UK National Lottery review: Fraud and cheating! 40

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin
Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1HX England.

Dear sir/madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement that you are one of our end of year winners of the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY international Lottery programs. held on 3rd of july, 2008.The
online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusivem list of 21, 000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mailaddress emerged as one
of three winners in the category "A" with the following winning information. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1, 00, 000 (One million pounds sterling).

REF No. UK/9420X2/68
BATCH No. [protected]
SERIAL No. S/N-5368/02
LUCKY NUMBER: [protected]
To file for your claim, Contact the processing Consultant:
Contact Person: Mr. William Gore
Telephone: +[protected]
Email: ukclaimsagent_williamgore08@yahoo.co.uk
Do fill out the claims form to Mr William gore in other to process the claims of your prize without delay.
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1.FULL NAMES:_______
2.ADDRESS___________
3.SEX__________
4.AGE______
5.MARITIAL STATUS_______
6.OCCUPATION__________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:___________
9.AMOUNT WON___________
10.COUNTRY__________
Sincerely,
Mrs. Cecilia Moore FOR UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

My comments to the above complaint.

I have attempted to write the complaint verbatim as it was sent to me. I have found several grammatical errors that have caused me to believe I am being scammed.

I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE WON LOTTERY2008 UP TO NOW INEVER RECIEVED ANY MONEY THE MONEY WAS SEND TO CITIBANK LONDON AND THE PAYING AGENT IS ALAN DAVID I HAVE PAID TRASFER COSTS 30162 POUNDS HE PROMISED THAT THE MONEY WILL BE IN MY ACCOUNT 23/11/2009 I AM STILL WAITING WHEN I PHONED HIM IS NOT ANSWEARING HELP ME TO RECOVER MY MONEY AND I NEED HIM TO BE ARRESTED IF HE DOES NOT TRANSFER OR BRING MY MONEY BACK.EMAIL lucycooci@yahoo.co.uk is my email . alan david email citibank ;mr_alandavid@yahoo.com

Hola gente ami tambien me llego este memensaje tal cual les llego a ustedes pero no son los mismos nombres ehh enviado mis datos, me contestan, diciendo que tengo aque hacer el pago en Wester Union pe4ro me dan a eleguir entre varios precios por Ej. para que me llegue el premio en 1 dia 800 euros, en 1 semana 288 euros, la verdad no se que creer, estoy en duda porque una empresas de mensajeria se prestaria para esto le soy sinceros voy a pagar prefiero perder 288Euros a perder 750, 000.00 libras esterlinas.

The UK National Lottery Headquarters
12, Bridge Street, Staines. Middlesex,
TW18 4TP London, United Kingdom.
Tel: +[protected]

Dear : Fulano

The Board of Directors, Members of Staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department of the UKNL Online Sweepstakes Programme, wishes to congratulate you as one of our Four(4) Star Prize Winner in this months UKNL Online Sweepstakes Promotion (IAP) held in England. The selection process was carried out through a Random Selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over three million email addresses from the World Wide Web (from all the WWW) drawn from different continents of the world. In your Continent, your email address was luckily selected.. This makes you a proud winner of the Sum of 750, 000.00 GBP (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds). The Cheque comes with other consolation prize such as T-Shirt, Face Cap and a Sony Viao Laptop {courtesy Sony}.

In reference to the above, we would recommend our affiliate courier which is the only trusted courier presently capable of handling such a vital package as yours, as they have been under a contract with us for quite a long time now to deliver cheques of huge sums from our sponsors to us and our winners. On that note we would require you to contact the courier and arrange them to pick up your Winning Items (i.e Cheque, T-shirt, Face Cap, Winning Certificate and a Sony Viao Laptop courtesy 'Sony') from our office to be delivered to you, be aware that the National Lottery office will only dispatch your Cheque and other Items to them and won't be responsible for any delivery charges incurred. After contacting them, they will give you the delivery arrangement of your Winning Package which you will use to know when your Items would be arriving your Location. You can reach the courier through their details below;

Win Trust Courier..
Senior Dispatch Officer: Mr. Jeff Gibson
E-mail:information@wintrustcourieruk.com
Tel Number: +[protected]
+[protected]
Fax Number: +[protected]

We advice that you give them your Full Name, address, phone number and also your Serial No: ?. You are expected to use your {Serial No: ?} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner as you have an Urgent Parcel which must be delivered before Liquidation Period. Do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Kindly contact us the moment you receive your cheque.

Thanks for being part of our lottery.

Regards,
Mr. Richard Dawson.
Tel: +[protected]

What a Trap! I also get an email excactly the same!

From: Barbara Harvey
Date: 6/7/2009 3:15:59 PM
Subject: [***SPAM*** Score/Req: 10.9/5.0] AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION(Reply to mrdaniel.brown3@gmail.com he is your agent)

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY (HEADQUARTERS)
The National lottery.
16 Kempsford road, GL7 4WZ,
London. England,
UNITED KINGDOM.
TICKET NUMBER: [protected]
SERIAL NUMBER: [protected]
BATCH NUMBER : BT-4478474121P
7th of June, 2009
AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#999) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on the

6th of June, 2009. You were entered as dependent clients with:

SERIAL NUMBER: [protected] and Batch number: BT-4478474121P.

Your email address attached to the ticket number: [protected] that drew the lucky winning numbers which subsequently won you

the lottery in the 3th category i.e match 5 plus bonus. You have been approved for a payment of£800, 000.00 POUNDS (EIGHT

HUNDRED THOUSAND Pounds Sterling.) in cash credited to file reference number: UKL/K5998/U4.

This is from a total cash prize of Eight million pounds shared among the ten international winners in first categories. All

participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50, 000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around

the world, as part of our international promotion program. Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep

this award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you.This is
part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants

or impersonators, You are to contact our accredited agent for your winnings.

MR Daniel Brown
UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY CLAIMS AGENT.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY SECURITY AGENCY.
Email:mrdaniel.brown3@gmail.com
Tel:+[protected]

He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS
Z-90237-67/U4(keep personal) Remember, your winnings must be claimed not later than (20th of June, 2009)
In other to file for your claim, you have to Contact your Lottery Agent with the following information and fill out this form.

1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS/COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
3.NATIONALITY:
4.AGE:
5.SEX/MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.TELEPHONE(HOME):
8.TELEPHONE(MOBILE):

Our Lottery agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch and reference numbers to

this letter.

Please note that you are to select between this two options for the delivery or transfer of your winnings to you.

(a) DELIVERY OF CHEQUE VIA COURIER:
(b)CONTACT THE TRANSFERRING BANK & TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNINGS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY:

Choose one of the options and inform your agent about this option.
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and

beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of
proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Goodluck from me

and the entire staff of the UK LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Miss.Vince Massey.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright All rights reserved. [protected]

The National Lottery
10 Bristol Lane, P.O.Box 17,
Kempsford GL7 4WZ
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UKL/491OXI/04
Batch: 75/31/0978
Dear Sir,

CONGRATULATIONS!

This is to inform you that you have been cleared a winner of the UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY program. I am happy to inform you that i have forwarded your Original Certificate and your Certified bank cheque to the courier company.
Find below the details of the courier company.FIVE WAYS EXPRESS COURIER LTD
ADDRESS: Victoria House, 12-15, Queen Elizabeth Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
NAME: Mr. Anderson Joseph (Dispatch officer)
EMAIIL: fivewayscourier@msn.com You are adviced to send the courier company a mail to their email address for the delivering your winning prize safely to you. When contacting them, you are to include this order number as yoursubject.Please you are adviced to write down the ordernumber and save it. ORDER NUMBER: P415145
Note: you are to Quote your complete names, Ref/Batch Numbers and your direct phone number so that they can honour your letter also do keep me updated with your communications with the courier company.
Once again i say congratulations and do not forget to notify me immediately you recieve your cheque from the courier company.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Daniel Brown.
(Office Hours 08.00 - 17:00 GMT)
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

FIVEWAYS EXPRESS COURIERS
Victoria House
144 Beddington Lane Croydon,
CR04TD England,
United Kingdom.
9th of June, 2009.
Reg order no:C415145

Attention: To Toan Thang

Thanks for contacting us.

This is to inform you that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Department at the headquarters of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

The original copy of this certificate and your cheque from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through their National Lotto will be sent to you and the bank as soon as you meet with any of the option selected and your winnings will be couriered or transferred to you immediately.

The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:

OPTION 1:
Courier of your Certified Cheque to you Via any of this channels listed below:

FIRST CLASS DELIVERY BY AIR(3 WORKING DAYS)
Mailing &n bsp;...£420.00
Insurance...£050.00
Vat (5%)...£010.75
TOTAL...£480.75

OPTION 2:

INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY(5 WORKING DAYS)
Mailing &n bsp;...£320.00
Insurance...£050.00
Vat (5%)...£005.75
TOTAL...£375.75

The insurance company declined reverse payment for the courier, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the draft to you. That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the draft since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.

Due to this Insurance Policy, reverse payment is ruled out.Forward the cost of mailing your draft with any of the courier channel cost you choose above to us.

OPTION 3:
Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer) being charged by our transfering bank, which is (£1000 GBP) of the cash being transferred will be paid by you(winner).

Note that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy by BARCLAYS TRUST INSURANCE COMPANY, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your prize is transferred to you.

You have to choose an option from the options presented to you and you also have to indicate the option, for the delivery of your winnings to you, and we will provide you with the mode of payment of the selected option.

Good luck and Congratulations once again. Please send your response within the next 24hrs to this same email address.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mr.Joseph Anderson(dispatch officer)
Management
FIVEWAYS COURIER EXPRESS LTD.
Tel:+44-[protected] s-24hr639
FAX:+[protected]
Open 7days-365days a year.

How can we get money by this easy way?haha

sir suddenly i got one mail you are a winner of uk national lottery i strange about it i send my detail idonnot know they are cheating then they call me 50 times and ask 400 pound for money transfer now i belive and send 640 dollar for 400pound then two days after they ask 2500 pound want to money transfer that time i know they cheat me one maxi clifford his name his email id barclaysbk_fundtransfer@live.com now i ask my 640 dollar now he is asking give 100 dollar then only he refund my money so now iam in critical situation so please help me and try to refund that money please sir my email id is esathurling@hotmail.com please try to get back my money sir
thank you
best regards
sathurling

I had been cheated byso called British Lottery Board, namely dogter Jeffery Cole. At first, I thought it was a quiz or at least a scam letter, after I read some informations and I recognized a game because it is no need to inform the visa card number (so far away I had one that require me put visa card number and i had stop playing) and it is something make me funny in my life, the sense of rick man and I have something interesting in our world. Never hoping that it true because they had no money to pay you with a big amount while they are london beggars.
Dogter Jeffery Cole. British Lottery Foundation

Look what i've receive:
Microsoft Corporations:
Customer Service
Wrights Lane,

Kensington London W85SP,
England UNITED KINGDOM
FILE REF: HL/5564/07/08/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but
please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your
success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft, in conjunction
with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.)
held this November 2008, in London UK.

Where in your email address emerged as one of the online Winning
emails in the 2nd category and therefore attracted a cash award of
£350.000.00 (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) Our
winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes
accordingly in each category. They are arranged in this format below:

These are your identification numbers:MCS-xxxxxx/xxxx
CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 £ 500, 000.00 pounds each
2nd. 8 £ 350.000.00 pounds each
3rd. 13 £ 250, 000.00 pounds each
4th. 27 £ 170, 000.00 pounds each

We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to
contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message
for more information concerning the verification, processing and
eventual payment of the above prize to you. It is important to note
that your award information was released with the following particulars
attached to it.

(1) Award numbers: NL xxxx/xxxx
(2) Email ticket numbers: DESL-121437
(3) Batch numbers: MC11/544/8ewr /EU
(4) The file reference numbers: IT/4524/21/03/MIDF
{5} Serial Numbers: MIDF/007/NL90210

For verification purpose be sure to include:
(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
{4} Your Full Names.
(5) Occupation.
(6) Sex.
(7) Your Preffered Method Of Receiving Your Prize(From Below)
Mode Of Price Remittance.

(1)Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to Uk Personally to Pick Your Prize).

(2)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other
Winning Documents safely to you.

To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for
VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this
winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within
Twenty-nine working days of winning notification are termed void and
invalid.You are required to mention the above particulars of your award
in every correspondence to enable the Agent validate your winning.

CONTACT:
*******************************************************************
FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER
MR.RICHARD SCHOLES.
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
E-mail:mr.richardscholes@live.com
customer-care.mslott@live.com
********************************************************************

The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our
CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates and a consortium of software promotion
companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other
International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held
periodically and is organized to encourage the use of the Internet and
promote computer literacy worldwide.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!

Sincerely,
MR. RICKY WILLIAMS.
M.S.PRO. ZONAL COORDINATOR.

Copyright © 2008 Microsoft Corporations. All rights reserved.

Hello,

i also received the same e-mail about winning. Do they expect to collect money via international courier?

FREE LOTTO AWARD CLAIMS AND RELEASE DEPARTMENT.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!BRITISH(UK) NATIONAL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF (Registration U971133B).

ATTN:Winner,

NOTE: The Courier do not accept any deduction or payment after deliver as it illegal and not accepted.

CONGRATULATIONS!This is to inform you that you have been cleared a winner of the Online Lotto Sweepstakes International program.

The board of directors of the Online Lotto Sweepstakes is happy to inform you, your Original Certificate and your Certified bank Cheque and all legal documents backing your winnings has been forwarded to the courier company for shippment to you.

Find below the details of the Shipping company.

COURIER DELIVER OF YOUR WINNING FUNDS

Central Pk Est/Mosley Rd,
Trafford Park Manchester, M17 1TT UK

TEL: (+[protected]

EMAIL: tntcourierdeliveryservices01@gmail.com

Open 7days-24hrs-365days

You are advised to send the Shipping (Courier) Company a mail to their Email
Address for their Shipping cost. When contacting them, you are to include
this order number, for identification of your parcel as your subject. Please you are advised to write down
the order number and save it.

Note: When contanting them, you are to send the required information to their (Email Address)to enable them deliver your winnings. COMPLETE NAMES, DELIVERY ADDRESS and YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER.
So that they can honor your letter. Once again I say congratulations and always inform me with your dealings with the courier company.

Congratulation once more from me and board of directors of the Free Lotto International.

Yours Sincerly
Foreign Services Manager Claims Release
Department Free Lotto

I totaly agree with the people even we people in india are getting the same messages saying we have won a prize from yahoo $850000 and the money is trf to Natwest bank many people in india have paid them for the charges and not rec.d anything neither any response lucky i did not pay anything what is the Govt of UK doing they have the tel no of the people who are doing this why are they not taking any action, this should be reported to news channels in UK so people across the Globe do not fall under their Trap.

I To Recieved a winning notification, and am wondering if it is a scam...-

i want to know that it is true or not why they send these type of mails ti us

i have recently recieved an e-mail i sent my name and occupation as these aren't details fraudsters can use to scam you. when i received a mail back requesting payment for the cheque alarm bells began to ring. i went onto the national lottery website and they state anyone asking for payment to send you winnings are fraudsters!
i think these people should be severly punished, i am a student nurse and currently work 60 hour weeks as i have two jobs, i was not sucked into paying the delivery costs however others may not be so lucky!
£450 is a lot of money to me and to most people surely there is something that can be done to shut these people down!

Wow, really?!?!?! Of all the things about this screaming that it is fraud (not the least of which is the ultra proper UK sending out an email littered with grammatical errors), did you really think that an official government employee representing an enormous lottery winning would use a 'yahoo' address for official business?

There should be an entrance exam before you're allowed to submit information on the internet.

I received an email stating that I had won a UK lottery headquarters, 28 tanfield road, croydon, london UK but that the delivery charges had to be paid in order to receive.
this is this email :

Dear Winner,
Congratulations once again from all the staff here.Your email address won you this lottery.Email addresses of individuals and companies were selected through a computerized ballot system were your email address along with 2 others were selected as the lucky electronic mails.
Below, is a copy of our VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM, please you are expected to fill accordingly and send immediately back to us, so we can proceed with the clearing of your file.
We will then send you a complete information of our official cosultants to send you your funds which is £1, 000.000:00 (One million British pounds sterlings)

SCARLET COURIER EXPRESS
SERVICE.
30 FORDINTON WAY,
OFF BRIGHTON AVENUE,
LONDON,
ENGLAND.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
+[protected]
+[protected]
9TH SEPTEMBER, 2008.
ATTENTION Eko Susanto,
This is to inform you that your parcel has been officially cleared for delivery by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the SCARLET COURIER EXPRESS SERVICE(SCES).
The winning number and original copy of your certificate and your winning cheque valued at £1, 000, 000:00(One million great britain pounds sterlings)together with a covering document from the BRITISH NATIONAL U.K LOTTERY will be sent to you and the bank stating that the parcel was obtained through their promotion.
This documents have been securely sealed and packaged which makes it impossible for any one to view its content.
Be informed that our delivery mode of operation is free to your destination.
But due to the diplomatic contents of your parcel, you have to insure it before delivery.
The insurance fees is £300 great britain pounds sterlings.This is what you have to pay for insurance, as it is in line with the FINANCE AND FISCAL AUTHOURITY that parcels leaving the UNITED KINGDOM, must be insured with the BRITISH INSURANCE MINISTRY. If this is not paid/done, it will be said to have violated the FEDERAL BRITISH DELIVERY RULE.
You are to pay the insurances fees for the delivery of your parcel through the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
Below are the details you will need for making payment readily available.
1.MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER(M.T.C.N.)
2.SENDERS NAME:
3.RECEIVERS NAME: MR ALEN DIXSON
4.AMOUNT SENT:
5.PAYMENT ADDRESS:
82 CANNING STREET,
OFF LINKS GARDEN WAY,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Note:You are to pay in the name of MR ALEN DIXSON, as he is our accounts/receiving officer here in the UNITED KINGDOM.
Do get back to us with the informations as soon as you have made the payment available for your parcel insurance.
Regards,
Mr Peter Parkins. MONDAYS-SUNDAYS
(24HOUSR delivery service)

I feel it is only a scam so I need to know an need more information, because I must paid £ 300 great britain poundsterling for insurance.
Please give me more information is that truth or just a scam.

I DID SEND THEM AN EMAIL WITH MY PHONE NUMBER AND NAME. THIS IS TOTALLY SCAM.

UK GOVERNMENT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS YOUR URGENT ACTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD FOR YOU TO TAKE ACTIONS ABOUT THIS MATTER.

damn! so this is a real Scam! I did send them my name and my phone number... UK GOVERNMENT DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ALARMING ISSUE...

Sir Thomas Hooper JP of Magnum Spedition Ltd
Magnum House, Leopold Road,
Felixstowe Suffold IP11 7NR
Tel [protected]
email Id:bmwprizeclaimscenter_11@live.com

I received a letter informing me I had won a BMW 2008 and also GBP 750, 000/- I was asked to select the deliver options
and had to pay for the delivery charges which were $910.65.
Two days later I was told I need a clearance certificate from the Briish Governement and had to pay GBP 3, 000/- I told him I could not afford that kind of money but he kept on harassing and would not put the phone down so I agreed to pay GBP 1, 500/- and Sir Hooper said he would make the rest of the payment. The following day he said the company is not allowing him to make the payment on my behalf so I had to send the balance. I refused saying I could not make the payments. A couple of days later he sent me an an email saying a diplomat would be delivering the funds to me in Kuwait and instead of the car they would pay me GBP 12, 000/- but I had to agree to pay the diplomat $ 4, 400/-.
I refused to make the payment and just asked him to send my money back to me. A few minutes later I received another email saying that they were sending Cash dollars instead of the draft and that now I had to pay GBP 9, 000/- I refused saying I do not have the money and requested Sir Hooper to send my money back to me. On 14th Aug 2008 I received an email from Sir Thomas Hooper saying that I would be receiving the funds from Nationwide bank PLC and that I was supposed to contact them which I have done. I have not heard from Nationwide bank.
How can I get my money back?
How can people like Sir Thomas Hooper be stopped?
Is he really a Sir?
London is becoming famous for these types of scams and what is the government doing to stop these scams.

why can't we all get together and tell the lottery that it is the peoples lottery because we put the money in the lottery so we should have a say in how we want the lottery to be run. and the way it should be ran is by putting the numbers in a hat or a box and then get some from outside to pick the numbers out. that's the way a proper lottery should be done and not by computers which pick favorite numbers.

Plese read this email.
================================
TICKET NO: [protected]
REF NO: Ref: L/[protected]
BATCH NO: 2007MJL-01
================================

Dear Taufik Irfansyah
This is to inform you that we have reviewed and accepted your completed fund release form, based on this your prize money shall be remitted to you accordingly. As you already know your email address was randomly selected along with others from over 125, 600 websites on the internet. Each email address was attached to a ticket number. Your email address () was selected.
A certificate of prize claims and some vital documents will be sent along side your winnings cheque of 1, 000, 000 pound sterling.The documents to be sent are; 1.WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM MICROSOFT PROMO DRAW :2.WINNERS CHEQUE:3.MICROSOFT AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIMS Your winning cheque shall be couriered to you by our affiliate courier agency who is solely responsible for the delivery of your winning cheque. Be confident in our remittance method as the courier agency will effectively deliver your package with a comprehensive insurance cover that has been undertaken to guarantee the safe delivery of your winning cheque to your address within a record time.Find below the contact information of the courier agency:
===================================
Handling Agent:
Rapid Courier Company LtdDespatch Officer:Parmar JacksonTel: +[protected]
Email:rapiddespatchcourierservicesltd.co.uk@vista.aero Also send the following details to them for safe delivery to your Country destination.===================================FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:...
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:...
PHONE:...
SEX:...
COUNTRY... Note that the cost of delivering the parcel to you shall be your personal expenses, as BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY exempts itself from any such responsibilityand that your won prize cannot be deducted from, this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value . This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.
This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds. Its is imperative that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS{CPEL/OWN/9876}as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner. For immediate delivery of your winning cheque to you by the courier agency, This office is requesting an adequate update from you on the proceedings between you and the courier agency.If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.And i do hope you will consider me for a little bonus after you have recieved your winnings. Regards,
Mr Hitesh Williams

What Should I do with this email? is this tue or just an ordinary scam email, please let me know.
Thanks.
Regard,
Taufik

You Have Won £800, 000 GBP
Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:03 AM
From:
"UK NATIONAL LOTTERY"
Add sender to Contacts
To:
undisclosed-recipients

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY (HEADQUARTERS)
The National lottery.
16 Kempsford road, GL7 4WZ,
London. England,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Date: 3rd of June, 2008.
TICKET NUMBER: [protected]
SERIAL NUMBER: [protected]
BATCH NUMBER : BT-4478474121P
AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#999) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on the 2nd of
June, 2008.
You were entered as dependent clients with: SERIAL NUMBER: [protected]
and
Batch number BT-4478474121P.
Your email address attached to the ticket number: [protected] that drew
the
lucky winning numbers which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3th
category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have been approved for a payment
of £800, 000.00 POUNDS (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND Pounds Sterling.) in
cash
credited to file reference number: UKL/K5998/U4.
This is from a total cash prize of Eight million pounds shared among
the ten international winners in first
categories.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 50, 000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as
part of our international promotion program. Due to mixed up of some
names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till
your
claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you.This is
part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted
taking
advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators, You
are
to contact our accredited agent for your winnings.
MR.DANIEL BROWN.
UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY CLAIMS AGENT.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY SECURITY AGENCY.
Email: mrdaniel.brown1@gmail.com
Tel:+[protected]
He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of
your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS
Z-90237-67/U4(keep personal) Remember, your winnings must be
claimed
not later than
(30th of July, 2008)
In other to file for your claim, you have to Contact your Lottery Agent
with the following information and fill out this
form;
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS/COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
3.NATIONALITY:
4.AGE:
5.SEX/MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.TELEPHONE(HOME):
8.TELEPHONE(MOBILE):
9.FAX:
Our Lottery agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to
establish contact via e-mail with the particulars
presented above citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter.
Please note that you are to select between this two optionsfor the
delivery or transfer of your winnings to you.
a) DELIVERY OF CHEQUE VIA COURIER:
(b)CONTACT THE TRANSFERRING BANK & TRANSFER OF
YOUR WINNINGS INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY:
Choose one of the options and inform your agent about this option.
Our winners are assured of the utmost
standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of
proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to
maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of
proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.
This
is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Goodluck from me and the entire staff of the UK LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Miss. Mary R. Kerns.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright All rights reserved. [protected]

all you stoooooooooopids if you don"t know the value of time then come to me I will so the how to make foolish your type of ugly persons. come to INDIA------------------you -----------f----

stop this bussiness other wise you will be in big sheet one day & some body will teach you the good lesson.

Yours d a d,

[protected]

BRITISH LOTTERY
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: UK/9420X2/70
Batch: 22/25/1304

ATTN: Andrew Latham

Congratulations once again on behalf of the British Lottery Board. We do believe that your winnings will be put into good use for community, educational and business development.

On behalf of the Screening Committee of the British Lottery Board of Trustees, I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the Email Screening and Verification Form Matching Test conducted for all on line winners in your Category. Hence you are therefore cleared. All necessary documents that will facilitate the clearance of your cheque in your name have been processed. These documents have been securely sealed and packed for security reasons which makes it impossible for anyone to view it until its been delivered to you. Your parcel contains the following documents which have been deposited with the courier company:

1.WINNING CHEQUE VALUED THE SUM OF £200,000
2. WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
3. CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES (C.S.F.C.)
4. ANTI-TERRORISM CERTIFICATES (A.T.C)
5. CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN OF FUNDS (C.O.F.)
6.LETTER OF AFFIDAVITS FROM THE BRITISH HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, STATING THAT THE WINNING WAS RECEIVED LEGALLY FROM THE UNIVERSAL DONATION PROGRAM, AND DULLY SIGNED BY THE LEGAL ATTORNEY TO THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
7. CERTIFICATE OF GUARANTEE.

Note: Attached to this message, is a scanned copy of your winnings certificate. You are hereby advised to send a copy of it to our affiliate courier company for proper identification and effective release of you parcel to you. You are required to contact the courier officer of E-COURIER DELIVERY SERVICE LTD.
Customer desk with the following details:
Contact person: Engr.Larry Morgan
Email address: ecourierdeliverycomp@mail2london.com

It is imperative that you add your identification number {CPEL/OWN/9877} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner. I will require a concise update on proceedings with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Best Regards,
Mr. Richard Moore,
Claims Agent,
British International Lottery

The national lottery sent me a notice that i had won 1,230,310 in pounds. The letter came from a man name Mr. Charles McCoy. How do i know if this a fake or not?

Uk National Lottery,
16b Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool,
W1u 1QU.
United Kingdom

REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration U971133B).

and is this person is on correct position as they describe

Mr William Preacher,
Foreign Services Manager,
Claims Processing And
Release Department,UK National Lottery,
England,UNITED KINGDOM

If I get email claim that I have won lottery from United Kingdom , how to verify them?

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Welcome to eCourier® Dispatch Courier Services
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ORDER NUMBER:CCL/KNL/2851110
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Dear, Glenda Beckmon.

Greetings to you from E-courier company.
We (eCOURIER) have the honour most humbly and respectfully to congratulate you once again on your winning. This is to formerly and officially inform you that we are in possession of your parcel containing your winning cheque, winning certificate and a fund release document. This parcel will be delivered to your personal address provided by you.

Before we can effect on delivery of your winning draft to your personal address, Please see option of courier charges below and provide us with your prefered choice of delivery.

Description of Parcel to be delivered
____________________________________________
*One copy of Endorsed Eligibility certificate.-------------0.20kg
*Original copy of certificate(cc)--------------------------0.10kg
*Original Copy of Insurance Certificate (CIC)------------ 0.15kg
*Affidavits of Funds -----------------------------------0.10kg
*Copy of Payment Slip---------------------- -------------0.10kg
*Hard copy of Winning Cheque "(€1.000.000.00)"(HSBC ENDORSED CHEQUE).
_________________________________________
*Color of Parcel : ---------------------Brown
*Package Number --------------------CX Reg No3464353
*Total weight of parcel : --------------0.65kg
_____________________________________________

Note that we do not operate on COD. Below are the mandatory delivery options and their affiliated charges that you are required to pay to enable us deliver your parcel to you.Please Choose 1 delivery Option you will prefer to use for the delivery of your parcel to your address, from our options below and pay the charges to enable vast processing of your delivery.

COURIER OPTIONS AND THEIR CHARGES (Please Choose Best Option For You)

Option 1:E-ROYAL EXPRESS REGULAR COURIER SERVICE (48 hrs Delivery)
Mailing &n bsp £200 Pounds
Insurance £250 Pounds
Vat (5%) £200 Pounds
TOTAL £650 Pounds

Option 2:E-ROYAL EXPRESS PREMIUM DIPLOMATIC SERVICE (52 hrs Delivery)
Mailing £200 Pounds
Insurance £200 Pounds
Vat (5%) £150 Pounds
TOTAL £550 Pounds

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Mailing £150 Pounds
Insurance £200 Pounds
Vat (5%) £100 Pounds
TOTAL £450 Pounds

This company declined reverse payment for these charges, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the cheque to you. That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the cheque since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out. which makes it absolutely necessary to produce the courier fee before courier can despatch delivery.

Note: that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your prize is transferred to you. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the international gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD july 1996 by the constitutional assembly.This is to protect receipients and to avoid misappropriation of funds congratulations once again.

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Uk National Lottery Incoporation,
Home Office: 165 Fulham Palace Road,W6 8JB
United Kingdom.
Ref Number-UK/839030X2/14
Batch Number-065/088/XY24

Lottery Announcement
We happily announce to you the Draw 1117 of the
National Lottery online Sweepstakes International
program held on 24th of November

2007. Your Email Address attached to Ticket Number:[protected] with
Serial Number 5073-12 drew the lucky

numbers:[protected],and a bonus number of(42)this lucky number
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.(bonus no.42)You

have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £691,252 (Six Hundred
And Ninty One Thousand,Two Hundred And Fifty Two Pounds

Sterling)in cash credited to file KTU/[protected]/03.
To file for your claim, please contact our Claims Agent Via Email:
Mr Bruce Washburn
Email:affairs_claims7@yahoo.com.hk

Fill the HLP form Below send a copy of this HLP form to our Claims Agent
Bruce Washburn Via Email as Indicated Above,

(HLP Forms)
Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch N0: 074/05/ZY369
Full Name
Winning Email Address
Home Address
Sex
Age
Occupation
Tel
Fax
Country

Goodluck from staff of the Uk National Lottery Sweepstakes International
Program.
Custormer Care Centre(Phone :+44- [protected])

Ha-ha-ha

ATTENTION: YOUR E-MAIL JUST WON £500.000.00 !
We are pleased to inform you today 23 November, 2007 of the result of the
winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, held on 24 November
2007, ticketnumber:[protected] 188 with Serial number 5368/02, this are your
lucky numbers:06, 17, 24, 26, 36, 44, Bonus 37, You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of £500.000.00 British Pounds Sterlings.
To file your claims contact our fiduciary agent for claims:

Dr Mrs sonia Francisco
Email:soniafrancisco78@hotmail.com

Provide him with the information below:
1.Full Name:...
2.Full Address:...
3.Marital Status:...
4.Occupation:...
5.Age:...
6.Sex:...
7.Nationality:...

Yours faithfully

Ha-ha-ha!

I have received a mail suggesting the following things!

Dear winner,
This is to inform you of the release of our 2007 UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
in which e-mail addresses was selected and you are lucky to be
amongst one of the winners of the sum of (500.000.00(G.B.P) which is
equivalent to ($917,956.00 USD) in this and you are to contact our
Fiduciary Agent with the information.
Fiduciary Agent:Mr Dan Wales
Email:uklottery17@yahoo.com
Tel:+[protected]
In respect to claims, you are to forward the following details to
enable him clear your file for immediate payment:
Full Names: Address:Age:Sex: Marital Status: Occupation: Phone numbers: Country:
After filling the above form send to your fudiciary agent with detailsabove.
Sincerely,
MR:Andy Benson
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE DIRECTOR
UNITED KINGDOM

Sir,I am Pamela Rak[censored] from India.I have recieved an email stating that my email id was selected randomly by computer and i have won a sum of 1,750.000.00 pounds sterling.They have asked me to fill up a form and asked about the mode of collecting the amount.They have mailed me from this email id- "Jenny Afred" . They have said that they have GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED and
UK NATIONAL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration U971133B).Is this a true game or its a scam.Reply to my mail immediately.

WINNING PARAMETERS
File REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742007
BATCH Nº.: 2007UKL-01
Winner's name: Rouble Sidhu,
Winning Email: rouble14@gmail.com
17th, November 2007.
ATTN: Rouble Sidhu,

Your winnings will be transfered to you via certified winning cheque being sent to your given address, we are happy to inform you that your winnings has been processed and funds ready to be transfered to you via a certified winning cheque for the sum of £1,23O,310 (One Million Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand Three Hundred and Ten Pounds Sterling). as you have preferred.

You are to immediately contact Universal Couriers which will handle the delivery of your winning cheque as well as other vital documents backing your claim. It will be delivered to you after you have met thier requirements towards ensuring a sucessful delivery of your package to your destination. All the assistance and guidelines you need will be forward to you once you have contacted Universal Couriers .

You are to contact the Universal Couriers at once confirming your full name, address and identification number with the contact details below:

Universal Courier Worldwide
Account officer: Mr Larry Vincent
Email: universalcourierworldwide@gmail.com
Tel: +[protected]

Have it in mind that your won prize will be paid to you in full. This is because the total amount has been insured to the exact value which is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.

Please, do ensure to always update me on proceedings of your funds transfer as soon as you are in contact courier company. If you need any assistance whatsoever, do not hesitate to let me know. Do remember to quote your identification no :(CPEL/OWN/9876.) when contacting the courier company.

I say congratulations once more and wishing you a success in your transfer process.

Mr. Charles McCoy
PROCESSING DEPARTMENT
26 Stanhope, Rd. London.
Kent CT14 6AD United Kingdom
Tel: +[protected].

Camelot Group.
The National Lottery
COPYRIGHT © [protected] ALL RIGHT RESERVED

Would someone tell me is there any one present to seek redressal to such internet harassment. It is a shame.

Cant it be stopped or the fraudulent be put behind the bars please inform me about the legal process in such cases if anybody can explain thank you!

Dear winner,

This is to inform you of the release of our 2007 FREE LOTTERYin
which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by software powered by the
Internet. Eighteen email addresses were selected and you are lucky to
be amongst them therefore making you one of winners of the sum of
(500.000.00(G.B.P) which is equivalent to ($917,956.00 USD) in this
and you are to contact our Financial Controller with the information.

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER:Mr Peterson Irving
Email:ukdesk_claimsagentclaimsofficer1@yahoo.com.hk
In respect to claims, you are to forward the following details to
enable him clear your file for immediate payment:
1.Full Names___2 Address_____
3 Age________4 Sex________
5 Marital Status__6 Occupation____
7 Phone numbers___8 Country_______

Sincerely,
MR:Andy Benson
FREE LOTTO ONLINE DIRECTOR
UNITED KINGDOM.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
CLAIMS RELEASE DEPARTMENT.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!
BRITISH(UK) NATIONAL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration U971133B).

Dear Winner: Duru Amarnani,

Congratulations Lucky Winner,
On Behalf of the Screening Committee of United Kingdom National Lottery, I wish to formally inform you that you have successfully passed the Email Screening and Verification Matching Test conducted for all online winners in your winning in accordance with the United Kingdom National Lottery Terms and Conditions. Hence you are therefore cleared for payment by the verifications and fund release department at the United Kingdom National Lottery Headquarters and your winnings has been duly signed and approved for release to you by the legal attorney to the United Kingdom National Lottery. You are to contact our affilated courier company for the delivery of your winning check.

I am happy to inform you, your Original Certificate and your Certified bank cheque of 500,000.00 Pounds (Five Hundred thousand Pounds) and all legal documents backing your winnings has been forwarded to the courier company.Find below the details of the courier company.

TNT COURIER EXPRESSUK@
ADDRESS OF HEAD OFFICE: TNT INTERNATIONAL
Central Pk Est/Mosley Rd,Trafford Park
Manchester ,M17 1TT UK.
NAME: Mr.Dean Christopher, (Dispatch Officer).
Email: tntcourier.expressuk@yahoo.co.uk
TEL::+ [protected]
TEL:: +[protected]
FAX:+[protected]
Open 7days-24hrs-365days

You are advised to send the courier company a mail to their email address for their courier cost of delivery.when contacting them, you are to include this order number as your subject. Please you are advised to write down the order number. ORDER NUMBER: GX22589420

Note: You are to quote the require information to enable the courier company deliver your winnings. COMPLETE NAME, DELIVERY ADDRESS AND YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER. So that they can honor your letter. Once againi say congratulation and aways inform me with you dealing with the courier company.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr Ken Page
Tell :+ [protected]
Accredited Fiduciary Agent

Copyright?[protected] The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms

I also received an email telling me I have won the U.K. National lottery. I have never, to my knowledge, bought a lottery ticket from U.K. and even though the email seems legitimate, this really sounds bogus. The email I received asked me to email someone in Liverpool, England to file my claim. It states that I am to give them my reference/batch #, full name, address, age, sex, occupation, and phone/fax number. I am going to find out more and let y'all know. There are so many internet scams out there it is sad.

Yeah, i too received an email from the so-called UK lottery... from what it looks like, i highly doubt that this many people would have actually won the lottery, so i think its a total scam... but than again, if it turns out to be real, ill be kicking myself in the head for a long time.

Does a national uk lottery even exist? Why does every search engine for that turn up SCAMS? Where is the uk government website? Are we fools for not finding out more information before double clicking DELETE!? What if you are homeless, helpless and hopeless, Can you at least dream it's a reality? Why are we even having this conversation? Anybody who wants money up front should be locked up for even asking!

I received the same email saying I had won a lottery. I did not fill out all the info they needed, but received a response back to claim the prize of over a million dollars. They of course want @ least a $1,000-$3,000 to claim the prize plus a scanned copy of my driver's license. If this was legit, a driver's license could be shown @ an US Post Office to pick-up the package. They had some lame excuse for not being able to deduct mailing fees from the prize money. I think this is a total scam and these people need to be stopped. It's a perfect way for these con-artists to get your money and identity information. Also a Harrison Blair with the International Courier Service was listed as the contact. What a totally British name! They must think we are stupid or something.

Agree with Marla Johnson, I too have received this type of email, surely there must be somewhere people like us can call to confirm something of this nature, is there an organization we can call to verify if we indeed have been winners of maybe an online draw e.t.c, as some of us do visit an awful lot of websites.

Please advise smb!

I too have received repeated notices of winning the email U.K. Lottery from such groups at Camelot Group, British Tobacco OnLine Promo, etc. They're driving me nuts. How do you know if they're for real? PUZZLED?