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UK National Lottery Scams:
Example:
National Lottery, Euro Lottery Intern. Award Promotion Notification
"Mrs. Lisa Olive", "Mr.David Marsha"
Have you received an email from "Mrs. Lisa Olive" at
the "National Lottery, Euro Lottery Intern. Award Promotion Notification" telling you that you won the a prize and to contact "Mr.David Marsha"?
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:
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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.
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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!):
Date: February 20, 2008
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF N: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH N: 14/0017/1PD
AWARD PROMOTION NOTIFICATION
National Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address
ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on Sat 19th Jan,
2008 for NON-UK CITIZEN. Your email account has been picked as a winner of
£900,000:00 (NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY).
This result is now released on Draw 1068 FRIDAY 15th FEBRUARY, 2008 and your
email address attached in the Category (A). All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and
individual email addresses and your lucky number are as follows All winner’s
are been advice to
keep Their 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, For the release of your winning, kindly contact your claims agent
in National Lottery Head Quarters Mr.David Marsha, on +447045717276
+447045704846 ,Fax +44-870-135-7404. You are to quote your lucky number for
confirmation on your winning.
All winning must be claimed not later than 30TH March, 2008.After this
date all unclaimed funds will be returned 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. You are therefore advised to submit the following
information’s to the headquarters’ by fax, also via email to your claims
agent click here for verification of identity and you must include your
email ID that was selected when sending fax.
1. Full name and address.
2. Country.
3. Tel and fax number.
4. Occupation.
5. Your age.
6. Scanned your international passport /or valid driving License.
7. Your category code is HD0WQ270
Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email
account users program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. LISA OLIVE,
Executive. (Euro Lottery Intern.)
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.
Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James
Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy
(Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).Copyright
2002 Europe Union Lottery International
MRS LISA OLIVE, VICE PRESIDENT.
Confidential & Disclaimer Notice: This email is intended solely for the
person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential
and/or privileged information. Copying, forwarding or distributing this
message by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. Any
views or options presented are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily represent those of Middle East & Euro Tours. If you have
received this email in error or to report
abus click here , to contact the
organisation immediately and delete the material from any computer. This
email may have been monitored for policy compliance.
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
Click here for the huge list of the names of the currently identified lottery
scams companies
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