United Kingdom National Lottery eMail Scam
It looks like the scammers are back in force with the ringing of the new year. Here's the latest lottery winner scam.
You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the United Kingdom National Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.
For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of identity theft visit SecurePCNews at where you can find specific information about dealing with Identity Theft.
Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: The United Kingdom National Lottery [mailto:jnewnham@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:47 PM
To: info@lottery.net
Subject: ***Confirmed Reciept Lucky Winner***
The Camelot Group,:
operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the
results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by
Great Britain held on the of 4th febuary 2007. Your mail account have
been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one
thousand,nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds £891,934.00
pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF
NO.REF:UKL/74-A0802742006. This is from total prize money of GBP
4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this
category.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over
100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotion is this year\'s United Kingdom National Lottery
New Year bonanza. All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working
days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will
be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to
quote your reference number in all correspondence.
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your
claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program.Contact details below
MR.Brain Johnson.
Customer Care
Tell:+44-70457-13755
Tell:+44-70240-94597
Tell::+44-70240-94349
Official Email: uk_lotteryclaimoffice070@yahoo.de
He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and
remittance of your prize money.
Note below your winning details:
Ticket Nº: 22-1356-4096-988
Serial Nº: A069-07
Lucky Nº: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742006
BATCH Nº.: 2006UKL-01
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL
NAMES:____________2.ADDRESS:______City_________State_______Email______Address_______Postcode_____
__Country__________3.SEX:_______________4.AGE:________5.OCCUPATION:__________________
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:__________
Final Notification/REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742006
-----------------------------------------
Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email
Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.
Don't take a chance with your credit Reputation!
Get Equifax Score Watch Now!
For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of identity theft visit SecurePCNews at where you can find specific information about dealing with Identity Theft, credit card fraud and other internet and email scams like phishing.
Subscribe to the SecurePCNews Newsletter to get information like this delivered to your email inbox as well as timely important tips on protecting yourself online.
You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the United Kingdom National Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.
For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of identity theft visit SecurePCNews at where you can find specific information about dealing with Identity Theft.
Following is the text of the scam email:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
-----Original Message-----
From: The United Kingdom National Lottery [mailto:jnewnham@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:47 PM
To: info@lottery.net
Subject: ***Confirmed Reciept Lucky Winner***
The Camelot Group,:
operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the
results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by
Great Britain held on the of 4th febuary 2007. Your mail account have
been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one
thousand,nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds £891,934.00
pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF
NO.REF:UKL/74-A0802742006. This is from total prize money of GBP
4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this
category.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over
100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotion is this year\'s United Kingdom National Lottery
New Year bonanza. All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working
days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will
be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to
quote your reference number in all correspondence.
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your
claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program.Contact details below
MR.Brain Johnson.
Customer Care
Tell:+44-70457-13755
Tell:+44-70240-94597
Tell::+44-70240-94349
Official Email: uk_lotteryclaimoffice070@yahoo.de
He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and
remittance of your prize money.
Note below your winning details:
Ticket Nº: 22-1356-4096-988
Serial Nº: A069-07
Lucky Nº: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742006
BATCH Nº.: 2006UKL-01
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL
NAMES:____________2.ADDRESS:______City_________State_______Email______Address_______Postcode_____
__Country__________3.SEX:_______________4.AGE:________5.OCCUPATION:__________________
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:__________
Final Notification/REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742006
-----------------------------------------
Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email
Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.
Don't take a chance with your credit Reputation!
Get Equifax Score Watch Now!
For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of identity theft visit SecurePCNews at where you can find specific information about dealing with Identity Theft, credit card fraud and other internet and email scams like phishing.
Subscribe to the SecurePCNews Newsletter to get information like this delivered to your email inbox as well as timely important tips on protecting yourself online.
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posted by Aubrey Jones @ Friday, January 04, 2008
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