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UK National Lottery Scams: PREMIER LOTTERY UK ONLINE

Sample Email Scams Involving the British National Lottery
PREMIER LOTTERY UK ONLINE
"MR.ARET FRANKLIN", "MR.LARRY BROWN"

"PREMIER LOTTERY UK ONLINE" is another UK National Lottery Scam.  Claiming to be the "online version", the scammer will send you an email from a fictitious person like "MR.ARET FRANKLIN" and tell you to contact another fictitious person "MR.LARRY BROWN" (their "claims processor" or "fiduciary agent"). Of course, you cannot win ANY real lottery without buying a ticket. There is no such thing as a "computer draw system" and your email address cannot and will never win any lottery! The names, "MR.ARET FRANKLIN", "MR.LARRY BROWN", may be different; they keep changing them to con you!

Of course, there are only two legal lotteries in Britain, the National Lottery and the Monday Lottery, anyway, and they do NOT use email to notify winners. Below is a scam email actually received.

DO NOT reply to any emails you receive that claim you have won a lottery that you did not enter.  They are frauds.  You will lose your money.  There is no "free lunch"; don't be foolish and believe a scam!  We can not say it any more plainly:  YOU WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL BY ANY LEGITIMATE LOTTERY THAT YOU WON A PRIZE.  If you do receive such an email, it IS a fraud, do not reply to it!  If you DID reply to one, click here to see what you will likely receive back.

For your education and entertainment, we have highlighted some of the obvious clues that this is a scam.

In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.

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Fraud Example

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From: PREMIER LOTTERY [ premieronlinedraws@yahoo.com ]

PREMIER LOTTERY UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!! UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF(Registration Z720633X).

PREMIER LOTTERY UK

12 BRIDGE STREET,STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP LONDON UNITED KINGDOM

MEMO FROM:THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT PREMIER LOTTERY UK <<<{Prize Award Notification}>>>

Congratulations!!We happily announce to you our Category A prize winner,that Your e-mail address attached to ticket No:101-OIO-77/A have been selected as one of two winners of the PREMIER LOTTERY first draw of the year 2007 computer ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of £1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand Pounds sterling only).Winning File Reference number for your prize is PLUK/2030/0181/08; ticket number 101-OIO-77/A.

We in the PREMIER LOTTERY is by this program launching our model computer ballotting lottery draws,developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing number of participants in our various lottery programs.With funds accrued exclusively from previous draws,payouts to all Winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the globe,we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.

To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings and for security reasons,you are advised to keep your winning informations confidential till your claim 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!!!

The transfer of your prize is to be handled by your Claims Director.You are to contact our agent by email and/or Phone within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:

MR.LARRY BROWN

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

LINK TRUST FINANCE LTD

EMAIL: premierlottery@yahoo.com

TEL: +44 704 571 5107

N.B: Terms and conditions to claiming your prize:

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Your winning prize is not DEDUCTABLE until it has been fully processed,approved and transferred to your designated account of your choice by the Claim/paying bank.

The beneficiary of the winning email would be responsible for the cost of transfer CHARGES (FEES) of your winning prize into your designated account of your choice to immediately claim your prize.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, contact Mr.Larry Brown with the followings details below:

1. Your full names, telephone, sex, contact address, nationality, occupation, date and place of birth

2. Quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with our designated agent.

Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:

Draw Serial No: 55/849177

Batch No: 01-A223

Zonal Draw No: A1-101

Grand Draw No: 56748

Please direct all further correspondences and queries to your respective Category Prize Transfer handlers.Good luck,and Congratulations once again from the PREMIER LOTTERY FAMILY.

Yours Faithfully,

MR.ARET FRANKLIN

(COORDINATOR)

PREMIER LOTTERY UK

12 BRIDGE STREET, STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP LONDON UNITED KINGDOM

WARNING!!!..................................................................

This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). This email and its attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal rules.

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