UK Lotto email SCAM ??

[Mandy]

Hi

Just received this in my inbox today. Quite professional looking in HTML format with photo of Helen Parker.

No doubt it's a scam as I know nothing about an online Sweepstake International program. Although they don't want any personal information.

What do you think? Anyone else received one?

Mandy


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1071) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 14th June,06.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56478970456 879 with Serial number 0677/06 drew the lucky numbers:
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e Match 6.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £681,025 This promotion takes place Twice a week.


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 claim, please contact our claims agent below with the following informations
Agent:Mr.James Parker
Email:n_lottery_helpdesk@yahoo.co.uk
Tel#1:+447031849661
Tel#2:+447024060779
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/pl...lts/results.do

Endeavour to email your full names,winning numbers,telephone and fax numbers immediately.
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Helen Parker(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.


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[andrewswinners]

IT IS A SCAM
i know that this is a scam as my brother-in-law got one about 6 months ago
it is the same as above saying you have won in the free draw (£850,000)
he rang up to claim and they were very good they didnt ask for money
they kept him on tender hooks for about 10 days saying they were verifing his ticket
then at the last second they asked for £560 to cover administration costs
he then reported it to the police
it seems the some one who works for the national lottery was selling information (they even had the email address of the top bloke who is incharge)
he DID think he had won as the infomation they had was only ment to be know by him & the national lottery (becouse he did play the lottery on-line and he checked through his placed bet and the serial number matched)even i thought he had won
so if any one else gets a email like that dont ring the number they give ---you ring the national lottery number and ask there to be put through to the name on the letter

[egroup]

he DID think he had won

I would have thought that the obvious thing to have done would be to check your numbers against the winning numbers announced?

[baz]

Yup, scam. Biggest giveaway is that the reply address is a free email address (yahoo.co.uk) - no genuine lottery company would use a freebie email address.

Millions of junk emails just like this get blasted out daily. I frequently get them, and get contacted by other people who have received them asking if they are real. And sadly, occasionally by people who have been caught out. It only takes 1 victim out of millions of emails to make a good living for the scumbags who blast this stuff out. Nobody seems able to stop them.