UK NATIONAL LOTTERY SCAM
The
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY scam email shown below claims that the recipient has won money in an international lottery. The email is an attempt to initiate a dialogue with potential victims and subsequently trick them into sending money to the scammers responsible. There is no prize money.
This scam email included a link to a legitimate lottery website in an attempt to add credibility to the information. The National Lottery website has published information about scam emails like the example below on its
Security Information Pages.
Example of UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Scam Email:
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70
1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on saturday
12th Febuary,2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
11-18-20-23-32-48(bonus no 25.), which subsequently won you the lottery
in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of £230.640(Two hundred and thirty thousand,six
hundred and fourty pound sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £1,845,120
shared amongst the (8) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
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 weekly. 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 £230.640(Two
hundred and thirty thousand,six hundred and fourty pound sterling) would
be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European
agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him or her. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims 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 claims, please contact our fiduciary agent:
MRs.
Michel Riggs,
Email: michel_riggs@yahoo.co.uk,
Or you can go to our
online
result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize
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the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online
coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.
