Getting emails about winning lottery in Uk?

Question

British International Lottery
55 Currie Street London L70 1NL.
United Kingdom.
Ref: 4758961725/OE
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188/OE




Attention Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I am Dr. Kent Russell, the fiduciary agent assigned to your case to help you in the claims process of your funds. I wish to congratulate you and to say you are a lucky person to have won this lottery. All the winners in the Lottery were selected randomly through a computer ballot system from Email addresses. You are required to fill the form below to facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will lead to the payment of your prize to you as required.

Duly complete the Prize Award Verification forms to enable this office verify and process your winnings, and have your Won Sum and winning Certificate sent to you.

We strongly advice you to adhere and comply to the instructions above in order to avoid disqualification.

Find attached a Prize Award Verification & Payment Form Draft below which you are expected to fill out and return by fax or email to this office within 72hours of receipt.

UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD VERIFICATION FORM.(PERSONAL DETAILS):

NAME( MR. MRS. MISS.):........................................................................
COMPANY NAME: (IF APPLICABLE)..............................................................
ADDRESS:.......................................................................................
CITY:.......................................................................................
STATE:...…...................................................................................
ZIP.........................................................................................
CODE:..........................................................................................
COUNTRY:.....................................................................................
TEL:..........................................................................................
FAX:...........................….............................................................
HOME...........................................................................................
EMAIL ADDRESS:...................…..............................................................
WEBSITE:......................................................................................
OCCUPATION:...............................…...................................................
MARITAL STATUS:......................................................................................
DATE OF PRIZE WON:.......................................................................
DATE OF BIRTH:...........................................................................

CLAIMANT SIGNATORY DECLARATION:
I ............................................................. Declare as the lotto prize winner that all information I have provided for my winning claims are true and correct. I agreed with the instructions in line with the processing and transfer of my Lottery Award Prize.

NOTE: THIS VERIFICATION FORM SHOULD BE COMPLETELY FILLED OUT AND RETURN BY EMAIL WITHIN 72HOURS OF RECEIPT OF THIS FORM.

MODE OF COLLECTION

There are Two options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the two, the options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:

OPTION 1: Conveyance of your winning certificate, cheque and Letter of Affidavit for claim to you via our affiliated assigned courier company.

OPTION 2: Your prize money will be credited to your bank account via an automated
Direct Wire Transfer System, operated by our paying bank here in London.

In returning this Verification and clearance form, you are expected to indicate the most suitable Mode of Collection to you.

Once again,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Kent Russell
Claims Processing Agent.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail:[e-mail]


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Answer 1

it's a scam. report it as a email spam. i used to get those but stopped when i reported it. ignore those emails. don't give any info or reply to that. it's dangerous.

Answer 2

These are typical 419 scams. If you want visit 419eaters.com. This site will give you information to mess with these guys who steal millions of dollars a year from innocent people. By wasteing the scammers time you are helping potential innocent people from being scammed. But you also have to scam safe. These people are dangerous. Get a fake account. I use gmail because you cant trace me. Check out the site and read some of the scams. They are hilarious.

Answer 3

Obviously the same a the Nigerian scam.
You seem to be the only distant relative of.......
You can only access your money when you deposit 1000 dollar to an account.
It looks all legit:but it is never.
Do not give all your personal details on line ever.
Robbie Holland.
Try to find where I live:I only gave away my first name and the country where I live.
SO,DID YOU NOT GET THE SMELL OF A BIG SCAM IN YOUR NOSE IMMEDIATELY?
Have a great day though.

Answer 4

I work as a security officer for a fairly large federal contractor and I see this scam as well as another pretty regularly. (The other is from a bank manager or a religious organization asking you to open a bank account so they may deposit millions of unaccountable funds in it for you to share)
Not only are these scams, but they are dangerous to you personally as well. This one asks for passport information and other information unique to you - making you a target for identity theft, or making it easy to duplicate your passport for other unsavory purposes.
In short- don't EVER respond in any sense to these emails at all.

Answer 5

Since this gives UK numbers forward email with full headers to
[e-mail]

I've done a fair bit of scambaiting myself and have trophys (like photos and other stuff you get scammers to send you)... but its just a waste of time. Also forward mail to [e-mail] and try to get this email address shut down. (yahoo is usually very lackadaisical about this)
How can anyone win a lottery they didnt enter in the first place?

Answer 6

It is another scam

http://www.joewein.de/sw/419-british-international.htm

You have to buy a ticket to enter the National Lottery in this country....in fact I would say that that goes for the majority of lotterys, so if you haven't bought a ticket, you haven't won anything.

Answer 7

Pls ignore of these type of greedy dog scams, riddles emails.

Answer 8

Does the word SCAM come to mind?

Answer 9

Its a scam. Nigerian Guys at work

Answer 10

Its a scam, just ignore it.