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WINNING NOTIFICATION
6th December 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported
6th December 2004
Apparent Sender
UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International
Return Address
team@national-lottery.co.uk
Subject
WINNING NOTIFICATION
Format
TEXT
Method

Email promises (fake) lottery winnings. Once you reply you are asked for a series of small administration fees to cover various costs.

Bogus Web Content?
No
URL of web content

N/A

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. A lottery variant of the 419 style of scam. Correspondance will simply result in requests for 'administration fees' to cover various costs, but you'll never actually get any money back!

2. ' UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International ' very likely do not even exist and are just a fake company name used by the scammers. This name has been used a lot in these sort of scams, so is an easy one to spot.

3. Notice that the sender uses a free, web based email address. A real company would almost certainly use their own.

4. Uses several references to the REAL UK National Lottery website. In fact the National Lottery have nothing to do with these people. They are fraudsters, nothing more.

 

"We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International programs
held on the 1st of December, 2004 in AMSTERDAM HOLLAND "
...

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

 

The Spoof Email ...

Mr. James Anderson
UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC34 RE:LOTTO

         CONGRATULATIONS, WINNING NOTIFICATION


We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International programs
held on the 1st of December, 2004 in AMSTERDAM HOLLAND Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:19-6-26-17-35-7,
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of US $ 25 Million
dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All participants
were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted
from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually

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 US$2,500,000.00
(Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our
payment office in europe.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 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 by
some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our
claim agent:

MR.  Edwin McArthur
Tel:+44-(0)7040108395
Fax:+44-(0)7005946931
Email: edmcarthur@tiscali.it

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names, your country,
your private Telephone and fax number, your reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences
with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

To view past winners, click here: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/winners/winnersGallery.jsp#winner2

Sincerely,
Mr. James Anderson
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

Mr. Paul Snow
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.

Thank you for your Co-operation

N.B: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY.


--------THIS MESSAGE AND ITS CONTENTS (TO INCLUDE ATTACHMENTS) ARE THE PROPERTY OF
UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International  AND MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY DISCLOSURE, COPYING,
OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS MESSAGE, OR THE TAKING OF ANY ACTION BASED ON INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
HERE IN MAY SUBJECT YOU TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND PENALTIES. IF YOU ARE
NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU SHOULD DELETE THIS MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY--------------

 







 
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