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UK National Lottery Scams:
Example:
National Lottery Headquarters
"Mrs. Gina Cruz", "Mr. Randy Fox"
Have you received an email from "Mrs. Gina Cruz" at
the "National Lottery Headquarters" telling you that you won the a prize and to contact "Mr. Randy Fox"?
It is a scam.
There are only two legal large 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,
see this page to find out
what happens next!
Other resources:
Also
In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.
There are many other signs that this is a fraud that we have
highlighted in the email below,
typically including one or more of these:
-
Email address ballot: There is no such thing as a
"computer ballot system" or "computer email draw". No one, not even
Microsoft has a database of email addresses of the type or magnitude they
suggest.
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Terrible spelling, punctuation, syntax and grammar - Scammers
apparently don't know how to use spell checkers. We assume they
dropped out of school before that class. They use almost random
CapItaLiZAtion and often can't even spell "February" or know that "22th" ought to
be "22nd". Real lotteries proofread their emails and use people
who can write above the 3rd grade level.
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Using free email account: The scammer is writing to
you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.). Don't you think a real organization
would use its own email, its own domain and website?
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Keep Confidential - Real lotteries THRIVE on
publicity - they don't want you to keep anything secret - the publicity
causes people to buy more tickets. there is NO risk of "double claiming"
because they can validate where the ticket numbers were sold. The scammer
want you to keep quiet because they don't want the police or
ConsumerFraudreporting to hear about them!
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Email notification: NO REAL LOTTERY SENDS AN EMAIL TO
NOTIFY WINNERS. Period. Full-stop. End of story. There mere fact
ALONE that you received an email saying you won a lottery is proof that it
is a scam.
-
Courier / delivery charges are high due to Hardcover insurance Policy
- If you respond to them, you will usually receive an email telling you you
must pay delivery charges. First, as we mentioned earlier, no winner would ever have to pay delivery
charges in a real lottery, sweepstakes or promotion. Secondly, there
is no such thing as "hardcover insurance policies" . Go search in Google and
see if you can find a definition for it!
Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification.
Actual scam email (One example - the scammers constantly change
names, dates and addresses!):
National Lottery Headquarters
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
LONDON, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 703 189 5876
Fax: +44 870 974 3115
Customer Service/Claims Department
Reference numbers: RF2052007/21
Batch numbers: BT12/53/0034
WINNING NOTIFICATION
With pleasure The National Lottery, organizers of the UK Online sweepstakes
promo, Euro millions, Daily Play, Thunder ball, Lotto Hot picks and Lotto
Extra announce to you the result of draw #1154 of the UK Lottery sweepstakes
online International Program held on the 15th of June 2007 in United
Kingdom.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 647560545 -168 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the Lucky numbers:
Bonus
This subsequently won you one of the
lucky dip prizes. You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of £420,000.00 (Four Hundred and Twenty
Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07.
This is from a total cash prize of £8,400,000.00 (Eight Million Four Hundred
Thousand British Pounds Sterling), shared amongst the Twenty (20)
International lucky winners in this category.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
1,000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies email addresses that
are listed online.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet
representative office in South Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your (£420,000.00) Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand British
Pounds Sterling would be released to you by our paying office in South
Africa as soon as you are in contact with your claims agent. This Lottery is
approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by The International
Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information 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!!!
To file for your claim, please contact your Claims Agent. Call him
immediately you receive this notification and furnish him with your winners
Information’s as stated below via his email address and also send to him any
of your identification copy, either your international passport, National
identity card or driving license for the processing:
Reference Number:
Batch Number:
Serial Number:
Ticket Number:
WINNERS INFORMATIONS
1. FULL NAMES:.....................................................
2. ADDRES..............................................................
3. SEX:.....................................................................
4. AGE: ....................................................................
5. MARITAL STATUS:.............................................
6. OCCUPATION: ....................................................
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER:......................................
8. FAX NUMBER:.....................................................
9. E-MAIL ADDRESS:..............................................
10. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.....................................
11. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED................................
Mr. Randy Fox
Claims/Customer Service Department
Email:
randyfoxx222@yahoo.com
Tel: +27 82 397 0577
Fax: +27-86 662 0577
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this
date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to
quote your reference information in all correspondence with your claims
agent.
Thank you for being part of our promotional sweepstakes program. Once again
congratulations from the entire staff of the U.K INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
COMMISSION.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Gina Cruz
Online coordinator for UK MEGA JACKPOT PROMO
Copyright © 2007 UK MEGA JACKPOT Lottery Promotion
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guidelines.
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