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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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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.....

Hiranmoy Ganguly

Posted 7/26/2007

I have received an email from British Lottery International Winners Promo saying that I won Pound 15,00,0000.Could you please help me know if it is raelity or fraud, or genuine. If yes, how to go further or completely stop this procedure. I am Indian
Regards
Hiranmoy Ganguly
26.07.07

MICHELE

Posted 7/19/2007

BEING A NATURAL SKEPTIC, I EMAILED THIS "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" AND ASKED THEM IF THERE WAS ANY AGENCY THAT I COULD CONTACT IN THIS COUNTRY OR IN HIS TO VERIFY THAT THIS WAS NOT A SCAM. A "MR. DANIEL SMITH" ASSURED ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS LEGIT. THE EMAILS,BY THE WAY, WERE FULL OF TYPO'S AND MISSPELLINGS! ANYWAY,I RESPONDED BY SENDING HIM THIS VERY WEB PAGE WHICH SHOWS THAT THE "BRITISH WEB LOTTERY" HAS THE VERY SAME ADDRESS IN LIVERPOOL,UNITED KINGDOM THAT THE "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" USES!!!
THANK HEAVENS THAT THIS WEBSITE EXISTS TO SAVE HARD WORKING PEOPLE FROM BEING SCAMMED BY THIEVES!!

rich

Posted 7/14/2007

you would think if these guys had any kind of intelligence, they would use spell checker before they sent out these emails.

rich

Posted 7/14/2007

mailto:vittoriofoundation_dept@yahoo.it
This is the contact email they gave me, so track it down if you can. this has got to stop.

MOHAMED MOSTAFA HANAFY

Posted 7/11/2007

i 've recived an e-mail of a british lottery scam but it doesn't look like the one published on this site i've known it from the first second that was a cheating deed i live in egypt and if the people who are in charge of this site wanna the attached documents attached in the e-mails i got i will help you
thanks

Dooped

Posted 7/9/2007

I fell for this scam like alot of you.
I feel like a real fool
Thenks for this web site I didn't send any $
Try to let as many others know about these scams.

Alfred Garcia

Posted 6/27/2007

I was also sent a winner notification from this uk lottery. Thank God I didn't fall for it. I guess there is a sucker born every second.

Kim

Posted 6/18/2007

I also received a letter of notification of winning with a check. I was very suspicious, thinking they might get my personal info through the cancelled check. Anyway, I called the # and a man answered. No automated system, no receptionist, which made me more suspicious. I asked the guy if the company had a website and he said they didn't that was a dead giveaway. Anyway I googled " Apex financial, Inc. Lottery and found your site. Thank god for u guys, keep up the good work! Can we report this to the FBI or some other government agency???

Charla

Posted 6/14/2007

I recieve at least one a day from the UK saying I have won one type of lotto to another. They have sent me a notice saying that if I send thier courrior compant money they will forward my check. I have also all mof a sudden become a beneficiary to a lot of peolpe lately. I wonder if these people are in on the same scam.

bashar

Posted 6/14/2007

i am also get e_mail from Sweepstakes program held .( i dont know
if this real or no let me know _
he say :

We happily announce to you the draw (#556) of the BRITISH ONLINE
PROMOTION, online Sweepstakes program held on 12th JUNE 2007 .Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56445623548 with Serial
number 2663/11 drew the lucky numbers: bonus 04).Which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 250,000
pounds (Two hundred Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of 1,000,000,00
poundsshared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place every month

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.In view of this, your 250,000 Pounds (Two hundred and Fifity
thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our
courier department.Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her.

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 our affiliate shipping/payment
agent:

TERRY WHITE (Mr.)n
E mail:bpclaimsagent@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +447094689244

WITH YOUR ORDER NUMBER:BIPL/kk/657252

rosa

Posted 6/11/2007

beware of this scams...check what i received

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010, Liverpool, L70 1NL ,
United Kingdom.

Ref: XYL /26510460037/07
Batch: 24/00319/IPD

Dear Winner
This is to inform you that your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 which subsequently won you a cash prize of £1,000,000.00 (One Million British Pound Sterling) This Promo was held on Monday 4th June 2007 in London United Kingdom. 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 UK. Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board.

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for Category \"A\" winners with the information below:
Agents Name: Mr. Peter Walker
Email: manager4claims2007@mail333.com
: manager4claims2007@o2.pl
Tel: +44 70457 29825
Fax: +447030401543

If you do not contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this Notification, your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim by Winner.

*Winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified. *Staff of The British Lottery are not to partake in this Lottery.

Contact him by sending him with the under listed information below:
1. Name. 2. Address. 3. Nationality. 4. Age. 5. Occupation. 6. Phone/Fax.

Sincerely,
Rose Wood
Online Co-coordinator
U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

Brian Meredith

Posted 6/3/2007

Hi my name is brian i just got sent 1 off these emails there a lady going by the name of maria newton i live in Australia and she sent me all the info including a affdivited of the high courts and then i looked up this barrister name and this com up

Dave

Posted 6/2/2007

Will S, if what you're saying is actually true, I'd be very concerned. You actually bought a house with this check that arrived out of the blue? I hope you're kidding...

Will S.

Posted 6/1/2007

Funny thing, I went through with everything they asked and I received a check for close to 2 million dollars. That was a month ago. The check cleared and was okay. I bought a house and have had no problems with my bank or the lottery that I never entered. Maybe they screwed up, I was extremely poor before, but the British lottery company made me rich. Am I the only one?

notsaying

Posted 5/24/2007

email was hacked by this. all emails fowarded to them

i work at bank
and very confindentail notices sent out

very important to check with your email server ASAP if this happens to you

CONCERN CITIZEN

Posted 5/23/2007

Yes, Check this out People Around The World. Received a letter stating I have won Big Time. Guess What and from Whom! PARAMOUNT INTERNATIONAL LOTTO-HEAD OFFICE 5564 CLEMENTE STRASSE S.L. AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS-FROM; THE DESK OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR FREE LOTTO PROMOTION. Never been in any lotto games never brought any tickets But yet says I have won and was held on March 30th 2007 in third prizes category!For the sum of US $85,000.00(Eighty Five Thousand Dollars only) in cash credited to file: ML658200K. Now The Thing is they send you a check from some sort of FINANCIAL SPONSOR WHO THEN WILL HELP PAY FOR YOUR TAXES IN ORDER TO GET YOUR PAYMENT, and says you have till May 29th 2007 or ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURN TO PARAMOUNT INTERNATIONAL LOTTO AS UNCLAIMED! They want you to cash there check and make money out of you. If you all out there received any of this bullshit! S T O P !!!! . I DID A WHOLE LOT OF INVESTAGATIONS ON THINGS LIKE THIS AND I'M VERY SORRY FOR THOSE WHO WAS CAUGHT INTO THIS SCAM RINGS THAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD. you all can stop this by receiving and CHECKS THOUGH MAIL ADDRESSED, LOOK IT UP ONLINE, OR THEN TAKE IT TO YOUR POST MASTER IN YOUR AREA SO THEY CAN TRACK THIS DOWN. WE ARE GOING TO CATCH YOU ALL OUT THERE FOR RIPPING PEOPLE OFF WATCH OUT. YOU WILL NOT GET FAR. FROM A MILLICIOUS CONCERN CITIZEN WHO CARES ALOT.

donna

Posted 5/20/2007

I recieved an e-mail a few days ago that i had won the british lottery and i also won 250,000 pounds. how can you win when you never entered. i was excited i live in the u.s. they ask for alot of info from me. can we report them to the authorities?

anna

Posted 5/10/2007

hey people today is 2007 and we still resiving those e-mails? when will it finnish?
my first letter confirmation of a lucky numbers came from spain. We had some problems with the many at that time,so the summe of 875436 euros was just perfict to pay back all bils and buy the house finnaly. when I found similar web site through google I started to cry . Naw I have resived 2 more letter from similar lottory and I am getting angry every time, If I see one of them I'll kill he I promise

Cleo

Posted 5/8/2007

i got this on my email 3 days ago persons beware of the evil con artist out there.

We happily announce to you the draw (#556) of the BRITISH ONLINE
PROMOTION, online Sweepstakes program held on 5th MAY 2007 .Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56445623548 with Serial
number 2663/11 drew the lucky numbers: bonus 04).Which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ₤250,000 (Two
hundred Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of ₤1,000,000,00
shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category All
participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place every month

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.In view of this, your ₤250,000 (Two hundred and Fifity thousand
pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our courier
department.Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her.

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 our claims agent for directiont:

TERRY WHITE (Mr.)
E MAIL:bpclaimsagent@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +447094689244

WITH YOUR ORDER NUMBER:BIPL/kk/657252

Jabyrie

Posted 9/23/2006

I recieved a winning lotto letter stating i won 85.500 and there will be 5,301 taken out for a sponsors commission. which would leave me with 80,199.00 left. I was told to csah the check of 2,992.75 and send 2,831.00 back to them via western union. i deposited the money in my account but yet all alone in my head i was thinking is it real or is it fake. So something made me contact the FBI which i recieved help. I just thank GOD i did not send that money because i would have been held responsible for every cent.

Holly Holmes

Posted 9/22/2006

I just recieved my check in the mail for $2992.75 from auto europe that has watermarks and says original document on the back, it looks so very real. Glad I thought to check around befor doing something stupid. i live in Texas.

G.Ewing

Posted 9/22/2006

I just got a check for 1998.75. I almost fell for it. I did call the number though. No Answer. Thats when I knew it was a fake. I am so grateful for this site. I am now relieved to know its not just me. Thank Yoy everyone for taking the time to investigate this matter. I totally believe in God and they will get theirs!

William

Posted 9/21/2006

Thanks for the info. just got my letter in the mail. is there any way to report this to the canadian police?

dave

Posted 9/20/2006

received a pretty letter and real looking check for $2992.75 suggesting i keep it away from public notice for seurity reasons,wanting me to quickly contact a canadian phone # and send a check for $2831,00 with future promises of a additional
$80,199.00
LOOKS LIKE A DUCK,SOUNDS LIKE A DUCK,QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, DONT BE DUCKED

tera (ohio)

Posted 9/20/2006

i to received a check in the mail dated 9/11/2006 for 1765.25 and it says to claim contact your claim agent Brenda Weeks of CITATION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GROUP at 30 Liberty Avenue Suite 224 calgary, AB T3G 5S5, an accredited agent to the british Random Lotto at tel 1-902-412-3194!!! if they are doing this to so many people then why havent they been stopped and what can i do to help!!!???? this is illegal (RIGHT)????

brian

Posted 9/20/2006

Are any people who recieved the United British Lotto checks in or around the Cincinnati, Ohio area? If so please email me brian22277@aol.com thanks for your help

Sandra from Arkansas

Posted 9/20/2006

I know exactly what the others have been going through. The only difference with me is I was contacted by email from the American/British lottery. It says I won 1 million dollars. I am really hard up for money but not that bad. They keep trying to guarantee tht this is offical. Don't be taken in by these scams. I think it is a real shame to preyed on people like this and something really need to be done about it. I also think these people need the same thing done to them, and let's see how they feel about it.

Cautious in Alaska,9-16-06

Posted 9/16/2006

So far, I have won the most money ($750,000) of anyone out there. Mycheck is for $4,700.46. The issuing bank is American National Bank in Omaha, NE. Thank goodness they don't have my present married name. And thank goodness we are internet users, so we check on a lot of stuff. The signor on my letter is Edward Growings, Chief Finalcial Officer, Ph.D. (hah!) There was not a return address on the envelope or letterhead for British American World Lottery. I have had phone calls in the past with that foreign-sounding voice and they do become angry when you question them. I have told them that the phone call is being recorded and they hang up. Be content with what God has given you, whether you be financially desperate or are in great need. He will bless you his way, not the world's way. Nothing from nothing breeds nothing.

Indu

Posted 9/14/2006

I too recieved a mail saying that I won 250 thousand pounds. I came to know its a fake by reading the posts in this web site. Thanks for providing such an useful information so that no one later can become victim of this lottery scams.
Any way I will send u the address of that lottery company
British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

So, people please aware of this lottery scam.
hey any one can tell me how to differentiate an original lottery and a fake one. Do, we really get lotteries through email?? Please answer this so that most of the people can aware of this things