I won the lottery - just be careful!

[wot]

Just be aware of this scam.


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SWEEPSTAKES DEPARTMENT.
P O Box 4539.
#24 Lyndhurst Road, London NW3 5PQ,United Kingdom.
Ref : UK/9420X2/68.
Batch: 074/05/ZY369.
(Customer Services)

DEAR WINNER:

OFFICIAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on (1st Febuary, 2007) byTHE SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT PROGRAMME.

Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £550,000.00{Five hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds} each in the THE SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT PROGRAMME However the results were released and your email was attached to ticket number (88301654) and ballot number (BT:1205255/20), The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet i.e the computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ). However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

YOU have therefore been approved to claim the total sum of £550,000.00{Five hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds} in cash credited to file.

,Please contact Dr. Darren F Burke, your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine days of this winning notification.

PLEASE CONTACT:
******************************************
Name r. Darren F Burke
E-mail:[email protected] PHONE:+44 701113 0081
FAX:+447005-931-432
Foreign Services Validating Officer.
******************************************
Note: Endeavour to email the Validating Officer your: Full Names________
Occupation________
Ticket Numbers____
Email Address_____
Telephone Number__
Country_______

Congratulations from me and members and staff of SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.

Yours faithfully,
Rose Woods (Mrs) Online co-ordinator, For: SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
__________________

 

[weblord]

i received this email almost every week yes it's a scam thinking ive never played lotto and am from the Philippines.

 

[owntype]

They should purchase my l0ttery.com for performing a better scam. :yell:

 

[htmlindex]

I don't even bother to open up & read those type of emails, waste of time.

 

[netzilla]

Since when do they notify by email anyway LOL!

 

[000]

I don't even bother to open up & read those type of emails, waste of time.

I don't even ever see these type of emails because of my spam filter. :D

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[fonzie_007]

They should purchase my l0ttery.com for performing a better scam. :yell:

Don't give them ideas....

 

[Jasdon]

Whenever I get something like this I simply reply;

"F**k off"

but not using ** - I know it doesn't get me anywhere, but I feel better after it!

 

[Noner]

Never, ever trust a lottery winning email. Theres is no way, that you have won billions or that you have won even millions, if you haven't participated the competition. Also, if you have participated, I recommend you to check the winning from the local lottery office. They will tell you, if you won. But they will NOT definetely send you that kind of email. Those are ALWAYS a scam, and you are wasting your time, if you open them. Opening them may just get you more of those messages.

 

[veryboredme]

I get lots of these every day, in different ways, from different sites and companies, they get really annoying :p

 

[BurninDragon08]

I get those lottery winning email too. They are from different websites and my spam filter doesn't do a good job of filtering. lol.

 

[evertonian7uk]

i love the fact that you just won million on the lotto and you have to reply to some jock strap with a yahoo email account LOL!

like they'd have a yahoo account lol

 

[dgridley]

I've been getting those lately as well.. besides the fact I never entered any such lottery or sweepstakes, the Yahoo email account is an excellent and blatantly stupid tipoff to this being a scam.

i love the fact that you just won million on the lotto and you have to reply to some jock strap with a yahoo email account LOL!

like they'd have a yahoo account lol

 

[JBebbington]

I might phone that mobile later and see if I can get ahold of the b**stard.

The Grammar, the Yahoo account, the fact you didn't enter in the first place, plus all the other inadequecies make this a scam.

I haven't opened one of these for years.