Sample Email Scams
Involving the British National Lottery
UK ONLINE 2007 Lottery Program
"Mrs.Justina Ernest", "MR STANLEY MC NOWILL"
"UK ONLINE 2007 Lottery 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 "Mrs.Justina Ernest" and tell you to contact another fictitious person "MR STANLEY MC NOWILL" (their
"claims processor" or "fiduciary agent"). The "World Lottery
Regulation Act"? That's odd; none of us are aware of any global government
yet... the United Nations tries, but only very ineffectively so, and they
certainly don't care about lotteries.
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, "Mrs.Justina Ernest", "MR STANLEY MC NOWILL", 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: "UK
LOTTERY ONLINE." < admin@ukonlinelottery.co.uk >
Reply-To: agentstanleymcnowill@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Batch Number: AT-040SB06-03...WINNING NOTIFICATION (UKON 2007)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 04:10:59 -0700 (MST)
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
MORTIMER HOUSE ,MORTIMER STREET,
LONDON, W1T3JH
UNITED KINGDOM.
NOTIFICATION (UKON 2007)
Ref No: UKON-5464K2/71
Batch Number: AT-040SB06-03
Lucky Numbers: 34.13.26.19.02.12.[08] Bonus Ball
1st March ,2007.
ATTENTION: WINNER ,
You have been Selected in the UK ONLINE 2007 Lottery Program. Our lottery program selection has finally been performed today which was
held at the Marina office. UK Promotion is a joint
Euro/America private lottery registered and organized in accordance with the
World Lottery Regulation act.
We the The National Lottery organizing committee are pleased to officially notify you of the status of your email application. An official notification of winning is hereby issued to you as your email promotion ticket randomly drew for the Lucky Numbers: 4.13.26.19.02.12. [08]Bonus Ball ,which selected your email as the 2ND winner of our lottery program you have consequently won the lottery program in the first batch.
Suffice to say here, We have officially approved a sum payout of £500,000.00 GBP to you as the lottery winner. This amount is from total prize cash of £1,500,000.00 GBP randomly distributed among Three (3)international winners selected by our Lottery Random System Selection (LRSS).
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact the remittance department with the emails address provided below through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:
====================================================================
MR STANLEY MC NOWILL,
E-mail: agentstanleymcnowills@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+44 (0) 701-1128-390
+44 (0) 701-1128-630
Fax:+44 (0) 801-2032-866
====================================================================
Contact him with your secret pin code PGA00111234 and your reference number PGA: 12058006/06.You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:
Claims Requirements:
1. Name in full-----------------------
2. Address----------------------------
3. Sex & Age -------------------------
4. Nationality/Religion---------------
5. Maritual Status--------------------
6. Occupation-------------------------
7. Phone/Fax--------------------------
8. Present Country-------------------
========================================================================
My sincere greetings to you are your family.
.........................................................................
With Best Regards,
Mrs.Justina Ernest.
Lottery Manager.
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