[Falstaff]

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[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#008000]2 Lansdowne Row,[/COLOR]
[COLOR=maroon]Berkeley Square, [/COLOR]
[COLOR=maroon]London, W1J 6H,[/COLOR]
[COLOR=maroon]United Kingdom.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=maroon]Ref : UK/776090X2/23[/COLOR]
[COLOR=maroon]Batch: 013/05/8394369[/COLOR]
[COLOR=maroon]National Draw:Further results[/COLOR]
[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#800000]http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnational.asp[/COLOR][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#008000]WINNING NOTIFICATION:[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#008000]We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online UK National Lottery program held on [COLOR=#800000]28th October 2006.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#008000]Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:[COLOR=#800000]8603775966738[/COLOR] with Serial number [COLOR=#800000]5368/02[/COLOR] drew the Winning Numbers: [COLOR=#000080][COLOR=#000080]4,5[COLOR=#008000],[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]6,12[/COLOR][COLOR=#008000],[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]20,29 [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#800000][COLOR=#008000]([/COLOR]bonus.30[/COLOR]), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3 plus bonus.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#008000]You are therefore been approved to claim total sum of [COLOR=#800000]$1,628,360.00[/COLOR] ( [COLOR=#000080]One Million Six Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred And Sixty Million Unites State Dollars[/COLOR]) in cash credited to file.This is from a total cash prize of [COLOR=#800000]$20,350,000.00[/COLOR],shared amongst the Winners with different amount won in this category i.e Match [COLOR=#800000]3 [/COLOR]plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over [COLOR=#800000]100,000[/COLOR] unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your [COLOR=#800000]$1,628,360.00[/COLOR] ([COLOR=#000080] One Million Six Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred And Sixty Million Unites State Dollars[/COLOR]) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#008000]Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.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 man ner you deem fit to claim your prize. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=maroon]This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#008000]In receipt of your informations on transfer, I will send to The payout Bank who are in charge of processing of transfer Of your winning prize to your Bank Account. We will process and legalize Your claims before passing your files to our paying Bank For the immediate payment of your winning Funds to your Designated Bank Account in accordance with our payout Procedures.[/COLOR]

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[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#008000]Importantly, for the enablement of your claims, you Are advised to comply with our payout procedures, as These are mere formalities that will guarantee payment Of funds to all qualified winners in this Category. Furthermore note that, all Winning funds should be Claimed no time. After this limited time all Unclaimed Funds will be returned to the Uk National Promotion Gaming Board (U.K.P.G.B) for the next UK National Lottery Online Promotion which Will take place in December this year[COLOR=#800000] 2006[/COLOR].[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#008000]This promo is governed and monitored by the British Lottery Commission of 2006 and censored.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=maroon]We will anticipate your response soon.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#008000][COLOR=#800000]Note:[/COLOR] You are warned to keep confidential to your self Until you get your winning, to avoid random claim. If Found in such, you will be disqualified automatically. Be Warned.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

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[COLOR=maroon]File for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION. [/COLOR]

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[COLOR=maroon][COLOR=#000080][COLOR=#008000]Barrister David Green.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000080][COLOR=#000080]Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000080]Department,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000080]TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000080]Tel Phone: +44 701113 6365[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000080]E-mail:[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]payoutclaimsagentuk@yahoo.co.uk [/COLOR]
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Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email address,telephone and fax numbers immediately.


Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
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[TheBlackCat]

Yes, of course. The official representative of the UK national lottery has a yahoo email address. Are these guys even trying?

Also, "One Million Six Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred And Sixty Million Unites State Dollars" should be $1,628,360,000,000.00 or a little over 1.6 trillion dollars (or it could be $61,628,360.00, depending on how you read that sort of nonsensical number). And why would a UK lottery be in US dollars, anyway?

"all Winning funds should be Claimed no time" is unintentionally good advice

It is obvious they want your bank account number, to facilitate "transfer Of your winning prize to your Bank Account".

And seriously they need to get someone who can learn to capitalize properly.

The basic fact is this: you can't win if you don't play. Anyone sending you an email or calling you saying that you have won even though you didn't play is trying to scam you. You basically can't win even if you do play, but that is another topic entirely. Lotteries are not in the business of sending out millions of dollars for nothing. Lotteries are in the business to make money.


I got this off the official UK National Lottery Comission Website, which the email conveniently did not link to:

Have you received an email telling you that you have won the UK National Lottery?

If so, it is likely that this email is a scam. Sadly these scams are on the increase. We can give you some advice about how to tell whether you have received a scam email.

Have you bought a ticket?
In order to win the UK National Lottery, you have to buy a ticket, either Interactively, via the National Lottery website, mobile phone, or interactive television, for which you need a UK address, or at a National Lottery retailer. If you have not bought a ticket then you have not won.

Does the email/letter ask you to pay money to receive your prize, or to disclose personal information such as bank details or passport information?
If yes, then you have not received a genuine email/letter from the National Lottery. The UK National Lottery would NEVER ask you to pay a handling fee to collect your prize, or to disclose any personal information.

Does the email/letter you have been sent tell you how much you have won?
If the answer is yes, then it is NOT from the National Lottery. The National Lottery does NOT state the amount of a prize in an email.

Does the email come from a yahoo or hotmail (or similar)account?
If so, then it is NOT from the UK National Lottery.

Remember!

* Do not respond to unsolicited emails.
* Never give money to claim a prize.
* Do not reveal personal identity details.
* Do not reveal bank account or credit card details.
* If you have given money or personal details to someone who has sent you an unsolicited email or letter then contact the Police immediately.
* If something sound too good to be true, it usually is!

"If something sound too good to be true, it usually is!"
That is the single best piece of advice for avoiding scams like this.

[Randomletters]

lol @ One Million Six Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred And Sixty Million Unites State Dollars

[Falstaff]

reporting this sort of spam is a waste of time really, but they are getting more creative..LOL

[TheBlackCat]

Perhaps they should put all that effort into learning basic grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and arithmetic.

[calidan]

If they really wanted to make this crap believable they should learn how to spell or at least use spell check.

[LHC]

Originally Posted by calidan

If they really wanted to make this crap believable they should learn how to spell or at least use spell check.

But the sad thing is that people actally do believe it

[Matth]

http://j-walk.com/other/spamu/courses.htm

And DO report spam, Spamcop it, or report directly to the traced source ISP... spam trojanned PCs need to have their service suspended until rectified.

The spammer will be long gone by the time they are reported, but the abused PC will still be there for the next scumbag.

Also, ISP's really ought to consider rejecting incomoing mail that does not have a valid MX path, or which is injected from dynamic user pool space without a recognized outgoing server.