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The UK national Lottery / Online Sweepstakes Complaints - Received genuine winning notification

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The UK national Lottery / Online Sweepstakes

Posted: 2007-06-27 by Heila Elizabeth Harris [send email]
Received genuine winning notification
Complaint Rating:  100 % with 8 votes
Received letter from the national lottery, p.o.box 1010, Liverpool. L70 INL. United Kingdom. Ref: XYL/2651040103/07. Batch: 60/00611/Sat.
Congratulating me on winning ticket number 43855600514852 - serial nr. 7403/07. That I have been approved to claim 402,863 pound. I then had to contact agent: James Keegan. e-mail: Agent03@national-lotterycentral.com.He then referred me to - accounts controller- Teddy Martins. Tel nr:+447045721876. e-mail: transfers@1bankofengland.com. Where upon I was given instructions to send 150 pound to Antonia Bisnouth, 873 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ. I was then given a so called account with 1bankofengland. Now I still have to send 3,500 pound before the money can be transferred to my account. Is their any way you can be of assistance even just to get my 150 pound back. My cellphone nr: +27 798053947. It would have been so wonderful to really have won this money, but now it seems like a scam.

Thanking you in advance.
Elize Harris. ( Heila Elizabeth Harris) RSA
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513 days ago by Odelia Andrews [send email]
Isn't funny, I received a lottery win notification too, but decided not to get too excited just in case it was a scam. Well sure enough, it is. Curiousity got the better of me, I want wanted to see how far it would go. As soon as they asked for money, I knew that was the 'crunch'.. Teddy Martins is the person named as the Accounts Controller with the same phone number. After doing a bit of a search, I came across this letter, and after checking out the Bank of England, there is no one on the staff by that name and title. 1Bank of England doesn't exist... I couldn't find anything. Other names mentioned were Dalton Delos, Events Manager and Mrs Christina James, Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Co-ordinator. I was silly enough to send all my details for reasons mentioned above. The only money I wasted was for a couple of phone calls to a 'Mr Delos' and a 'Teddy Martins' both whom I found very hard to understand with strong foreign middle eastern accents and very unprofessional. I had never hear of this kind of thing before but am glad I wasn't completely taken in by it. So 'BE WARNED' those of you who might read this and 'DON'T GET SUCKED IN'
505 days ago by Donald Reed [send email]
Hi I'm from Canada , and I received an e-mail yesterday claiming I won an amount of money. I am like you I'm going to see how far it goes BUT NOT SENDING MONEY. I will let you see what they sent me.

The UK National Lottery
P O Box 287,
Watford WD18 9TT
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/8421X2/65
Batch: 076/05/ZY523

We are pleased to notify you the draw (007) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,Online Sweepstakes
International Lottery Program held on 13th of July,2007. Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from all over the world.

The result of our computer draw (#978) selected your name and email address attached to e-
ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
03.15.16.19.20.24 (26 Bonus Ball), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,600,000 (One Million Six
Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

Contact MR.IVAN SCHNEIDER of claims unit.

Email:
mr.ivanschneider_claimsunit@yahoo.com.hk

THIS EMAIL WAS SENT FROM THE DESK OF THE ORGANIZATION PRESIDENT OF UK NATIONS
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL, ON BEHALF OF UK LOTTERY GAMES 2007.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Miss.Violeta Cole
Online Coordinator.
©2007 UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. All rights
reserved.©
470 days ago by Don Busch [send email]
Got the same one. FOREIGN LOTTERIES ARE ILLEGAL and I have reported them to the FTC. Be wise!
102 days ago by Martin Marchant [send email]
Mad! heres another email from the same scan:


Royal City Bank Of England
873 Canada Square, London
E14 5HQ
United Kingdom

Direct Line: +(44)7077086515
Direct Line: +(44)7077085872
Direct Line: +(44)7045704450
Direct Line: +(44)7045714942
Direct Line: +(44)7077086515


Direct Fax: +(44)7075004825

Our Ref#:RCBE/ACC/0502
Your Ref #: RCBE/UK/A4-X6/00

Dated : 21. 08 . 2008


Attn: Martin Marchant


Your Mail is Well Noted and Acknowledged as i stated Before Everything is Done Online, as it is Call National Online Lottery.


I quite Understand Your Plight and Your Skepticism, But you are to be inform that You are Not the Only Winner in this Edition of the Online Lottery, as there are Four Winners including You and the Other Three Winners Have Since Send the necessary Details Required from them and their Won Lottery Funds will be Creditted into their Various Bank Account 48 Hours From Now.


For Your information, we Have been an Affiliatte to the Lottery Organisation for Years Now, ensuring Winners get their Won Lottery Funds, after meeting with our Requirement of the Payment of the Cost of Transfer.


NOTE : We the Royal City Bank of England do not Force Winners from the Lottery Organisation to claim their Won Lottery Funds, it is a choice thing, if the Winner refuse to claim His/Her Won Lottey Funds, it will be Return to the Source(Lottery Organisation).




Remember that your Account with us is a TRANSIT ACCOUNT and is only viable for Five More Days, after which it expires and the funds will be returned to source(Lottery Organisation) and for your information, you are Now the Only Winner in this Edition of the Online Lottery, who have not yet claim her Won Lottery Funds, as the Other Three will be Concluding their Claim from our Bank Tomorrow.



NOTE: You are to attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.





NOTE : BE REMEMBER THAT For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your WON FUNDS is CREDITTED into your Personal Bank Account, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.



The said amount (£987, 470.00) won will be wire to your bank account You will Have to Provide When Respond to this Mail below;

BANK DETAILS;


BANK NAME :


ACCOUNT NUMBER;


SORT CODE :


BENEFICIARY NAME :


So when you are Ready, you are Mail me, so that i send the information, you will use in making the Cost of Transfer Payment.

COST OF TRANSFER (C.O.T ) FEE: £850.00


Please note that your Won Lottery Funds are insured to its full value, hence it is non deductable.


Please note that your Account with us is a TRANSIT ACCOUNT and is only viable for Five More Days, after which it expires and the funds will be returned to source.



Our credit facilities are subject to status. Further, We reserve the right to decline an account application.We believe it is important to make clear to our customers how information is being used at Royal City Bank Of England, the benefits such use provides, and the protections put in place against unauthorized access and use.



We respect your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. Contact the undersigned to be privy for further clarification.

Treat with dispatch,
Yours Faithfully
Bill Newman
Chief Financial Officer
**Royal City Bank Of England, Registered in England No 902530.
Registered Office: 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3UR. Regulated by the Financial Services Authority. International +(44) 704 571 4942 (For Emergencies).
88 days ago by Unkown1 [send email]
UK FUN LOTTO47 COLD HARBOUR LONDON, E14 9NS UNITED KINGDOM Dear Winner, We are pleased to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the UK FUN LOTTO draw held on 5th of August 2008. All 3 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 5, 000, 000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 2 others as a 3rd category winner in this month's draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of GBP 2, 000, 000 Pounds (Two million pounds) only. The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order: (i) Winning numbers: 8, 11, 27, 34, 43, 49(ii) Serial number: 2-7-210(iii) Lotto batch number: ML-216(iv) Reference number: SQR-204-1 Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings: Mr.James ScottClaims Department Managerclaimsmanager2008@live.com+44 703 1898 457
32 days ago by Bert [send email]
24 October, 2008.

ATTN:

Regarding our phone conversations yesterday and today, I need to bring to your notice as per my discussion with the Bank Manager and other Bank Personnel:

1. That the Bank of England has refused to take responsibilities for expenses that will be incurred in the process of coming to the United Kingdom.

2. That the option of appointing a relative to sign the document here in London is not a valid option as we do not deal with third parties.

I understand your financial condition and I feel pity for you, hence, I want to notify you that I spoke with the Lawyer (Krystal Solicitors & Co. LLP) which our bank knows very well and is highly respected by the European Commission. I spoke to them and the lawyer said he can help but it will cost a small amount of money. He said it will cost 1500 GBP for him to sign the documents on your behalf.

Hence, you are left with just two options:

a). you have to come to the UK and sign the documents himself, on his own expense or
b). To contact Krystal Solicitors & Co. LLP and have him sign the documents on your behalf as the EC Lawyer

Those are the only available options for now.

Thank you for choosing our online banking. The safest Online Banking. You can call any of our numbers below for further inquiry.

Sincerely,
James Ferguson
(ACCOUNTS CONTROLLER)
Telephone: +44.7045-791-219
31 days ago by Bert [send email]
bluff
31 days ago by Bert [send email]
blufff
28 days ago by Debabrata Naha [send email]
Hi all, I am from India. In last couple of months me and my wife got around 20-25 mails regarding winning money from different different sources...We never sent any money till date n always i reply them as if i am very excited but the truth is i am trying to save some money of our young n needy generation by reveal the truth.
I've appointed a tech person who is working to get the IP addresses for all these mails than i'll get back to you all with the result.
My request to all of you, play with them but dont send any money, as after that they will be disappeared for ever with your hard earned money.
Please be happy with what ever you have and mind it that no one is gonna give you money for free...
21 days ago by Ciro [send email]
ATTN: Halting to be a victim

Please, don't take contact with these names which sounds like James Ferguson or Bill Micheal, John Cole, susan Rigelmann, ... concerning to be a beneficiary of anything per Internet. They are all Predators in Internet, they will try to take your money for something which doesn't exist.
Scam!!
Take care...
20 days ago by Sotland [send email]
WARNING: Please be aware that the fake banks, lotteries and companies on this list are used by dangerous criminals. We don't encourage anyone to engage in any form of communications with them. If you chose to communicate with them, for whatever reasons, you will be doing so at your own risk.

Id 29868
Url http://www.krystalsolicitors.com
Domain krystalsolicitors.com
IpAddress 72.9.154.74
Site Name Krystal Solicitors
Web Host 72.9.154.74 = Oxyhosts

Registrar: DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Name Server: NS1.JWEB-HOSTING.NET
Name Server: NS2.JWEB-HOSTING.NET
Status: ok
Updated Date: 03-sep-2008
Creation Date: 05-feb-2008
Expiration Date: 05-feb-2009
Email
Status dead
Whois Privacyprotect.org

Date Added 2008-09-24 12:01
Updated 2008-09-24 17:21

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