Just received an email this morning, and, of course it is a another email scam. However, when doing research on this little bad boy, I was surprised to find a number of comments on blogs which reported people had “fallen for†this dirty trick.
What was really hilarious was that I did a search on the ticket number – a seemingly 14 digit “unique†number and found about 24,300 results in Google – Thank God these “scammers” are stupid enough to keep using the same number over & over.
Here is the email for your edification – should you see something like this do NOT be fooled by it. Do NOT give your personal information out in response to these sorts of inquiries.
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#980) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on May 24 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14-18-29-33-37-39-47(bonus
no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch
5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£516,778.00(Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight
pounds
sterling only) or $921,201:00(Nine hundred and twenty one thousand two
hundred and one dollars only)in cash/check
credited to file number UK/5678/T85.This is from a total cash prize of £3,100,673.00 shared amongst the
first six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e Prize for six balls.To file for your claim, please kindly provide the following
informations and send it to our Fiduciary Agent who shall clear you as a
winner.(1)FULL NAMES (2)DATE OF BIRTH(3)SEX (4)MARITAL STATUS(5)CONTACT ADDRESS
(6)PHONE NUMBERS(7)OCCUPATIONMR.Peter Taylor
Email:ukgaming1111@yahoo.esGoodluck from me and members of staff of The U.K National Lottery.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Marie Flyn
ONLINE SUPERVISOR
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We happily announce to you the draw (#980) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on May 24 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14-18-29-33-37-39-47(bonus
no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch
5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£516,778.00(Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight
pounds
sterling only) or $921,201:00(Nine hundred and twenty one thousand two
hundred and one dollars only)in cash/check
credited to file number UK/5678/T85.This is from a total cash prize of £3,100,673.00 shared amongst the
first six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e Prize for six balls.To file for your claim, please kindly provide the following
informations and send it to our Fiduciary Agent who shall clear you as a
winner.(1)FULL NAMES (2)DATE OF BIRTH(3)SEX (4)MARITAL STATUS(5)CONTACT ADDRESS
(6)PHONE NUMBERS(7)OCCUPATIONMR.Peter Taylor
Email:ukgaming1111@yahoo.esGoodluck from me and members of staff of The U.K National Lottery.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Marie Flyn
ONLINE SUPERVISOR
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All of a sudden I am receiving loads of these type of emails. I’m nearly a millionaire a million times over!
What is really interesting is that I have not really been receiving any large amount of spam comments for months. about 36 hours after posting this article, I have started receiving a lot more spam comments to the blog and more “sweepstakes” spam to the bloglyne email address… interesting.
Of course, the national lottery is renowned for forcing it’s employees to use their own email accounts for official business, even if they have spanish yahoo accounts.
It’s one up from winning the lottery in Canada and having to send money to claim your prize…
Exactly, that is why I refused to take the job they offered… there was no expense account and we had to use our own email accounts!