Scam Lottery email

gatita

I have just received an email copied below, which is an obvious scam......... but I am unsure whether I should report it or not, and if so where. do you think?

FROM:INTERNATIONAL CHARITY/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT OF THUNDER-BALL UK
Congratulations as you are among the lucky winners that were selected
by an advanced automated random computer search over the internet as no
tickets were sold for this program, and thus have been registered for
further consideration in the THUNDER-BALL UK INTERNATIONAL CHARITY
program for the year 2005/2006 notification.
Lucky winners were selected at random via a computer ballot system
drawn from 5,000,000 email addresses of individuals and Corporate bodies

from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania.

Your email address drew ticket number 854-2004, serial number 04-25 and
lucky numbers 25-18-04-AA in the A252 Category. You have therefore been
awarded a prize sum pay out of £1,000,000 (one million Great Britain
Pounds).
However there are only 3 prize payout in the A category, therefore it
is of utmost importance, that you carefully follow these instructions
in claiming your prize money in order to avoid mix up of winning
information of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of
your
award strictly from public notice until the process of transfer of your
claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid cases of double claiming or

unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of this program.
This notification does not guarantee immediate collection of prize
money, as all necessary paper work must be carried out. Your funds is now

deposited with our payout agents STADS FINANCE COMPANY LTD and insured
to the full value of £1,000,000 (one million Great Britain Pounds).
For confirmation of your selection as a winner, you are TO FORWARD a
copy of this notification email to our director of operations with
details below:


***Contact details removed by Board Guide***

Congratulations once again from all staff of THUNDERBALL UK LTD and it
is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs
in the nearest future.

Sincerely,

***Contact details removed by Board Guide***

aliasojo

Note about this type of thing on the National Lottery website.

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/promotions/promotions.jsp?promo=commonscams

mrwibble

I still find it amazing that anyone falls for this pseudo-professional content -

"... an advanced automated random computer search over the internet ..." - meaningless words ... pin the tail on the donkey anyone ?

"Your email address drew ticket number 854-2004, serial number 04-25 and
lucky numbers 25-18-04-AA in the A252 Category" - so you randomly drew lucky numbers ? Actually lucky alphanumerics - and in A252 category ! Lucky for you it wasn't the A253 category that would have got you £1 on alternate Wednesdays !

Who the hell falls for this kind of obvious rubbish ? Even drunk I would have problems.