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British Lottery Scam

Can five million Britians be duped? Yes, according to a study done by the British consumer protection organization Which?. Which? contacted more than 1000 Brits to see how widespread the scam problem is in the U.K. The results?

  • More than 28 million of 60 million citizens had been exposed to one or more scams.
  • Five million of those 28 fell victim to a scam.
  • The most popular scam related to "an automated phone call that invites people to claim a prize. A third of adults have received such a call and two million have responded, usually by calling a premium-rate number, which can cost up to GBP 1.50 ($2.70 U.S.) a minute."

The funny thing is that I've even seen people outside the U.K. fall victim to these international lottery scams. Here's a typical email that arrived in our honeypot inbox this week:

British Lottery Scam Email

As I was saying, I've received email from U.S. residents wondering if they'd really won after receiving an email like this. They never questioned how they'd won even though they weren't residents of the country where the lottery was held and had never even entered the lottery.

Greed makes us stupid, doesn't it? That's what the scammers count on.

UPDATE!
Many of you have also received snail mail versions of this scam. In this scam you receive a letter saying you've won as well as a check for $3,000 - $4,000 dollars to cover the taxes and processing fees - supposedly.

Anyway, listen up people.

This is a scam. The check is fake.

It may initially be accepted at your bank but will eventually be worth absolutely nothing. So when you deposit it and then send them a check from your account, you will lose money.

Ask yourself... Why would they send you a check and then have you send them a check right back for the same amount? Does that make sense? It does if you're trying to scam someone.

January 25, 2006
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travis

Posted 11/30/2007

I feel very stupid as I should. I replyed to the e-mail. My question is what can they do with that information they cant get into my bank acounts can they?
And is there anything I can do to stop any problems from happening?
I am very concerned, if anyone has any info please let me know

Tammi

Posted 11/28/2007

Will S. I am going into a lot what you had said, please contact me about some questions I have about what I am getting from these people and see if its the same as what you have gotten. Looks like its been about 6 mo. now, Still no problems? We would be interested to know. Please contact me at
tammivanhuis@hotmail.com

Thanks

Debby Pidgley

Posted 11/27/2007

I too have recieved an email from the British National Lottery and have pasted it below.

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British National Lottery,
28 Tan Field Road,
Croydon,
London.

Ref: UK/940X2/68

Dear Selected winner,This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Prize of£753,437.00.in cash from British Lottery International Christmas bonanza draw held on the24TH of November, 2007 in United Kingdom.

We have been sending this notice to winners and this is the final announcement date for you to file for your winnings.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in ourcomputerised email selection system from a database of over 125,000email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which youremail was among the first ten (10) lucky winners.

You are advised to contact the verification department through ourassigned claims agent by providing your ReferenceOvie says:Number UK/9420X2/68.

You are also advised to provide him with the underlisted information.

1.Name in full.
2.Address in full.
3.Age.
4.Occupation:
5.Phone No.
6.Winning Email Address
7.Country

ASSIGNED CLAIMS AGENT: Mr.John Cole
EMAIL:cole4john1@hotmail.com
TEL.: +447031927693 +447031972458

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Flo

Posted 11/27/2007

I get this e-mails almost every week,and i dont know what to do coz i do play UK LOTTO THEY TAKE R100 EVERY MONTH FROM MY CREDIT CARD, SO I DONT NOW WHETHER I WON FOR REAL OR WHAT,PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IF YOUCAN I REALLY NEED TO KNOW.

gerda_arnason@hotmail.com

Posted 11/25/2007

Hi I am Gerda and I recieved this one.
BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS28 TANFIELD ROADCROYDON, LONDON Ref: ( BTL/491OXI/04 )Batch: ( 12/25/0304 ) AWARD WINNING APPROVALGood day, we announce to you the draw of our programs held on the 20th of November 2007 in London. Your e-mail address with serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the sweepstake in the 2nd category. You have been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000.00 (Two million, five hundred thousand, Great Britain Pounds) in cash credited to file RPC/9080118308/04 made available from a total cash prize of £125 Million Pounds. You were randomly selected for the online version from world wide web sites through a computer drawn system extracted from over 100,000 companies. Please note that your lucky number falls within our booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your £2,500,000.00 (Two million, five hundred thousand, Great Britain Pounds) would be released to you by our payment office here in London as soon as you establish contact. To file for your claim, contact our fiduciary agent via the below details; AGENT: David SmithE-mail: bnl.claimdesk04@hotmail.com+447035903132.+447031836032. Claims Requirements:=================1.Full Name :2.Address :3.Nationality 4.Age :5.Sex 6.Occupation :7.Phone/Fax :8.Present Country :9.Amount Won: Congratulations from all members and staff. Faithfully, RICHARD LIOYD, Esq. Zone Co-ordinator.

Posted 11/19/2007

I am from Jamaica and I got one such mail today (19/11/07) claiming that I won 800,000 pound. Real dutty johncrow then, a hope Jah hit them with diseases. Thanks for this website

arun kale

Posted 11/18/2007

HOME OFFICE: 28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON Customer Service
REFERENCE NUMBER:BTL/491OXI/04
BATCH NUMBER:12/25/0304
TICKET NUMBER: 564 75600545-188

Dear Winner,

Sequel to your mail received in this office. I am in full reciept of your mail and i must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners in this years lucky dip sweepstakes. As you already know your email address was randomly selected along with others from over 125,600 websites on the internet. Each email address was attached to a ticket number.

Upon your details received and noted for documentations, you are to contact the Courier Firm, they will be responsible in sending you the original funds to your home address as soon as you adhere to all instructiosn and follow their regulations.

You are require to send a copy of your payment processing form and also an identity as a proof of who you are. Find below the contact details of the courier firm.

( CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY YOU GET THIS MAIL SO AS TO FACILITATE THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR WINNINGS TO YOU )

********************************************
COMPANY NAME: SWIFT COURIER LIMITED.
Dispatch Officer: Mr. Allan Gray
E-mail: swiftcourierlimited07@yahoo.it
TELEPHONE: +447045732338
+447045737736
*********************************************

With this above details you will be able to finalise the final process of claiming your winnings, you are to contact Barr David Wright with the above details as ealier mentioned he will be responsible in sending you the original documentations of funds.You will be responsible for all the instructions and monization attitude from the courier management.

And also keep me posted on your contacts with the courier management as this i will keep for proper documentation.

Congratulations once more from me and the members of the National Lottery Board.

Regards,
Barr David Wright

Copyright © 1995-2007 Of British Online Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms

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alwin

Posted 11/17/2007

Folks you can fight these idiots by setting up your spam filters to trash incoming email according to certain words in the body of the text or subject line. I set up filters for the words Lottery, Nigeria, “dearest one” and got rid of over half of unwanted fraud attempts. The other thing that will ruin these guys party if suddenly their own in-boxes were stuffed with junk. When I’m bored I copy some text insulting the persons very small sized manhood and inability to satisfy their wife (very effective for African scammers for some reaon) from notepad and paste it and hit reply. Now I have just wasted a half a minute of his time and left him frothing at the mouth. Priceless. So please, join me and lets spam the scammers!

Troy

Posted 11/13/2007

Folks you can fight these idiots by setting up your spam filters to trash incoming email according to certain words in the body of the text or subject line. I set up filters for the words Lottery, Nigeria, "dearest one" and got rid of over half of unwanted fraud attempts. The other thing that will ruin these guys party if suddenly their own in-boxes were stuffed with junk. When I'm bored I copy some text insulting the persons very small sized manhood and inability to satisfy their wife (very effective for African scammers for some reaon) from notepad and paste it and hit reply. Now I have just wasted a half a minute of his time and left him frothing at the mouth. Priceless. So please, join me and lets spam the scammers!

A. T.

Posted 11/13/2007

I just recieved this email and I am in the US. The first thing i did was Google the company name and it brought me to this site. I was curious how an American could win a British lottery. I knew something wasn't right.

gerald mwangi

Posted 11/12/2007

Hey everyone

QUick tip...every email coming from any computer somehow is encrypted with an IP address. Now if you can get a good network person to be able to check your incoming mail and check for originating IP address, THen you have a valid ip address to give to the cops. ANd if they do their job, you can get the busted.
Best way to do this is try and engage the person you are talking to in a chat room...for instance, Yahoo or AIM. while chatting with them, yuou can google for internet ip address chat trackers and you will b e able to generate the IP address of the idiot without his know how. Then you can just pass that on to the cops

Not Brain-Dead

Posted 11/6/2007

Just thought I'd let it be known that these jerks are still trying to dupe greedy/gullible/desperate people. I have received the email (pasted below), in my in-box today 06/11/07. I would be interested to know if there is any way to give these people exactly what they deserve.....AND IT WOULDN'T BE CASH OR PERSONAL DETAILS.

British National Lottery,
28 Tan Field Road,
Croydon,London.
Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Dear Selected winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Prize of £753,437.00.in cash from International programme held on the 27TH of October 2007 in United Kingdom.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerised email selection system from a database of over 125,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which your email was among the first ten (10) lucky winners. You are advised to contact the verification department through our assigned claims agent by providing your Reference Number UK/9420X2/68. You are also advised to provide him with the underlisted information.

1.Name in full.
2.Address in full.
3.Age.
4.Occupation:
5.Phone No.
6.Winning Email Address
7.Country
ASSIGNED CLAIMS AGENT: Mr. John Cole EMAIL:cole4john1@hotmail.com
TEL.: +447031927693 +447031972458

jomimeeldx

Posted 10/29/2007

hoy dia confirme mi cuenta de freelotto si saben sibre eso avisenmelo
muxas gracias

Vikash Kumar Sahu

Posted 10/26/2007

BUT NOT ANY RESPONCE ONLY ASK READY FOR DELIVERY THOURGH SCARLET COURIER SERVICE KINDLY PAY Couier Charge 380.1Pound After pay courier charges deliver we all document with your winning prize.

Prove are as under:-

Scarlet Courier LTD.
Head Office & Accounts
658 Ajax Avenue
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 4BG.

Our Ref#: SLC/CPEL/9876
Your Ref #: BTL/491OXI/04

23RD Oct, 2007.

DEAR VIKASH KUMAR SAHU.

You are once again welcome to the SCARLET COURIER COMPANY and we are pleased to be at best of service to you.

In light to the delivery option chosen by you, i will want to inform you that you will receive your lottery funds of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds appropriately when you meet the delivery cost.

I will also want to remind you that this is a confidential issue in the seance that your winning informations should not be seen by any other third party which might cause double claims which will equally disqualify you from claiming your winnings.

You are hereby advised to effect payment of your delivery cost via WESTERN UNION immediately and as soon as your payment is confirmed we will proceed with delivery of your winnings.

ONE WEEK SEA DELIVERY
Mailing: £170.55
Insurance: £120.00
Vat: £ 90.55
TOTAL: £380.10

You are advised to effect payment by western union to the account officer with the below information;

Mrs Janet Combs
Head Office & Accounts
658 Ajax Avenue
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 4BG.
LONDON

The payment slip should be scanned and sent via email to this email address for confirmation . On receipt of confirmation of your payment, your Payment documents(certified bank cheque)(as well as your original certificate as well as the insurance certificate) will be delivered to you immediately.

I hope to hear from you in regards to your cost of delivery as soon as possible.

Treat with dispatch,

Yours Faithfully
Mr. Walter Walkins.
Phone: +44 703 182 1461
Fax: +44 870 974 7291
Dispatch officer.

scarlet courier services

Fastest and reliable in delivery service

Vikash Kumar Sahu

Posted 10/26/2007

I am Winner of British Lottery of AMount 2500000 Pound (TWO MILLON FIVE THOUSAND POUND) ON SEPTEMBER-2007

kifah

Posted 10/26/2007

there is an e-mail contact uknlcen2001@hotmail.com sending those scams about winning a 1000000$
don't ever beleive those

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Dear lucky winner, we are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the cash-out lotto by international programme, which took place recently.

This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws. This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web (www) sites. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02. This is from the total cash prize of US$10,000,000.00 (TEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS), shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle Eat, and Oceania apart of our international promotions programme which is conducted annually. This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Furthermore! your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in united Kingdom, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$1 000,000.00 will be released to you from a FINANCIAL SECURITY COMPANY IN LONDON where your prize money is been deposited. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact your claims agent, Mr. James Howard ( , +447045753675 )E-mail:uknlcen200@hotmail.com to file for your claim .Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements, equally to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this programme, Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.

NOTE: For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep their winning information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money remitted/released to you. This is to avoid double claiming of your prize money. Congratulations once again on your winnings.

Vidya

Posted 10/15/2007

Another F#$%ing version of this scam.. These people should be arrested by the Cyberteam!!!!

lottery uk sent on 15 OCt 2007

The Microsoft Corp World Lottery,United Kingdom
P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL
United Kingdom.

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw(#953)of the MICROSOFT CORP WORLD LOTTERY AWARD International programs held in U.K your "email address" was attached to ticket number;xxxxxxx serial number xxxx, This batch draws the lucky winning numbers as follows 12/344/131/3232, bonus number 2, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ?2,000,000 (TWO MILLION BRITISH POUNDS in cash credited to file MSW-L/200-26937.This is from a total cash prize of £50,000,000 shared among the (25) Twenty-Five lucky winners in this 2nd category.

Furthermore your details (e-mail address) falls within our South African Representative Office in Johannesburg, South Africa, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize sum of ?2,000,000 (TWO MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING)

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Simply contact our Fiduciary Claim Agent in South Africa where your own Payment is zoned. He will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning price money. His contact details is shown below:

CLAIM MANAGER: DR. DAVID KHUNEMA.
TELL: 00-27-73-556-1114.
EMAL: f$%^#r@hotmail.com

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediately with the below information's:

NAME:
ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:
CITY:
SEX:
AGE:
PHONE/MOBILE:
FAX:
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY:
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates. We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your cash prize is processed and your money remitted to your nominated account

Endevour to contact the agent in Africa with the required information's immediately.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!!

Congratulations!!! once more on behalf of members and staff of the BRITISH AWARD LOTTERY.

YOURS IN SERVICE,

MR. MICHAEL JAMES.

NB: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BOX BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO, KINDLY CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT IN SOUTH AFRICA DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS.

bill

Posted 10/14/2007

BRITISH LOTTERY 6/49
P O Box 1010, 3b Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
4th Setpember , 2007

FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are notifying you on our Online Draw held on 4/09/07, where your Email emerged one of the Two lucky winners who won the first prize of atotal sum of 1,000,000.00, from a total payout prize pool of 2,000,000.00 in our Online Lottery Draw. Your e-mail was attached to Ticket no:56475600545188, Serial no:2113-05, Lucky no:06-21-17-32-22-41bonus
no:54,REFNO:BRLFHE12579000/07 You have been selected for a cash prize of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling). The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected.The BRITISH. NATIONAL LOTTERY is approved by the British Gaming Board.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our Account Officer of TNT courier department for more infomation as regards procedures to claimyour prize.

You are to contact the Account Officer
MR. Patrick M Williams
TELL:
Email: tnt.courierdelivery@hotmail.com

(1) FULL NAME
(2) FULL ADDRESS
(3) NATIONALITY.
(4) AGE
(5) OCCUPATION
(6 )TELEPHONE NUMBER
(7) SEX
(8) TOTAL AMOUNT WON
(9) COUNTRY

NOTE: YOU MUST ENDEAVOUR TO STATE THE FOLLOWING:Ticket no:73189006311789, Serial no:2400-05, Lucky no:06-21-17-30-32-41 bonus no:47, REFNO:SUCKER6661256/03, so that they can attend to you timely.*Winners
are advised to keep their winning etails/information from the public to avoid Fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim by Winner. *Winner under the age of 18 are automatically SHOT IN THE ASS. *Staff of the British Lottery are not to partake in this Lottery.

Congratulation sucker!!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Michael Anderson

Rebecca

Posted 10/12/2007

I received a letter last week from BRITISH FOUNDATION LOTTO, 20 ELLIS AVE, LONDON, ENGLAND, but the envelope was postmarked from Canada, with a return address of PO BOX 56890 MTL, QC H4L 2A8! I don't know how they got a hold of my name, either. I don't gamble or buy into lottery. I was actually excited initially, but as we all know, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. There was a seemingly very real check enclosed, made out to me for $3,450.55. The name in the upper left corner was JOHN HANCOCK, but without any other info, such as address. The bank was listed as CITIBANK N.A. NEW CASTLE DE 19720. I brought it to my bank to ask if the check was in fact authentic. They thought that it was. It had watermarks on the backside and perferated edges, they did a really nice job making up this check! Then I proceded to tell them why I suspected that it may be fraudulent and then they immediately pointed to the shredder and said that anything coming from any lottery is ALWAYS A SCAM!!!! And if I deposited it into my account, I would be letting them into my personal information, bank account #, name, address, birthdate, ETC!!! and from there anything could happen......namely IDENTITY THEFT!!! I haven't seen anyone mention BRITISH FOUNDATION LOTTO, but in reading what others certificates say, mine reads almost identical in wording!!! It also states to be "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL UNTIL YOUR WINNING HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND MONEY REMITTED TO YOU." Also states that I have to contact MY CLAIM AGENT, CATHY ANDERSON, OF ACME FINANCIAL GROUP AT 1226 BRIDGE STREET, STE 4000, LONDON, ENGLAND at the telephone number 011-44-7504490363. THE LETTER IS SIGNED BY A JAMES PARKER. This is horribly awful. What a tremendous tease. I could really use this money right now. I'm sure we all could. I can't stand people....robbers like this. REPORT THESE PEOPLE!!!! I PLAN TO LET CITIBANK and JOHN HANCOCK, AND GIVE COPIES OF THE LETTER AND CHECK TO THE BANKS NEARBY. I AM ALSO GOING TO SEND COPIES TO MY LOCAL NEWS CHANNELS, ALONG WITH THIS WEBSITE ADDRESS, SO TOGETHER, WE CAN FIGHT STRONGER!!!

Srinivas

Posted 10/11/2007

I have received an email by subject - Winning Notification for 1.5 million pounds and in excitment I have provided my details. But I had doubt how can I win where I never participated or been to Britain.
Now I'm convinced through your site that it is nothing but pure scam going on.

Thanks for having lot of information on such scams in your site.

Emmanuel

Posted 10/10/2007

i received a mail stating that my email has just won me 500 000 (five hundred thousand ) british pounds. i will like to have a feedback to know whether this is a scam. it seems these thing have really taking a new twist onlione.

Annie

Posted 10/9/2007

Is this email header real? Please help
MSN WEEKLY PROMO [tracyandjay@cox.net]

Dave

Posted 10/7/2007

W Foltz, did you read the comments here?

The checks are fake. You'll bank account will increase temporarily until your bank figures out that it's a bad check. The money will then be withdrawn. The scammers won't lose any money because the check is a forgery.

Deposit it if you like, but I wouldn't recommend it.

W Foltz

Posted 10/6/2007

I to recieved the lotter scam in the mail. There is a check enclosed that is to be cashed and sent back to pay the British taxes. What would happen if I cashed the check and kept the cash? Would the scammers loose the money?

NICKI

Posted 10/4/2007

I RECIEVED 2 E-MAILS FROM THE BRITISH LOTTERY TODAY. AND I TALKED TO 3 PEOPLE. I THIK THIS IS REDICULOUS. IM JUST GLAD I DIDN' GIVE THEM MY SS#.

betty

Posted 10/4/2007

listen up people!
every letter and comment you have written above i received and and did all except give my ss# and acct.#'s. i did not know about this site so i investigated myself. i went to the bank and a lawyers office . the lawyer said they were all scams but advise me nothing on how to resolve this .. so i went to my bank and i told them this check might be a scam. so they did some checking theirselves. and found out that there are people in texas , a bank and others that are dead on their trails working on this. we as a people must keep reporting every check to our banks each time we receive one and bring copies of the letters. this is what i did and the banks were very helpful in trying to find out by tracking where these sources may come from . i even talked to a man that told me to deposit this check i received and not to tell anyone and then he would get in touch with me from there. but i out foxed him , i led him to think i was doing all he said and that is when i went to the bank and told them this check is a scam...we deposited it and waited the normal amount of time for this check to go through knowing it was no good but hoping they could catch this guy on the phone that was waiting for me to call him back as soon as it was deposited, but i did not call him back...and i have not heard if they caught him or not, but at least my baNK WAS WILLING TO TRY TO CATCH THE SOURCE OF WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM AND THE BANk teller is a friend of mine and she let me know that they were working on something to get to the bottom of this , the check was from texas like i said and i do not know for sure where the caller was calling from. but my bank was very careful by not giving any personnal info about my acct....the banks and news and newspapers they are finally casting commercials on tv about these things going on. we must keep reporting every letter to our banks and home town news people . i did this and it has finally took some notice and this is just cracking the surface. please people , be persistant in going to your local news people and banks to just show them how much these bad guys are determined to get our money. hound them , its the only way to get this resolved and warn people of who is doing this . i know alot of this is from ghuna and parts of afica and iran as far as spain even. so be careful and listen up to what u read! report to who ever will listen.
thanx, citizen from usa

Joy

Posted 10/4/2007

SCAM ARTISTS - REMEMBER BUYER BEWARE - THIEF HAS COME TO KILL STEAL AND DESTROY OUR GOD FEARING NATION IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE - DONT LET THEM DO IT....WE SACRIFIED TOO MUCH TO BLOOD AND FAITH TO EARN OUR BLESSINGS HOLD FAST TO THEM...

FROM: lewis jnr or
British National Lottery Headquarters:
28 Tan Field Road,
Croydon, London,
United Kingdom.
(Customer Services)
+447031945161
+447031949326
+447031941190
(24hours)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Dear WINNER ,
First of all we at the uk national lottery board wish to congratulate you for being a winner of the online lottery promotion.As earlier stated your e mail address drew the lucky numbers which was randomly selected through a protected worldwide web, please do not be stunned as you may be thinking that you have not applied for any lottery.
Your email address as well as that of many more millions of people were extracted from this worldwide web and you and nine others emerged lucky winners of £753,437.00 each,thats a grand total of £7,534,370.00.You are in order to begin the transfer process required to fill the form attached to this mail and send back to us promptly as the informations provided by you will aid the quick and protected transfer.
moreso this is the authorithy my superiors has handed to me and the prceedure that past winners have followed and claimed their prize.Finally,this is a lottery and not really your entittlement,so if you are willing to claim your winnings,contact us.

Thank you and do have a goodday.
Agent Mr. Lewis Jnr.,
For the uk national lottery board.
CLAIMS VERIFICATION / FUND RELEASE FORM

REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
FULL NAME:
WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:
FULL ADDRESS:
SEX:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
TEL:
MOBILE:
COUNTRY:
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE: ............. (Identification on delivery)
AMOUNT WON..........................
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:
..................................................................................................................................
................................................................
____________________________ ___________________
Date. Signature.

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I’ll send you the contact
information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the
release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Lewis Jnr..
Claims Department
The UKNL Foundation

© Copyright 1994-2007 The U.K. National Lottery Inc

Ahmed Kuraim

Posted 10/3/2007

I think strict measures should be implemented in going after the scammers!!
I also consider this as a major crime, to play with innocent peoples' feelings and having them go after nothing for nothing.

mahmoud maddahi

Posted 10/1/2007

dear sir
thanks for your extrordinary information.i as other person have received an email which was believed i won 250,000 pound. i became skeptical because i didnt participat in lottery or buying any tiket. but ido beilieve so many people dont know any about scammers and they vare lossing their mony

thanks a lot

Not Fooled in Florida

Posted 9/27/2007

I am glad my mother has me. Yesterday she received a check for over four thousand dollars. Sure.. I was like.."Whoa" at first. But the first thing I did was to go online and check out the company issuing the check. It is from a Home Improvement franchise in the north part of North America. I emailed them and informed them that someone is making counterfeit checks in their name. This check is from Canada. Just to let you guys know. Do not get fooled by it. Goodness know that I want it to be true. We need the money. I am going to hate telling my mother that she did not actually win $175,000 dollars.

melissa

Posted 9/24/2007

i got an email from them and i actually had a phone number i could call!!! i called it but they told me they couldnt answer any questions over the phone and told me to fill al the info out and send it back to them!!! yeah right im not giving them my bank account number!!!

shyam galagali

Posted 9/24/2007

After reading the foregoing emails I am convinced that series of emails received at my email address are not genuine. MAY GOD BLESS the people who are indulging in such activities.

shyam galagali

Posted 9/24/2007

I am totally shocked and surprised to receive about 10 emails all emanating from UK/Irish Lotteries stating that my email has won prize & 250,000 GBP, GB 100,000 etc. A certificate without date mentioning my name, File Number CWL/FAW3515/UK, Serial Number 002839 has also been emailed to me. The perusal of emails containing email addresses, persons names with their designation and signature and seal appearing on the certificate do not in any manner create suspicion in the minds of common man like me. Thereafter I went in google with their addresses and also visited british lottery perusal of which revealed several similar cases and now I am at rest. The point is who are these people openly playing with innocent people's lives. Thank God before embarking upon submitting my full details I consulted my friends and though their language looked harsh but it is reality. MAY GOD BLESS these giants.

Willem

Posted 9/18/2007

Someone up there wrote that the6 actually got the 2.000.000 pounds. Bullhole! If that person won, he wouldnt have the time anymore sitting at the computer. He would be sitting on the beach in the Carribean.... si i would say. LIke Thailand? Try www.res24asia.com You wont need to win the lottery to go there. Have a nice day. The only thing you can count on in life is.... your job and your paycheck. At least thats real every day.

Meral

Posted 9/17/2007

I live in Turkey and got an email to my hotmail account today, to say I had won 753,437 GBP in a British email lottery. It asked for my name and details exactly as in your sample letter. I suspected at once it was fake, so I have ignored it !

chris

Posted 9/6/2007

SEPT 5 2007 I RECEIVED AN EMAIL STATING THAT I HAD WON 710,000 WORTH OF SILVER.
I SENT THEM MY NAME, ADDRESS AND OTHER BASIC INFORMATION. I ONLY HOPE THAT MY INFORMATION IS LOST
BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE

Anonymous

Posted 8/30/2007

he U.K. National Lottery
15page Court, Marry Streets,
Balsal Heath, Br12, Birmingham City
England.
Tel: +447024013054 INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Customer Service/Claims Department
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch: 05/763638/IPD
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48

Congratulations on behalf of the "UK's Overseas Gambling Board. We do believe that your winnings will be put into good use for community development.

On Behalf of the Screening Committee of "UK's Overseas Gambling Board I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the Email Screening and Verification Form Matching Test conducted for all on-line winners of your Category at the headquarters of the " UK's Overseas Gambling Board.

Hence you are therefore CLEARED and can now claim your winnings. Your funds have been approved for release and we will begin the process of remittance of your prize money to you immediately you select a mode of payment from the options stipulated below:
You can to come in person to the Disbursements Centre of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Board with the following requirements:

(a) A printed copy of your WINNING NOTIFICATION
(b) An International Passport or Drivers license
(c) A Printed copy of your Verification form (you may be asked to fill it as done before)
(d) Six (6) passport photograph (3*4 size)

In receipt of these requirements, a certified cheque will be prepared in your name to the amount of your prize money and issued to you. Please note that you have exactly 10 days from this day to make yourself available at the Disbursements Centre to claim your winnings. Failure to comply will mean that you have forfeited your winnings and the funds will be reused in upcoming draws.

However if you can not make it to the Disbursements Centre within the stipulated time due to non availability of some requirements, arrangements can me made at your approval to have your certified cheque alongside other winning documents delivered to an address of your choice via a secured and efficient courier service.

If all the options above prove inconvenient or unsatisfiable for you, we can have the funds wired electronically into your private bank account from our official prize issuing bank .
Please select an option and get back to us as soon as possible so that necessary steps can be taken to ensure the remittance of your winnings to you in due time.

Also provide us with the details below,

Name:

Phone No:

Address:

Location:

Country:

Age :

Marital Status:

Regards,

Mr. Roberts Martins
Claims Department
The UKNL Foundation
Tel: +44 7024071937

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 !!!

© Copyright 1994-2007 The U.K. National Lottery Inc

If you compare to the message of rejeesh last August 12, 2007 above, you may see that the numbers are similar...

Poornima Sajith

Posted 8/30/2007

I am extremely thankful to god and your website. This site saved me from falling into a big scam. Earlier also i used to receive these kind of mails, but I did'nt respond to it since i have strong doubt whether i could win such a big amount in a superlotto which I have never played. This time when I got such a mail saying I have won 10 million US dollars by picking up my mail Id from lakhs of several othere email Ids, I decided to search for its truth. I was really lucky that i was able to find your website and I am really thankful to whoever the people behind this website and the people worldwide who have posted there experiences and comments. This website will certainly help thousands from those illegal bastards.ALWAYS BE ALERT AND BEWARE OF THOSE SCAMMERS.THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU TRUST SOMEBODY. THIS WORLD AROUND YOU IS NOT SO GOOD.....

David

Posted 8/25/2007

I to got one claiming from info_britishclaimdirectorofficer@yahoo.co.uk), claiming i won a prize and then i have to conact, fastwaycourierofficer@yahoo.co.uk and give my adress name, number age, and they will apparently send me a cheque?? have i been scamed and what do i do next and who do i report this to. I am from UK but on holiday at the moment. Please reply to my email and get back asap.

Thank you

Blanca

Posted 8/23/2007

Hello well I like all of you thought that a good amount of money was coming my way, in my heart I had a bad feeling. I did respond but instead of giving them info about me i asked them a lot of questions I even mentioned how do I know this is not a Scam and I have't even heard of anybody winning such a high amount over the internet for me they say that it would be mailed within 2 days or sooner depending on the packet I would choose. They said that I was going to reeive a check for $73.1 Million Dollars I thought oh yeah right .... they are sending me and sending me messages to give them my info.... only have my name and Address can they do something with that? I am really scared and I am so glad thank God that I looked up on line and found your website............. PLEASE DON'T FALL FOR THESE THINGS ITS ALL A BIG SCAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HOPE SOMEBODY STOPS THEM QUICK...

bab

Posted 8/22/2007

This is the i got today:

I am Mr. David Newton, the Claims Director assigned to the claims of your won funds. I wish to congratulate you and say you are a lucky person to have won this prize award of £500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as awarded be the City Lotto International, U.K.

You are required to fill the given form below to facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate, which will lead to the payment of your won prize to you as required. You are also to send a copy of your International Passport or Drivers License. If you do not have any of these, you can send your National Identity Card or any other form of Identification.

Your won funds will be transfer to your local bank account by Telegraphic Bank transfer and your funds will be in your account within 48 working hours.

Upon receipt of the filled form, I will send it to the account officer for further processing and documentation of all your details information into the company central database. After all due processes, the account officer will keep you posted on the procedure to take to get your won funds remitted to your designated bank account.

You are hereby advised to send your Filled Form and Scanned Identification via Email or fax. All claims procedures must be completed early to avoid disqualification.

Once again we say congratulations and hope to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. David Newton,
For Mrs. Rachel Fodd (Foreign operations personnel)
Phone: +44 704 574 2658
+44 704 573 8158
Fax: +44 870 471 7609

WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA
First Name: -------------------
Middle Name: ------------------
Last Name: -------------------
Gender: -----------------------
Date of Birth: ------------------
Marital Status: -----------------
Nationality: --------------------
Religion: -----------------------
Occupation: --------------------
Address 1: ---------------------
City: --------------------------
State/Province: -----------------
Zip Code: ----------------------
Country: -----------------------
Mobile phone No: ----------------
House Phone No: -----------------
Fax No: ------------------------
Email Address: -------------------

WINNING INFORMATION:
Serial Numb: --------------------
Batch Number: -------------------
Reference Number: ----------------

FUNDS TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS:
Bank Name: ----------------------
Bank Address: --------------------
Bank Account Number: --------------
Swift Code/IBAN: -----------------
CITY LOTTO INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES

asif

Posted 8/19/2007

Hi see this is funny , i got a mail saying that i won a lottery of 710,000 POUNDS STERLING which i never played , just be aware will all this hoax brothers.

From: bnl203@comcast.net (BRITISH LOTTERY)
>Subject: Attn!!! Your Email Won!!!
>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:32:32 +0000
>
>BRITISH LOTTERY
>The Lottery Company
>P.O Box 789
>Harrogate HG1 2YR
>Ref: UK/9420X2/68
>Batch: 074/05/ZY369
>
>YOU HAVE WON 710,000 POUNDS STERLING
>
>Our Dear Winner,
>
>You have won the sum of £710,000 (SEVEN HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND,POUNDS STERLING ) from BRITISH LOTTERY on our 2007 bonanza.The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet E-mail Users,from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.We hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is a monthly lottery. Failure to claim your win will result into the reversion of the fund to our following month.You are therefore requested to contact immediately our Claims Department below quoting winning number:LOTTERYNUMBER:05-08-10-18-20-46-{43}.
>
>Contact Person: Barrister. Jim Harry
>Email: barrister.jimharry@yahoo.co.uk
>Phone: +44 70359 02393
>Foreign Services Manager,
>Payment and Release Order Department,
>TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
>VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM FILL OUT AND SEND TO THE E-MAIL ABOVE.
>=====================================================================
>FULLNAME:....................................................................
>FORWARDING
>ADDRESSE:.........................................................
>CITY/STATE:....................... COUNTRY OF
>ORIGIN:.......................
>MARITAL STATUS:.....................
>NATIONALITY..............SEX...........
>DATE OF BIRTH:.................
>TEL/FAX NR: .........................
>OCCUPATION:..........................
>CURRENT EMAIL:............................
>BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
>AMOUNT WON:____________
>COUNTRY_______________
>COMPANY NAME(IF APPLICABLE):
>
>=====================================================================
>Upon the receipt of the dually filled claims form, I will notify the British Gaming Board (BGB), so as to give approval to our paying bank, the permission to make the transfer. You should send us your personal contact phone number so the bank can contact you by phone or email.
>DECLARATION:
>I, ____________, HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER RECIEVED ANY
>SETTLEMENT FROM BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM NOR ANY MEMBER OF
>MY FAMILY FILLEDCLAIM ON MY BEHALF TO FREE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
>PROMOTION.
>I THEREFORE AUTHORIZE, THE NATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM TO ACT ON MY
>BEHALF IN THE PROCESSING AND SEND MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY ME.
>SIGNATURE:______________(TYPE IN YOUR NAMES): _______________
>DATE: __________________
>
>Congratulations, once again.
>
>Regards,
>MRS. CATHERINE FIN,
>Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Monica

Posted 8/18/2007

becareful of the congratulations
I receive a south african world cup2010 lotte win, the same letter as the one i saw for 2006
It is my country name that is at stake and i am taking further steps to notify the authorities about it . The nigerian bank called zenith bank of Nigeria also lable Glogal
Ninancial service was the bank where to i am suppose to sent my personal information like
Passport copy or driver licence .Why should i want to do that, i am an south-African . Becare full dear people. and be aware that there are
people who wants to dupe the public for financial gains. My The L0Rd God Almighty deal with them .

Carlos

Posted 8/15/2007

En estos momentos yo me encuentro haciedo las gestiones para recibir el dinero. Todavia no me han solicitado ningun dinero pero viendo estos testimonios voy a decistir de continuar con este juego. Lamentablemente es falso. Pero lo que si queda claro con este tipo de delincuentes es que se alguna autoridad experta en el tema de estafas por internet deberia tomar cartas en el asunto y encarcelar a estos delincuentes para que no le hagan mal a la gente de bien. Gracias por compartir sus experiencias en esta pagina.

In these moments I am haciedo the negotiations to receive the money. Still they have not requested me ningun money but seeing these testimonies I go to decistir of continuing with this game. Lamentably it(he) is false. But what if it(he) remains clear with this type of delinquents is that some authority expert in the topic of swindles(rackets) for Internet deberia to intervene and to imprison these delinquents in order that they do not do to him(her) badly the people of good. Thank you for sharing his(her,your) experiences in this page

Debora

Posted 8/13/2007

Are there any legitimate lotteries? i receive probably 15 to 20 e-mails a day about winning this amount or that amount. I'm just happy I did not follow through with any of that mess. But I must admit that, since my financial is as such, I nearly fell for what they were sending me. How do i get them to stop contacting me?

Tom Zawrotny

Posted 8/12/2007

I`ve been contacted some 30+ times in the last few months. I keep answering them and go as far as sending money to them. They just won`t give up, all thirty somewhat winnings were different. None of these were the same, either different amounts, contacts,countries, areas different but same country, all different people but the same scam. I`m wondering why they have let me win millions of dollars so many times??? I now just look at this scam as amusement on my e-mail. The very first one I recieved, I really thought I won untill they asked for money for currier costs. Then really new it was a scam after I won again, and again, and again, and again. I guess I`ll keep answering them untill I REALLY WIN!! I`m STILL HOLDING MY BREATH.

rejeesh

Posted 8/12/2007

i got one mail like this Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:42:47 +0530
To:
From: unitedkingdom_lotteryhouse2007@yahoo.co.uk Add to Address Book
Subject: Your CV has been Shortlisted
CASH-OUT LOTTO BV
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
15page Court, Marry Streets,
Balsal Heath, Br12,
Birmingham City
England.

Tel: +447024013054

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch: 05/763638/IPD
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear lucky winner,

We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the cash-out lotto by international programme, which took place on the 16th of May 2007.This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws. This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail a! ddresses from different World Wide Web (www) sites. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02.

This is from the total cash prize of US$10,000,000.00 (TEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS), shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. All participant were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle Eat, and Oceania as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted annually. This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in t! he communities where they have operational base. Further more ! your det ails(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in united Kingdom, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$1 000,000.00 will be released to you from a FINANCAL SECURITY COMPANY IN LONDON where your prize money is been deposited.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact your claims agent, Mr. James Howard E-mail: unitedkingdom_lotteryhouse2007@yahoo.co.uk to file for your claim .Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements, equally to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this programme, Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.

NOTE: For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep their winning information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money remitted/released to you. This is to avoid double claiming of your prize money.

Congratulations once again on your winnings.

Best Regards
Mr. James Howard
(Co-ordinator)

www.uknational-lotto.com

The sender of this email accessed your profile on naukri.com. The responsibility of checking the authenticity of offers/correspondence lies with you.
If you feel the sender of this mail is spamming, you can :
1. Block this company - "Milando lUKES" (ref no: 171917) from accessing your resume by logging into your naukri account and selecting Block Company in the Privacy Settings section under My Resume.
2. Report abuse at: abuse@naukri.com

i have sent my contact address details to them . i think it is a scam. i dont know what to do

Mrs J Johnson

Posted 7/30/2007

I have received two seperate emails informing me of winning a 150,000,000 and 590,983,000 in the British National Lottery. I became suspicious as I have not entered into any Lottery.
Their email addresses are bill_trevor2007@yahoo.gr and mrsrowleywhite@hotmail.co.uk
I sincerley hope this scam can be stopped as there are a lot of vulnerable people out there who want to hear they have won a fortune
Regards
Mrs J Johnson 30/07/2007

upali jayathilaka

Posted 7/28/2007

i'm sri lankan and 14 jan 2007 received e-mail mentioned i had won UK NATIONAL LOTTERY 250000 starling pounds, so time to time i sent 2000 USD to get legal document on behalf of my selfand again they are asking send them 20750USD as money transfer charges (for the all 250000 pounds)they don't like if i asked to come to nigeria and receive all prize,so that claim agent always ask not to come and send 20750 USD to the zenith bank in nigeria as money transfer charges they will transfer my all lottery won prize to my bank account in sri lanka. but my question is i'm labour i don't have that much of money to send as money transfer charges, how can i receive lottery won prize with out sending money transfer charges ,and also let me know this lottery is true or false one. claim agent is Dr.BASIL PATRICK (basilpatrick48@yahoo.com)

CATRINA

Posted 7/27/2007

I HAVE RECEIVED 2 E-MAILS, AND A CHECK IN THE MAIL. FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT FALL FOR ANY OF IT. I DID HOWEVER E-MAIL THESE SCAMMERS BACK, AND TOLD THEM IF THEY WERE TO CONTINUE SENDING ME THIS BOGUS INFORMATION, I WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL. MAYBE IT WILL WORK, MAYBE NOT. IT WOULD SEEM OBVIOUS THAT WE SHOULD ALL BAND TOGETHER, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE LOW LIFES. GOOD LUCK ALL.....

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