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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.
Fraud Example
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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