Below is the e-mail I received. Looking very official with officail looking numbers. It is not requesting me to send any money but another report I read they were asked to send money. If I would have responded to this they may have asked me to send money. I am not responding. I checked this out on line and there is not national lottery that is done via e-mail. Check out this site.
of course there were actual numbers here but I took them out but tried to keep the amount of characters so you could see for yourself how it looked.
BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY
REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration xxxxxxxX).
UNITED KINGDOM, LONDON.
Annual Lottery Promotions
Customer Service
Ref: UKL/xxxxxXx/xx
Batch: xxxx/xxx/xxxxx
YOU HAVE WON 710, 000 POUNDS STERLING
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are officially informing you of the result of the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY programs held on the 1st of MAY as part of our promotional programs for the year 2007 in London, UNITED KINGDOM. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: xxxx/xx with Serial number:
xxxxxxxxxxx xxx drew the lucky numbers:00-00-xx-xx-00-0{xx}, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Seven Hundred And Ten Thousand
Pounds Sterling in cash credited to file xxx/0000000000/xx.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your funds have now been deposited and insured through our security firm for transfer to your chosen destination in cash. We also advice that you keep your winning information very confidential as our security
policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous individuals. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email
selection system (ESS) from a database of over 500, 000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This promotional program being the first of its kind will now take place annually and we hope with
part of your winning you will take part in our next year Two Million Pounds, International Lottery Draws. To file for your claim, our accounts department authorized to verify and process your claims for your total
payment would be contacting you. (You will receive more information upon your acknowledgment of this email) via our designated claims officer,
...
Contact Person: Barr. Daniel Grams
Email: our e-mail
Tel: 44-704-570-9196
Fax: 44-203-070-0899
...
Provide him with the information below:
1.Full Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Email Address:
12.Draw Number above:
We intend to use this medium to help individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them to expand their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and assisting with humanitarian concerns within their immediate environment. Please Note that claims must be made not later than 24th of MAY. After this date all winning funds will be included in our subsequent program. In order to avoid complications
always quote your reference number in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform us as soon as possible.
Congratulations from our organizations and thank you for being part of our promotional program. N.B: Anybody under the age of 18 is not eligible to participate in this program.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Kate Brown
Co-ordinator
BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY
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