it.
I have received this email this morning
NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1019) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on the 17th january,2007,
Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number:56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers :21-32-41-42-43-46,
and
a bonus number of (17) which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£251,420 (two hundred and fifty-one thousand,four hundred and twenty
pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a
total
cash prize of £1,005,680 shared amongst the (4) lucky winners in
this category that is Match 5 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 number
falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your playcoupon. In view of this, your £251,420 (two
hundred
and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and twenty pounds ) would be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
fiduciary Agent: MR: MICHAEL MARTINS
Email address: claimsagent0607@sify.com
(Form HLP)
REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
FULL NAME...............................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:.................................
AGE...................................
OCCUPATION.............................
TEL.......................FAX................. (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL..................................
WINNING NUMBER......................
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you
for being part of our online promotional lottery program.
Yours Truly,
Richard K Lloyd.
Co-ordinator (Online Promo Programme).
Has anyone else had one of these?
Is it that scam that has been on the news recently?
If anybody could answer I would grately appreciate it.
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Comments
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It will be a scam email, just delete it and forgot about it0
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I've had 4 of these so far this year!
All scam I'm afraid0 -
I thought it was a scam but thought id post about it to show others how they come.0
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remember if it is too good to be true it usually isT&C APPLY0
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Just "Google" search for "Scam Emails" and you will get plenty of info from sites such as http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery-scams.html or http://scamdex.com/0
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if you type in google....We happily announce to you the draw (#1019) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY
it shows loads of people received the scam mail......;)0
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