Should I Believe This? I recieved it in the mail?

Question

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Support Center
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF
United Kingdom

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: UKNL/26510460037/06
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
Today, 24th August 2006, of winners of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
held on 20th August 2006 in Croydon,London.
You email address was attached to ticket number
drew
The lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently
Won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
Of 500,000.00 British Pounds(GBP) in cash credited to file REF
. This is from total prize money
Of 2,000,000.00 British Pounds(GBP) shared among the four
International winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide
Website.

Answer 1

Absolutely not, I got one a few years ago saying I won half a mill to, first they will want your ID, then they will want you to send money to "Transfer the funds" DONT DO IT its a scam, I promise there is no such thing as an international lottery, its illegal.

Answer 2

well kristin i live in the uk and play the lottery every week and its the first i,ve heard of this-and the national lottery are very quick to announce promotions such as this. i live by one rule princess-if it sounds too good to be true-it usually is. this is not to say its not true by the same token you might want to look into it-go into their website-if this is not mentioned be wary-alternatively you could call lottery hq-and they will confirm whether your letter is good or not. but under no circumstances do you send money/bank details until this has been checked out. nb-if you are under 16 kristin you cannot claim-but your mom or dad can. having just gone back to your thread and read it again i see 43 has come up twice-this would not happen in a uk lottery draw.

Answer 3

I got something like this but I didn't even bother to read it because it's usually spam, once you enquire they spam you more, so if you want to follow up use an anonymous remailer or something. Alternatively search for this UK national lottery on the net and if a legitimate site comes up in the first few (like .gov.uk) see if they're email address coincides with this and ask them whether this is real.

Answer 4

You have to ask yourself which of two situations you could live with.

1. It's true and you do nothing about it.
2. It's not and you follow it up (bailing out if you are asked for any money or get suspicious.). If they are genuine they will be more than willing to do so.

Answer 5

hi

i have just made a search on google for the address shown on your enquiry and it is a scam you can actually copy that letter from an address posted

further on in the search it explains that the scam has been circulating for awhile from Nigeria

the best place for it is in the bin

Answer 6

NO Don't fall for it they are going to want your bank info and you shouldn't do anything like that on computer or phone. Never give out that info. It is a HOAX. Believe me I fell for something like that and I ended up paying out alot of money and didn't get anything

Answer 7

no not at alll, i keep getting such wining notification, these sites after having information from u, can hack ur passowrd and all details, there r possible chances of theft tooo


BEWARE....

Answer 8

Obviously Not! I receieve about ten(s) on them, daily.

Regards
(Siddharth Razdan)

Answer 9

BEWARE OF THE NIGERIAN SCAM!!!

Just ignore some bloggers emotional replies.

Answer 10

It is a scam,, I recieve those all the time,, tracked once and found it a scam