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Olympic Lottery and Olympic Lotto were referenced in unsolicited emails that appear to be fraudulent or bogus. Our website contains a large collection of scam and hoax e-mails. Lottery scam emails are those that attempt to scam the recipient into sending money in order to claim lottery winnings in lotteries that were never entered into. If you get an e-mail that is similar to one in our collection, you should ignore it. Do not contact the sender and especially do not give out personal information. NEVER pay any fees of any kind. A legitimate lottery does not ask this. Most of these scammers operate overseas, so they can safely scam you. You may want to visit other pages or sites to learn more.
Olympic Lottery, Olympic Lotto
Example 1
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:57:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "london olympic lotto" <bigbiglotto_olympic2012@yahoo.com.au> Subject: uk To: I have a new email address!
You can now email me at: bigbiglotto_olympic2012@yahoo.com.au
OLYMPIC 2012 LOTTERY.
BATCH NUMBER: WD18/0105/05RN
OUR REF.: UK-NL/0717/05
YOUR REF.: UKNL/255457014/05
TICKET NUMBER: 02 10 30 36 37 43 29
BE NOTIFIED THAT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED ON THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL BALLOT SYSTEM DRAW ON THE 16TH OF MAY 2006, AS ONE OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSES ON THE INTERNET COMPUTER LOTTERY DRAW.
THE PROGRAM WAS HELD BY THE BIGBIG LOTTO THE LEADING LOTTERY ORGANISATION WORLDWIDE IN ASSOCIATION WITH UK LOTTO, OINK,NETSCAPE AND YAHOO MAIL IN HONOUR OF THE OLYMPIC GAME COMING UP IN LONDON 2012, OUR COMPUTER BALLOT QUALIFIED YOU AS ONE OF THE WINNER OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING (£150,000.00).
PLEASE NOTE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PLAY THIS LOTTERY TO WIN, THE LONDON OLYMPIC ORGANISATION IS USING THIS MEDIUM TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUAL OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM TO CREATE AWARENESS FOR THE OLYMPIC GAME COMING UP IN LONDON 2012.
BE FREE TO SPREAD THE GOODNEWS AFTER YOU HAVE COLLECTED YOUR PRIZE.
YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION TO YOURSELVE TO AVIOD WRONG CLAIMS FROM LOTTERY SCAM ARTIST.
FOR YOUR URGENT CLAIM...
CONTACT MR JOHN BAKER
VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT
THE BIG BIG LOTTO ANNEX
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
EMAIL:john-baker@oink.co.uk
NOTE, ANYONE BELOW THE AGE OF 25 YEARS IS NOT QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAMME SINCE THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID TO PEOPLE WITH FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES.
Please fill-out the Claim's Form - E provided herein and send it via email to the above named Agent. NOTE, your winning information has been provided above.
[omitted form]
THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT TO YOU FROM THE DESK OF;
MR ANTHONY WHITE.
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION.
THE BIGBIG LOTTO
212, BAKER STREET,
LONDON W1 4XG,
UNITED KINGDOM.
- london olympic lotto
Olympic Lottery
Example 2
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:50:55 +0100 (BST) From: "Virgin International" <virginlottuk@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: 3rd Quarter Bonanza Winnings,Congratulations. To: virginlottuk@yahoo.co.uk VIRGIN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO IN CONJUCTION WITH BRITISH LOTTERY OLYMPIC PUZZLE WINNING NOTIFICATION:
REF NO: 132/756/4534 Ticket Number 278511465896-6452 Batch Number: 638901527-AMB/02 serial Number : 3772-554
Dear Sir/Ma,
It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged as Category "A" winner of our Virgin International Lottery United Kingdom (UK)
Our Lottery software device of random screening of email addresses and names have selected you for this months winning draw.You are entitled to a prize sum of Five hundred thousand Great British Pounds(£500,000).
This is part of the Country's Programme to fund for the Olympic games come 2012,The £1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4719851.stm).Lottery Organizations must raise £1.5bn over the next seven years to pay its share of the public money going into the Olympics Games in 2012. A further £650m will be raised from council tax in London and another £250m from the London Development Agency, while similar sums will be raised from ticket sales, marketing, sponsorship and the sale of television rights.
Note:Your Reference number for your prize is 132/756/4534,Ticket Number 278511465896-6452
For more Information to immediately collect your prize winnings, you are to contact our Category "A" financial Handler whose information you will find below.
Mr. John Clarkson Virgin Corporation/Pension Trust, London,United Kingdom Email:fidhandler@yahoo.co.uk www.Virgininternationallottery.org
We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you will participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.
Thank you
Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, VIRGIN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY UK. St.Catherine's Court Herbert Road Solihull West Midlands United Kingdom B91 3QE Web site: http://www.virgin.com www.Virgininternationallottery.org
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