i got an email notifying me that i am the winner of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY is that true or false?

Question

that email ask me for my personal information i dought of it becouse no telephone number or fax is menshiond about the office that i can cal him

and the number they told me in the email is trully published in the uk lottery site as the winning number

Answer 1

Would that be from a PO Box in Liverpool?

This is a scam. A variation of the Nigerian 419 Advance Fee Fraud. The idea is to get you to salivate over the millions you believe you are about to receive to soften you up for the suggestion they will then make that you need to send a few hundred pounds for administration fees or notary fees or some other official-sounding claptrap to get your money released to you.

The mugs duly wire a few hundred quid they have worked hard for off to the scammers via Western Union and eagerly wait for the plop of an envelope contaioning a cheque for millions on their doormat.

And guess what? IT NEVER COMES. AND YOU NEVER HEAR FROM THE SCAMMERS AGAIN. They have melted into the night.

Lottery scam
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A typical lottery scam is a scam email that tells the recipient they have won a sum of money in a lottery. The recipient is instructed to keep the notice secret and to contact an agent. After contacting the "agent", the recipient will be asked to pay money as fees, but will never receive any lottery payment.

This scam is a version of an advance fee fraud scam. A typical scam email will read like this:

PRIME LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
Customer S
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-LOTTO Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 27th of March, 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 19-6-26-17-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of U.S $ 2.5 Million dollars, shared amongst the first nine (9) luckywinners in this category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually. 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 U.S$2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our payment office in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: Mr Richard Diwar Email:[e-mail]

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondence with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
SIR HENRY BERNARD
UK-LOTTO Co-ordinator

Answer 2

People receiving any such email need to be very cautious. Emails can claim to be from representatives of any organisation or government but that does not mean that this is true.

There is only one National Lottery in the UK and people have to buy a ticket to win and then they need to claim their prize using the ticket as proof. The National Lottery does not have any draws of email addresses and certainly would not demand that prize winners send them money! Information about the lottery can be found on the web at:

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do

You could also, if you wish, contact the National Lottery for clarification, at:

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
Email [e-mail]

Answer 3

There are three options;
1) You don't do the lottery, in which case they don't have your email address and you didn't win it anyway.
2) You enter using a lottery ticket, in which case they do not have any details about you (much less your email address), you have to check your ticket yourself and claim in the usual manner
3) You have a standing entry, in which case, they already have all the details they need to make the payment and they do not need any more details. You can check your numbers if you like, but I doubt very much if you have won.

Advice; DO NOT RESPOND!

Answer 4

The national lottery you win it by buying a ticket, so you should have that ticket ,do you have a winning ticket (NO).
so how the heck would they have your email address ,do not reply to this email its all to get personal details so the sender can get your bank details to get money from you then you will be a National lottery con loser.
This email is not from The National lottery

Answer 5

its false. Don't fall for that trap. You would not get an email from the UK national Lottery, they would contact you personally.

Answer 6

Wow! When you finish collecting your lottery winnings let me know. I have a bridge over the Thames for sale and it sounds like you're just the person I've been waiting for...

Answer 7

It's a scam. Don't send anything. If you contact them, they will try to get you to pay a security deposit so you can get your winnings. If you pay is, that's the last you'll hear from them. Do not give them any information - do not even reply to them because that will tell them that they have found an active e-mail address

Answer 8

Well a good way to know for sure is to use your common sense. When you receive things like this, ask yourself "Did I even enter this lottery?" How can you win something you've never even heard of, signed up for, entered...etc. Good luck.

Answer 9

Don't trust it - you should forward it to the real UK national lottery people to make them aware of this scam

Answer 10

Definitely false!!! I get them all the time too. I also get the ones that want me to inherit someone's money because they don't have any family to leave it to. I even got sent pictures of them in a hospital bed. I never believe it for a minute.