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Sample Email Scams
Involving the British National Lottery
The Camelot Group
Mr Fred Martin, Mrs. Dianne Thompson
How to
Recognize Them and What To Do If You Receive One
A couple of criminals going by the names "Mr Fred Martin" and "Mrs. Dianne
Thompson" mocked up this fake lottery winning notification from Camelot for
an email lottery. The only problem is NO lottery, including Camelot,
notifies winners, there is no email lottery run by Camelot in the UK and if
there were, you can be sure they wouldn't write to you from free Hotmail and
Yahoo email accounts.
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; such as the use of a free Yahoo email account and the
omnipresent claim that your "email address attached to ticket..." was the key to
winning. As if email addresses are used to hand out money...
In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.
Fraud Example
From: Award Department
<
cguk34@hotmail.com>
Date: 2007.10.2 04:58
Subject: YOUR AWARD NOTIFICATION FOR 2007
![U.K National Lottery On-Line]()
The
Camelot
Group,:
Operators of
The National
Lottery.
3b Olympic
Way, Sefton
Business
Park,
Aintree,
Liverpool ,
L30 1RD
REF
Nº: UKL/74-A0802742007
BATCH Nº:
2007UKL-01
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U.K
NATIONAL
LOTTERY NEW
YEAR
BONANZA |
The United
Kingdom
National
Lottery
wishes to
inform you
that the
results of
the E-mail
address
ballot
lottery
international
program by
Great
Britain held
on 3rd
of February,
2007. Your
email
account have
been picked
as a winner
of a lump
sum pay out
of Eight
hundred and
ninty-one
thousand,
nine hundred
and
thirty-four
Great
Britain
pounds (£
891,934.00
pounds
sterlings)
in cash
credited to
file REF NO.
REF: UKL/74-A0802742007.
This is from
total prize
money of GBP
£4,459,670.00
shared among
the FIVE (5)
international
winners in
this
category.
All
participants
for the
online
version were
selected
randomly
from World
Wide Web
through
computer
balloting
system
drawn from
over 100,000 names
database, union
associations
and
corporate
bodies that
are listed
online. This
promotion
is this
year's United
Kingdom National
Lottery New
Year
bonanza. The
Camelot
Group,
operators of
the United
Kingdom
National
Lottery is
approved by
the British
Gaming Board
and also
Licensed by
the The
International
Association
of Gaming
Regulators (IAGR).
All winning
must be
claimed not
later
than 14
working
days from
this
notification.
After this
time all
unclaimed
funds will
be retured
to European
Union
Treasury as
unclaimed.
Please note
in order to
avoid
unnecessary
delays and
complications
please
remember to
quote your
reference
number in
all
correspondence.
Be advice to
keep your
winning
information
confidential
until your
claims has
been
processed
and your
money
remitted to
you. This is
part of our
security
protocol to
avoid double
claiming and
unwarranted
abuse of
this
program.
To
begin your
claim,
please
contact your
claims
agent:
Tel:
+44-703-191-0970
He
will brief
you on steps
to be taken
for due
processing
and
remittance
of your
prize
money..
Note
below
your
winning
details:
Ticket Nº:
22-1356-4096-988
Serial Nº:
A069-07
Lucky Nº:
12-13-21-26-32-39
Bonus-17
File REF
Nº.:
UKL/74-A0802742007
BATCH Nº.:
2007UKL-01
Congratulations
again
from all
our
staff
and
thank
you for
being
part of
our
promotions
program.
Sincerely,
Mrs.
Dianne
Thompson
Online
Coordinator,
CAMELOT
GROUP,
Operator
of The
National Lottery.
N.B.
Any
breach
of
confidentiality
on
the
part
of
the
Winners
will
result
to
disqualification.
NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.
*IMPORTANT*
FILL OUT
THIS WINNERS
VERIFICATION
FORM
BELOW:
Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed and settlement made upon certification.
Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claims process. The completed form should be sent to your claims agent for immediate commencement of prize remittance.
*Name of Beneficiary:
*Address:
*City/State:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Email Address:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Next of Kin:
*Age:
*AMOUNT WON:
*In Figures:
*In Words:
*Lucky Nos:
*Ticket No:
OFFICE USE ONLY
Verified by:________________
Confirmed by: ________________
CLAIMS AGENT'S SIGNATURE:________________
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