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UK National Lottery Scams: UK National Lottery, Barr. Owen Green, ukclaimsdepartment008@live.com

UK National Lottery Scams:
Example: UK National Lottery
"Barr. Owen Green", "ukclaimsdepartment008@live.com"

Have you received an email from "Barr. Owen Green"  at the "UK National Lottery" telling you that you won the a prize and to contact "ukclaimsdepartment008@live.com"?  It is a scam.

There are only two legal large lotteries in Britain, the National Lottery and the Monday Lottery, anyway. You must buy a ticket in order to win, and even if you bought a ticket, it is up to you to match the numbers and notify them that you won - they wouldn't notify you (how would they know you won, anyway!?) 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:

• Master list of sample lottery scam emails

• How to recognize a lottery scam

• What to do if you think you have been the victim of a lottery scam

• How the lottery / sweepstakes scams work

Also

In the UK, call the hotline at 020 7211 8111 to check or report lottery scams.

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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. Your email address cannot ever "win" you a lottery.

• 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.

• 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?

• 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!

• 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. 

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Actual scam email (One example - the scammers constantly change names, dates and addresses!):

From: ukclaimsdepartment008@live.com
To: Jennifer Lopez
Subject: CURRENT WON PRIZE DELIVERY UPDATE'S/CHOOSE A DELIVERY OPTION TODAY
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:45:28 +0000

 

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER OWEN GREEN. LOTTERY BOARD APPROVED 'CLAIMS AGENT. APRIL 2008 EDITION**ONLINE HELP DESK. 2ND CATEGORY CLAIMS PROCESSING DEPARTMENT.   Date: 11th April,  2008.

Ref : UK/776090X2/23

Batch: 013/05/8394369 

 

     Attention: Tom Cruise, 

 

 Good day my dear client, (Lucky winner under the second category of the Uk National Lottery online promotion program). Let me use this medium to Re introduce my self properly to you. My name is Mr. Owen Green, I am a lawyer by profession, a Barrister to be precise, I was employed by the UK National Lottery company to assist you in the claiming and delivery process of your winnings.

 

I received your mail and claims application you sent to my Chamber vian email for confirmation, verification and subsequent processing of your Won Prize to facilitate its immediate release and  Delivery to you in your country.

 

We do believe that this money will be put into good use, for Business, Social, Community, Economic and Educational development by you as soon as it is transferred or delivered to you in your country For the betterment of mankind.

 

This is a developmental program the United Kingdom in collaboration with the European Gambling Company have put in place to enhance the lives of as many people that will benefit from this Lotto Draws worldwide, thus, I will advice you do your very best in supporting me by providing any requirement I will need from you so as to achieve a smooth progression of the processing of the transfer/delivery of your Won Prize to you, because I am also very ready to assist you in whatever way I can as long as it is not contrary to our stated constitution or policy guarding the transfer of Won prizes(Funds) to lucky winners like you.

 

I have been processing your personal winning notification document to enable you have the entire directive needed in the collection of your Won Prize from the UK Lottery Board by you through any of our available Won Prize Delivery Options below in not later than 48hours depending on how much seriousness you have toward the collection of your Won Prize.

 

It must interest you to know that all participants under this your  Category were selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals collected from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, France,Middle-East, parts of Africa, North and South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.

 

On Behalf of the Screening Committee of  UK National Lottery  Board, I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the Email Screening and claims Verification Matching Test conducted for all online winners in this 2nd Category.

 

You have been cleared, a certified cheque and winning certificate have been issued in your name. Thus, you can now claim your Won Prize from us.

However, all sensitive Documents of your Won Prize have been fully insured in full value.

All necessary documents that will facilitate the clearance of your cheque in your name has been processed. Your parcel contains the following Documents:

1.WINNING CHEQUE VALUED THE SUM OF £691, 252.00 .

2.FUNDS CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE.

3.WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
4.CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN OF FUNDS(C.O.F.)
5.LETTER OF AFFIDAVITS FROM THE UK HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, STATING THAT THE WON PRIZE WAS 

 LEGALLY RECEIVED FROM THE UNIVERSAL DONATION PROGRAM, AND DUELY SIGNED BY THE LEGAL ANTONEY TO THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
 
You are the only person that can communicate with me for the release and possible delivery of your Won Prize to you in your country.

 

You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the delivery of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are four options available to you. The choosing of any Delivery Option is a must guarantee that your Fund will be transferred or delivered to you in a very short period of time.

The affiliate Courier Company and Bank stated below have each, a four year contract to carry out the delivery or transfer of the UK Lottery Funds to our winners overseas. Without delay, choose from the following options you wish to receive your winning Check(parcel).

 

 

The options are as follows:

  Option 1

Courier Delivery of your certified cheque to you by mail.

 

Second Class Delivery: 48 hours               
(cost of delivery) 
Postage       50.00 pounds                   
insurance    270.00 pounds                
Tax:          70.00 pounds 
_______________________                                
Total  390.00 pounds

 

 

Option 2

Courier Delivery of your certified cheque to you by mail.

 

 

First Class Delivery:24 hours                   
 (cost of delivery)                            
postage:      110.00 pounds                     
insurance   280.00 pounds                     
Tax:         60.00 pounds
____________________                                     
Total  450.00 Pounds 

 

Option 3

Courier Delivery of your certified cheque to you by mail.

 

Second Class Delivery:48 hours                   
 (cost of delivery)                            
postage:    131.00 pounds                     
insurance   210.00 pounds                     
Tax:         70.00 pounds
_____________________                                     
Total       411.00 pounds  

 

Option 4

 

Bank To Bank Transfer

 

The said amount claims of £691,252.00 (Six Hundred and Ninety One Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty Two Britain Pounds) can be wired to your Personal Bank Account in your country via Swift Bank Transfer.

Condition: The cost of  COT (Cost of Transfer) charged by our affiliate transferring bank,(H S B C   BANK   U.K.). which is 0.001% (£ 610 Great British Pounds) of the cash being transfered will be paid by you before the transfer of your Fund.

 

All  the  documents have been securely sealed, packed and fully insured by our affiliate Insurance Company(GEOTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY) for security reasons which makes it impossible for anyone to view or deduct any amount of money from your Won Prize before it is delivered to you in your country.

Thus, you are expected to pay for the delivery or transfer of your Won Prize to you in your country . 

 

Forward to us any of the options that  you prefer we use in the delivery or transfer of your Won Prize to you with immediate effect.

 

Note:

·         Your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance Bond policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount of money from the Fund before it is remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be paid by you before we will transfer your prize to you

 ·         Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly seven (7) working days after the receipt of the  winning notification email.

 ·         Keep your Won Prize datails secret from friends, relatives and the entire public. This is a precuationary measure the UK National Lottery Board has put in place to safe guard any other person from trying to steal your Fund from us without your notice. 

 

 

You are to  send your response to this same  email address: ukclaimsdepartment008@live.com ,or speak with me in person on

Phone numbers: (+44)7024021652   (+44)7024021434.

 Also send, a scanned copy of the photo page of either your International passport or Drivers license (Optional). We need it for the delivery officer to  identify you at point of delivery of transfer of your Funds.

 

 

Attached to this mail is a scanned copy of your lottery certificate issued by the UK National lottery in your name.

 

Congeratulations once more from me and the entire staffs of  The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD.

 

 

 

Fast and Efficient Processing   Free Email Service Claims is 100% Confidential Claims via Delivery & Bank to Bank Transfer

 

 

Barr. Owen Green. 

Phone number:(+44)7024021652  (+44)7024021434
Foreign Services Manager,
Payment and Release order Department,

Insurance & Claims Consultants.
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

 

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