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Lottery Scam E-mails

UK Overseas Lottery was 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.

UK Overseas Lottery example

From: "Richard k. Lloyd" <ukoverseaslottoo@aim.com> Subject: Re: Final Winning Notification Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 05:12:39 +0100

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY P O BOX 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM

International Promotions Unit. (Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 274/04/ZY06

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1095) of the UK OVERSEAS LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 17 Jun 06.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 210432 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 25-26-33-40-41-47 (bonus no.10), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £850,950 (Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand, Nine hundred And Fifty Pounds Sterling Only) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/24. This is from a total cash prize of £11,913,300 shared amongst the (14) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

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 £850,950 (Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand, Nine Hundred And Fifty Pounds Sterling Only) would be released to you by any of our payment offices 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 claim 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.

To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary agent:

Mr Henry Edwards Tel: +44-700-598-3303 Fax: +44-700-598-3304 EMAIL: claimagents02@netscape.net

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK OVERSEAS GAMBLING BOARD.

Yours faithfully,

Richard k. Lloyd (Mr.) Online Co-ordinator UK OVERSEAS LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.

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