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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:17 am

See bolded text below. I am also wondering why a UK lottery is hosted out of Germany. My bet is it is going to be a classic check scam. Anyone else wants to pile on this one feel free

from britishnationallottery award <[email protected]> hide details 10:04 pm (7 minutes ago)
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date Mar 13, 2007 10:04 PM
subject WINNER OF THE WEEK BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY:
mailed-by web.de

AWARD NOTIFICATION

WINNER OF THE WEEK...BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
28 TAN FIELD ROAD,
CROYDON, LONDON.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of the
UK National Lottery end of the year Online Promotion
held on the 12th of March 2007.This is the last as we are about distributing
winnings to winners.Your email address was attached to Reference Number UK/9420X2/68 was picked as
one of the ten winning email addresses.This has qualified you to claim the total cash prize Of
500,000(Five hundred thousand Pound Sterling) in cash credited to file

KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of �7,534,370.00 shared amongst the first
ten (10) winners in this category B.Your winnings will be issued to you as soon as our
claims department verify your winning after you might have filled this payment
processing form below.Claims Processing Form for filing of claims.
Name:
Age:
Occupation:
Country:
Address:
Phone No.:
Winning Email Address:
Note that we need your complete information for you to claim your winnings. You
are advised to contact.our claims department via these details:
Assigned Claims Agent: David Morgan.

Email:[email protected]
Phone Number:+44 7011148891
Quote Your Reference Number as UK/9420X2/68 when

you are filing your claims. Congratulations once more from all our members of
Staff.
Mr Edeware Richer.
Online Co-ordinator

WINNER OF THE WEEK BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY:

NB: Due to recent reports of scam mails claiming association with THE BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS The Company has decided to fund winners claims processes including the shippment of their cash prizes and processing.

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Master Baiter Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 176

I received a few of those. I sent some responses but they give up easily.

And I didn't say anything suspicious. I just asked how to get the money. Once I asked if I had to go there to take the money.

As I said, they never answered.

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:48 am

Hit them up again. A little interest usually will get the lads to reply

Master Baiter Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 176

I don't know. I have so many children in need of new homes, people with cancer, and unknown relatives that have died recently, and fortunes that have been forgotten in some bank in Nigeria Very Happy

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:42 am

Lotto scams, usually always advance fee fraud, it`s the job offer scams that usually turn into cheque scams. these guys are hard to get off script, so not much chance of photo trophies, but like everything else in baiting, there are exceptions. it`s usually a good idea to play these guys straight, mess around with the documents they send you, blurring them can be fun, simply shrink the picture smaller than your avatar, save it, then enlarge it back to the original size and send it back with a slap!don`t do it too much with the same Lad, he`ll suspect you are wasting his time and drop you. if and when you do get them off script, exploit it as best you can Twisted Evil

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NB: Due to recent reports of scam mails claiming association with THE BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS The Company has decided to fund winners claims processes including the shippment of their cash prizes and processing.

Shocked

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:53 am

The math is a bit large for cheques, �500,000, they`re hardly going to send lots of small cheques totalling that amount then accidentally send more and ask you to send back the remainder, i`d say they`d pay everything up to the security company who`ll then need the clearance fees.

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:23 am

Just a straightforward pay your charges for courier. I find lotto lads boring but some love them.Don't forget to ask for your winning certificate with your name on it. Then slap if it doesn't have a RSOT.

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:03 pm

SamSpudz wrote:

Lotto scams, usually always advance fee fraud, it`s the job offer scams that usually turn into cheque scams.

Beg to differ, Sam. Actually, its very possible that this is going to morph into a fake cheque scam pretty quickly. The NB is there to suck in those vics that are wary of "advanced fees" and those who do not have the money for fees.

Quote:

The Company has decided to fund winners claims processes including the shippment of their cash prizes and processing

The scammer will send an "advance" on the lotto win to cover the fees involved. The vic, not knowing that the cheque is fake, cashes it and sends the fees WU or MG to the courier company. We all know what happens next.

There is/was a very similar thing going by snail mail recently, run by a scammer group out of Canada. Hundreds of people in the US received a "winning notification" in the mail, along with a cheque for around $4000. They were instructed to call their "claims agent" who told them that the cheque was to cover the fees for handling their lotto win. Of course, they were told to cash the cheque, wait for it to "clear" and send the money to the lotto company/courier/scammers by WU.

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:07 pm

Well, I got an e-mail from the "New Mexico Lottery" with an office in Colorado, the main contact in Switzerland, and a bank to contact in Germany. I just wonder how confused the person was typing it?

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:33 pm

@SF, you learn something new here everyday. Thanks. these scumbags will try anything.

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