I keep receiving emails from the UK saying that I have won an international email lottery. It’s quite a lot of money and I don’t know if it’s legitimate or not. I’m not usually one to play the lottery so I haven’t pursued it. This is the address that it comes from: The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL United Kingdom.
Does anyone know if this is legitimate or is it spam?
I am:
rshippteacher@yahoo.com
Erin
From: “YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE”
Yahoo/Msn Lottery
Incorporation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te United Kingdom.
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five hundred thousand, Great Britain Pound Sterlings(£500,000.00) for this month 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail,we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
You are to contact the events manager on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Yahoo/Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 20 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
These are your identification numbers:
Batch number…………………M 09XN
Reff number…………………..M47XN
Winning number……………….M88
These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contact the events manager, send your winning identification numbers to him,to enable him verify your claims.How ever you will have to fill and submit this form to the events manager for verification & direction on how you can claim your winning fund.
1. Full name…………..
2. Contact Address……..
3. Age………………..
4. Telephone Number…….
5. Marital Status………
6. Sex………………..
7. Zip Code……………
8. Occupation………….
9. Company…………….
11.State:……………..
12.Country…………….
13.Nationality…………
14. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:
(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name:Mr.First Wright
E-mail:contactagentfirswrigh@yahoo.co.uk
TEL:+ +447011133972
Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Fred Oralando
(Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).
Ralph
I have got an email via Scarlet Courier LTD, as
ScarLet Courier LTD( 24Hr Service Everyday Of The Week)
ADDRESS OF HEAD OFFICE:Link Place, BRIGHTON,
Sussex, BN1 7DX,ENGLAND
Attn: Winner, You are welcome to ScarLet Courier LTD Dispatch UNIT an affiliate of the NOKIA N’ SERIES ONLINE PROMOTION We are pleased to be at your service. Scarlet Courier is Regulated and Stipulated by the Finacial Service Authority(FSA).The finacial institutions that Govern all Finacial activities in the United Kingdom. This office has been Notified by the NOKIA N’ SERIES ONLINE PROMOTION of the amount won by you with their National lottery .This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Department at the headquarters of the NOKIA N’ SERIES ONLINE PROMOTION.
The original copy of your winning certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through the NOKIA N’ SERIES ONLINE PROMOTION will be sent to you along with other gift items from the NOKIA N’ SERIES ONLINE PROMOTION as soon as you meet with any of the option selected.
You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you.. With regards to this, there are three options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the three. The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below: Courier of your winning cheque to you via any of this channel listed below:Note: All charges are have been converted into India Rupees(INR) 1st ClassMailing: Rs 14,000.00
Insurance: Rs 12,000.00
Vat: Rs 10,000.00
TOTAL: Rs 36,000.00(48hrs) 2nd Class
Mailing: Rs 12,000.00
Insurance: Rs 8,000.00
Vat: Rs 5,000.00
TOTAL: Rs 25,000.00(3days) 3RD ClassMailing: Rs 9,000.00
Insurance: Rs 6,000.00
Vat: Rs 4,000.00
TOTAL: Rs 19,000.00(4days) Note:The above charges cannot be Deducted from your winnings, and also the charges are and must be handled and paid by you before the courier delivery ..This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds and win Situaitions.Also note that these charges are to paid before delivery. Please respond to this email by making a selection from the three options above. You are to also send the address in which you will like to receive your winning package and a scanned copy of your means of identification, such as your drivers lisence, or your international passport or your work id. Send your response to indicate your option within the next 24hrs,because you only have 7 working days to claim this cheque and after this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery. Once again, Congratulations!!! Your urgent reply will be most welcome
Samuel
They are requesting I send Western Union money for insurance, taxes, etc. then lottery winnings (over a mil) will be released to me. If this is real, I don’t want to scre it up and only have a couple days to decide – there is a deadline in claiming prize. The online coordinator for the UK National Lottery is Greg Sterwart – sweepstakes International Program. The UK Lottery Fiduciary contact person in Richard Smith at
claims_dept_uklotterydraws@yahoo..co.uk PLEASE HELP DETERMINE IF THIS IS A SCAM…….thanks to all who respond.
Harold
