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scam e mail - UK lottery winner?!
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catalonia13
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Got this in my inbox, I'm sure it's a scam, I don't win that kind of money! but wanted to ask what you thought, just in case..........!!
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Fax:448701312413
448701305815
Tel:+447031946186
+447031845467
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#991) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday June 22th
2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with
Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 06-08-18-33-43-49(bonus no.),
which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus
bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £75,318 (
Seventy five thousand three hundred and eighteen pounds sterling) in
cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £1,581,678 shared amongst the
first twenty one (21) lucky winners in this category i.e 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 winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.
In view of this, your You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum
of You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £75,318 (
Seventy five thousand three hundred and eighteen pounds sterling) would
be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agents 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 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, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr Kenneth Roger.
Email: , kennethroger111@yahoo.com.au
For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call on
any of
our official numbers as stated in notification e-mail.
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://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
thanks,
Linda
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Fax:448701312413
448701305815
Tel:+447031946186
+447031845467
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#991) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday June 22th
2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with
Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 06-08-18-33-43-49(bonus no.),
which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus
bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £75,318 (
Seventy five thousand three hundred and eighteen pounds sterling) in
cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £1,581,678 shared amongst the
first twenty one (21) lucky winners in this category i.e 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 winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.
In view of this, your You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum
of You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £75,318 (
Seventy five thousand three hundred and eighteen pounds sterling) would
be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agents 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 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, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr Kenneth Roger.
Email: , kennethroger111@yahoo.com.au
For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call on
any of
our official numbers as stated in notification e-mail.
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://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
thanks,
Linda
Make the most of life, it is not a rehearsal!
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Comments
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Shall we start a sweepstake on how much 'handling fee' they want??
I'm going for £39.99.0 -
The 'strange' grammar, the yahoo e-mail address and the 070 (personal numbering) telephone numbers are enough for me.Their - possessive pronoun (owned by them e.g. "They locked their car").
They're - colloquial/abbreviated version of 'They are'
There - noun (location other than here e.g. "You can buy groceries there") OR adverb (in or at that place e.g. "They have lived there for years") OR adverb (to or towards that place e.g. "Go there at noon") OR adverb (in that matter e.g. " I agree with you there").0 -
well I knew it wasn't true really, just always that element of doubt (hope!), thanks for convincing me though
Make the most of life, it is not a rehearsal!0 -
This was in the news a couple of weeks ago - apparently Canadians have a 90% chance of winning the UK lottery even if they don't buy a ticket... (Brits seem to have a spookily similar chance on the Spanish and Dutch lotteries)0
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The reason they are all overseas is that they can't be 'done' for this scam by their own TSO/DTI/OFT etc.
Intersting that this one gives a UK addy - obviously just a shell/forwarder.0 -
Report the address to yahoo and forward them a copy of the email.Sense is not common.0
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Oh and I think it will be £74.99Sense is not common.0
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http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/promotions/promotions.do?promo=commonscams
Info on the (legit) Lottery website. Herman - MP for all!
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Gonna have to go for £74.99 myself.I haven't been asked to tell you that I'm the [highlight]Board Drunk[/highlight] for this board. As the night wears on, my posts will become worse, with simple spelling mistakes, inane ramblings, and a blatant disregard for the truth. I have no authority to do anything, so there's no point asking or telling me. If you see me past midnight, please tell me to get my coat and order me a taxi.
Free Ebay Simple Profit/Loss Spreadsheet. PM me for a download link.0
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