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UK National Lottery Scams: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program

Sample Email Scams Involving the British National Lottery
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
"online Sweepstakes International program"
"SCOTT DAVIS", "Mr James Keegan"

"UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program" is another UK National Lottery Scam.  Claiming to be the "online version", the scammer will send you an email from a fictitious person like "SCOTT DAVIS" and tell you to contact another fictitious person "Mr James Keegan" (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, "SCOTT DAVIS", "Mr James Keegan", 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: web_officer103@bellsouth.net
Subject: File For Claim
Date: 14 April 2007 23:44:11 GMT+05:30
To: winners@uklotteryinfo.co.uk
Reply-To: payofficerjameskeegan03@yahoo.co.uk

UK National Lottery,
PO Box 1010
Liverpool,L70 1NL,
United Kingdom,

Draw Date 21/02/2007
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPD

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1167) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 21st February 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 04 10 21 22 25 38 31(Bonus ball) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. match 6 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,532,720 (One Million, Five Hundred And Thirty Two Thousand, Seven Hundred And Twenty Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file XYL /26510460037/05 This is from a total cash prize of £4,596,411 (Four Million, Five Hundred And Ninety Six Thousand, Four Hundred And Eleven Pounds Sterling) shared amongst the Three (3) lucky winners in this category i.e. match 6 plus bonus.

To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.

Mr James Keegan.

Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Department,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT. TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

Tel: +44 703 184 5461 E-mail:payofficerjameskeegan03@yahoo.co.uk

Yours faithfully,

SCOTT DAVIS.

UK Lottery Online Coordinator.

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