Lottery scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

  • you win any lottery where you didn't buy a ticket! It's really that easy! It's not just too good to be true: it's bait in a trap!
  • you receive a generous grant out of the blue. Sadly (but not surprisingly) there aren't any benevolent people regularly throwing around millions of pounds/dollars/euros to randomly chosen people. This is just the lottery scam without the ticket.
  • they send you partial payment in the form of a cheque, money order, or direct bank transfer and want you to pay them fees out of that money. They're playing you for a sucker: cheques are frequently forged, and direct transfers made by compromising some poor schmuck's online banking service. You'll wind up a victim of fraud, or a party to it.
  • they want you to send them any money of any sort for any reason. They might try to say there are courier fees or taxes to cover. They're lying. Call their bluff and tell them to take the fees out themselves -- they'll never ever agree, because they can't defraud you unless money is making the reverse trip from you to them somehow.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Mrs. Rose Wood

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mrs. Rose Wood <fiduciary_2006_agent101@tlen.pl>
Date: 11-Nov-2006 23:12
Subject: Mrs. Rose Wood
To: undisclosed-recipients


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59


Dear Winner,


We happily announce to you the draw (#984) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on 11th of Nov. 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:10.16.21.24.34.46. [30]
Bonus Ball which subsequently won the Jackpot prize. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000(Two million five hundread
Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.


All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a 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 £2,500,000 would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.


To file for your claim, please contact
Fred Mark
Email:fiduciary_2006_agent101@tlen.pl

Who will direct you on how to claim your winnings
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to
show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e.
Drivers license or International passport.


For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims 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. Please be warned.


Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.

ONCE AGAIN THE WHOLE OF THE NATIONAL UK LOTTERY STAFFS ARE
CONGRATULATING YOU, SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS TO ENABLE US FILE YOUR CLIAMS.


VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________


5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.BATCH NUMBER:____________________ B. REF NUMBER:______________

10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
11.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

___________________________________________


12. COUNTRY________________________________


Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send
you the contact information of the payment office so you
can proceed with effecting the release of your claim
in anyway you deem fit.


Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)


Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:



We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 27th of
november,2006.

It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION
as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:4-6-9-12-15-40 (bonus
no.25),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5
plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£3,987,470(Three million nine hundred and eighty seven thousand,four
hundred and
seventy pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This
is from a total cash prize of £15,949,880 shared amongst the(4)lucky
winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.All participants for
the
online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through
computer draw system andextracted fr om 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 £3,987,470 (Three million nine hundred and
eighty seven thousand,four hundred and seventy pounds sterling)will 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 her.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. Please be warned.To file for your
claim,

please contact our fiduciary agent:Fred Anderson

Official Email:Claimsdept_info@yahoo.co.uk


Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood (Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

Important Notice: Your Email address and winning information were
provided by INTERNET AND EMAIL CENSORS ASSOCIATION The United Kingdom
Lottery accepts no blame for any unwarranted use of email
addresses,therefore all blames, complains should be directed to the
INTERNET
AND EMAIL CENSORS ASSOCIATION

Anonymous said...

thankyou for putting this up because i got this e-mail to and i knew it was a scam but i just wanted to do some investigating.

but now its a bit different,
UK National Lottery
Ref : L/200-26937
Batch :2007MJL-01

FINAL NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you today 3rd Novermber, 2007 of the result of the winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, held on the 1st November, 2007, ticketnumber:56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02 this are your lucky numbers:09, 12, 22, 27, 31, 43, Bonus 19.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000.00 (One Million British Pound Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent;

Dr.Pinkett Brown
E-mail : claimsagentdepts2@yahoo.de
Tel : +447-0457-40071

Provide him with the information below:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of
Residence:
9.Telephone
Number:

Congratulations, on behalf of the entire staff of this Board.

Sincerely,
MRS Rose Wood
Online coordinator for THE UK LOTTERY
Sweepstakes.

ross said...

And here's another one...

BRITISH LOTTERY 6/49
P O Box 1010, 3b Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
20th November , 2007

FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are notifying you on our Online Draw held on 20/11/07, where your Email emerged one of the Two lucky winners who won the first prize of atotal sum of 1,000,000.00, from a total payout prize pool of 2,000,000.00 in our Online Lottery Draw. Your e-mail was attached to Ticket no:56475600545188, Serial no:2113-05, Lucky no:08-11-17-30-32-41bonus no:47,REFNO:BRLFGP2551256/02You have been selected for a cash prize of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling). The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected.The BRITISH. NATIONAL LOTTERY is approved by the British Gaming Board.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our Account Officer of Brown Shipley Bank department for more infomation as regards procedures to claimyour prize.

You are to contact the Account Officer
Sir Michael Clarkson
TELL:+447045700138
Email: info@brownshipley.org

(1) FULL NAME
(2) FULL ADDRESS
(3) NATIONALITY.
(4) AGE
(5) OCCUPATION
(6 )TELEPHONE NUMBER
(7) SEX
(8) TOTAL AMOUNT WON
(9) COUNTRY

NOTE: YOU MUST ENDEAVOUR TO STATE THE FOLLOWING:Ticket no:56475600545188, Serial no:2113-05, Lucky no:08-11-17-30-32-41 bonus no:47, REFNO:BRLFGP2551256/02, so that they can attend to you timely.*Winners are advised to keep their winning etails/information from the public
to avoid Fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim by Winner. *Winner under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified. *Staff of the British Lottery are not to partake in this Lottery.

Congratulation!!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Anderson

ross said...

Just check the PO Box 1010 and Mrs. Rose. They are all the same.

Anonymous said...

I keep recieving these emails how do i make them stop?????


Uk National Lottery
Ref: L/200-26937
Batch: 2007MJL-01

Email: uklotto_claims_agent065@yahoo.co.uk



ONLINE NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you November, 2007 of the result of the
winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, held on the

20th of November, 2007.You have therefore been approved to claim a Lump
sum pay out of £1,000 000 (One Million Pounds Sterling) in cash
credited to file XYL/26510460037/06. Which means you are one of the
winners of the Uk Online National Lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent;

Mr. Pinkett Griffin
Email:uklotto_claims_agent065@yahoo.co.uk

TEL:+447045721629

Provide him with the information below:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Wood
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Bob said...

Helloo friends dont believe on junk mails are totally scam this
types of mails alot came to me but when i search bout them i became to know thats its totally wrong way to send money to anyone so take care of ur money and read bout the cheating of mrs rose wood with me

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON‏
From: cd33@twcny.rr.com
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as unsafe
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 9:50:00 PM
Reply-to: ukclaimsagent_officer003@yahoo.co.uk
To:



UK ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)


ONLINE NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £1,000,000.00 (British Pounds) held on the 8th of December 2007 in London Uk.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected.

The UK ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL is approved by the British Gaming Board.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduaciary claims department for more infomation as regards procedures to claim your prize.

REF No: UKNL-L/200-26937
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644

You are to contact the Claims Consultant:

Mr. John Morgan
Tel: +44-701-113-1298
Tel: +44-703-195-8028
Email: ukclaimsagent_officer003@yahoo.co.uk

(1) FULL NAME
(2) FULL ADDRESS
(3) NATIONALITY
(4) AGE
(5) OCCUPATION
(6 )TELEPHONE NUMBER
(7) SEX
(8) TOTAL AMOUNT WON
(9) COUNTRY

If you do not contact your claims agent within 3 working days of this Notification, your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid Fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim by Winner.

*Winner under the age of 17 are automatically disqualified. *Staff of the UK ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL are not to partake in this Lottery.

Congratulation!!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Wood

Anonymous said...

Ref: XYL /26510460037/05Batch: 24/00319/IPD This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prizeof £2,696,385 pounds held December, 2007 in London UK.The selection process was carried out through random selection in Ourcomputerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over250,000 email Addresses drawn from which you were selected. Contact our agent for claims:Agents Name: Marc KennethEmail: contact_marckenneth34@yahoo.itTel: +44 7024080126 Fill the below:1. Name: 2. Address 3. Marital Status: 4. Occupation: 5. Age:6. Sex: 7. Nationality: 8. Country of Residence: 9. Telephone Number: PAYMENT MODE: OPTIONS1.BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER.2.CERTIFIED COURIERED CHEQUE MADE OUT IN YOUR NAME Yours faithfully,Mrs.Rose Wood

Anonymous said...

Hey Everybody ITs totally Fucking Scam Scam Scam Fuck IT Dont Replay Nor Call Them Niether Email Them Just Let THem Fuck Thier Selfs

fikrihisham91 said...

thanks for putting this up. i received 2 lottery email scams.

Irish National Online Lottery
P O Box 1010 Dublin, 11 G
Lower Dorset Street
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY36

We are pleased to inform you that your e-mail address has won the Irish
National Lottery. Therefore you have been approved for a lump sum
payout of £450,000.00(GBP) Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds in
the Irish National Lottery program held on 24th January 2008, and
released today 25th January 2008.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
21,000 email addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets
were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail ID
emerged as one of the winners in the 3rd category.

You are therefore been approve to lump sum of £450,000.00(GBP).To
file and claim your winning, please contact our Fiduciary Agent for
the processing of your winning particulars, with the following
information_s below.

To file for your claim,
********************************************
Contact Person: Mr. Robert Micheal
EMAIL: dr_robert100@yahoo.de
Tel: +44 704 5757 689
*********************************************
Provide him with the informations:
1.Full Name:2.Full Address:3.Status:
4.Occupation: 5.Age 6.Sex:7.Country:8.Tel.Number:

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Wood
Irish Online Co-Ordinator

Anonymous said...

If there's one thing I hate more than a scammer, it's a scammer who can't even put any effort into the e-mail. here's the one I just received:

From: "© 2008 UK LOTTERY BOARD"
To: infouk@lottery.co.uk
Subject: Congratulation Lucky Winner

You won the sum of £1.000,000.00 GBP from our monthly British
National Lottery Promotion,you are hereby adviced to get back to us,
to claim your prize.Contact Mr.Michael Field: Email:
infouknationallottery12@yahoo.co.uk
Claims Requirements:
1.Full name:
2.Address:
3.Age:
4.Sex:
5.Phone Number:
6.Country Of Residence.
Mrs. Rose Wood.


No exclamation marks or anything! I feel so cheated...

Fröken Anna said...

Congratulation your email address have won the sum of £1.000,000.00
Pounds
in our ( MICROSOFT PROMOTION).you are hereby advised to get back to
us,
to claim your prize with your complete details,Name,sex,age,Address,
country,occupation

Contact:Dr.Pinkett Griffin
Email:claimdesk_2008@live.com

Regard
Mrs. Rose Wood.

Anonymous said...

This also another one:

IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD
ONLINE NOTIFICATION

Contact Mr>Edward Brown for the claim of £1.350.000 pounds which
you have won in IRISH-PROMO.

Provide your Names,Address,Age,Occupation,
Tel,Country. Email:edwardbrown007@hotmail.com

Sincerely,
Mrs.Rose Woods.
IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY

Anonymous said...

I just received one recently from this "Rose Wood". It's different than yalls though. It's a bit sad that someone who supposed to be a clever scammer can't even get their grammar and punctuation right.. The ironic thing is, I'm in America... Why would I, someone who's not even old enough to get one in the first place, buy a lottery ticket from another country?:

**WINNER 2008**‏
From: Mrs.Rose Wood (ridgewalker@sympatico.ca)
Sent: Tue 7/29/08 5:46 PM
Reply-to: pinkettgriffin01@btinternet.com
To: info@uklotto.org

Contact Mr.Pinkett for the claim of £450,000,00 pounds which youhave won in UK LOTTERY. Provide your Names, Address,Age,Occupation,Tel,Country Send: pinkettgriffin01@btinternet.com

Anonymous said...

Graciela:
Hoy recibí el siguiente mail:Attn:Contact Event Manager.

This is to inform you that you have won a Bonaza prize of money (£900,000.00) NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS STERLINGS for the month of August 2008 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO&MSN MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of
the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.


1.First Name 2.Home Address: 3.Age: 4.Sex: 5.Occupation: 6 Phone Number 7Country Of Residence

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788


(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name:Mr.DAVID BARRY
E-mail:Barr.clenteventmanager@hotmail.co.uk

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------
Choose your mode of Transfer (Bank Transfer or Courier Delivery)
1. Bank Transfer
2. Courier Delivery.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------

Regards,
Mrs. Rose Wood.
Official Prize Award


NOTE THAT YOU HAVE TO CONTACT THIS WITH YOUR INFORMAIL E-mail:Barr.clenteventmanager@hotmail.co.uk


¡Cómo me hubiera gustado que pudiera ser cierto!jajajaja Pero es una estafa más...

Unknown said...

ATTENTION: WINNER

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand (British Pounds) held on the 29th of November, 2008 in London UK.The Selection was carried out through a Computer Random Selection System and your email address came out as one of the Three Lucky Winners.

Contact our fiduciary agent for claims with:

Agents Name: Mr.Brown Smith
Email:mr.brownsmith-customerservice01@live.com
Tell: +44 702 403 2734
+44 702 40 32679

REF No: UKNL-L/200-26937
BATCH No: 2005MJL-01
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644

Fill the below:
1. Name:
2. Address
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:

Congratulation!!
Sincerely,
Mrs.Rose Wood
Online Co-ordinator.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property
Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts

Editor said...

Here's what mine said - it turned up in my Spam box:

Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that your Email Address have just won
you
the sum of £1,000,000.00 (one millions Great British
Pounds) ,From the Microsoft Lottery
International
online promotion, held on the 1st of December 2008.
The selection process was carried out through random
selection in our
computerized Email selection system (ESS) from a database
of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of
the world The
Microsoft Lottery award is approved by the British
Gaming
Board and Also Licensed by the International Association of
Gaming
Regulators(IAGR).his lottery is the 2nd of its kind and we
intend to
sensitize the public.

This is your secret pin code MGA00111234 and your
reference number MGA: 12058006/06.

Contact the Claims Agent on the Email Address
below to claim your winnings

Sir Morgan Luke
Microsoft headquaters, 19 Ul,
Essex , PE9 2YP ,London
United Kingdom.
Tel:+447045703539.
E-mail: morgan_luke01@live.com
congratulations once again!

With Best Regards
Mr. Dominic Gerard
Lottery Manager

Unknown said...

The Sum Of £1,000,000.00 Pounds has been won by your EMAIL
Address in our 2009 NEW YEAR sweepstakes program. Do get
back to this office with your claims requirement such as

1.Name in full
2.Address
3.Nationality
4.Age
5.Sex
6.Occupation
7.Phone/Fax
8.Present Country

Reply to this confidential Email Address:
john57733@yahoo.com.hk

Best Regards
Mrs Rose Wood.

Anonymous said...

NOKIA NATIONAL BONANZA HEADQUARTERS:
P O Box ABUJA,
L70 1NL NIGERIA.
REFERENCE NUMBER:L/200-26937
BATCH NUMBER:2007MJL-01
SERIAL No: S/N-00168

FINAL NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you today 28th JANUARY,2009, the result of the
winners in the NOKIA NATIONAL BONANZA ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME,held 1ST
January,2009.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
$1,000,000(One Million United State Dollars) in cash credited to file
XYL/26510460037/06.
To file for your claim, please contact our Head Office with your winning
informations;

Mrs. Judith Brown
Email: nokiaproaward@btinternet.com

Provide them with the information below:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Wood.
NOKIA NATIONAL BONANZA.

Anonymous said...

NOKIA NATIONAL BONANZA HEADQUARTERS:
P O Box ABUJA,
L70 1NL NIGERIA.
REFERENCE NUMBER:L/200-26937
BATCH NUMBER:2007MJL-01
SERIAL No: S/N-00168

FINAL NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you today 28th JANUARY,2009, the result of the
winners in the NOKIA NATIONAL BONANZA ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME,held 1ST
January,2009.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
$1,000,000(One Million United State Dollars) in cash credited to file
XYL/26510460037/06.
To file for your claim, please contact our Head Office with your winning
informations;

Mrs. Judith Brown
Email: nokiaproaward@btinternet.com

Provide them with the information below:

1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Wood.
NOKIA NATIONAL BONANZA.

Unknown said...

Congratulations...You Have Won

Ref: XYL /26510460037/09
Batch: 24/00319/IPD

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize
of £1,000,000.00 pounds held 2nd August, 2009 in London UK.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in Our
computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over
250,000 email Addresses drawn from which you were selected.

Contact our fiduciary agent for claims with:
Agents Name: Alex Daniel
Email: bayleys_service@live.com
Tel: +44 702-403-8640


Fill the form below:

1. Name:
2. Address
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:

PAYMENT MODE: OPTIONS
1.BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER.
2.CERTIFIED CHEQUE MADE OUT IN YOUR NAME
COURIERED

Yours faithfully,
Sincerely,
Mrs.Rose Wood