The lottery was Draw (#942) of the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY, online British National Lottery program held on 11th December,2006.
The e-mail return address is
Barrister Paul Jones.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,UK NATIOANL CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
OCEANIC BT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: + 447024036366
Fax :+447092876242
email: info_claims.department@yahoo.co.uk
2006-12-11 04:46:43 · 30 answers · asked by Russell M 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
This is a Nigerian scam. If you respond they will tell you to send funds to either cover the taxes and then they will forward you your winnings or a line similar. The Internet Survey companies that tell you they will pay you to take surveys are the biggest source of the low life's getting your email address. These companies sell your information to other companies who in turn sell it again. The U.K. Lottery does not operate by just finding a name and email address out of the billions of people in the world and telling them they won. There would be no sense in the Brits buying a Lottery ticket then would there if they were going to give the prize to someone who didn't? If you did not buy a lottery ticket, anywhere, you did not win. I am a retired Police Officer that for years has investigated these Internet scams and advise law enforcement on scams much more complicated than these, and there are a bunch.
2006-12-11 05:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have won the lottery several times in the last month, which is no mean feat considering I don't buy a ticket. I have also been told by Barclays bank that my onine banking account has been compromised and that I need to confirm my details to them by clicking on a link - again, no mean feat since I don't bank with them, but then just to make sure I've also received letters from HSBC, Halifax and Nationwide telling me the same thing - and I don't bank with them either.
I file them all with the same letters that come from the desk of Mr Um Bongo from Nigeria who tells me that I have inherited $US10 million dollars. They are all scams. Press your delete button and think nothing more of it.
And besides all that, the UK National Lottery do not use free Yahoo email addresses. It is about the most pathetic scam attempt I have seen. After all, everyone knows that the Lotto is run by Camelot, and that it is up to you to file a winning ticket, not for them to contact you!!!
2006-12-11 05:06:20 · answer #2 · answered by Mental Mickey 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I won £60 doing the lottery online. If you don't have an online lottery account and haven't bought any tickets then no it is not for real.
They notified me in a very short and simple email saying something like "you have some exciting news in your lottery account. Please log in to your account to get more details."
If you haven't had a message like that then it is a scam.
2006-12-11 05:49:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anna G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure the head of the British lottery has a yahoo address...
OF COURSE IT IS A SCAM!!
2006-12-11 04:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by i hate hippies but love my Jesus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a total SCAM. I recently got a lottery notice and I thought O'h I have just won a million dollars. I try to sign up and it takes forever and then you have to buy a bunch of stuff...don't bother with it.
2006-12-11 04:56:17 · answer #5 · answered by rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a well known scam...don't even think of emailing as the spam you will get will clog your inbox for a month. AND if you try ringing the number iot will be at £1.50 per minute - minimim of 20 mins!!!!
2006-12-11 04:57:03 · answer #6 · answered by Kaypee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you never entered the lottery, NO you cannot have won it, so it must be a scam. ESPECIALLY if they want a payment from you.
If you win the lottery you should already know about it.
2006-12-11 04:56:21 · answer #7 · answered by HARRY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam did you enter a lottery no you have to be in it to win it and as you did not enter is a big SCAM
2006-12-11 04:50:36 · answer #8 · answered by cliffhanger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it's a scam, if you didn't play, do didn't win. if they ask you the following: for you to send money to claim prize, you name, address, social security number, phone number, credit card number, bank account info, or other personal info questions, then this is a scam. all instant wins you receive via telephone, email, mail door to door sale, and you didn't play to win them are scams.
the only person getting money out of this is the person(s) sending you this stuff. all you'll get is debts.
2006-12-11 08:09:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Did you buy a ticket?
2. If so, did your numbers match the ones drawn out?
If the answer to either of these questions is no, then it is a scam.
2006-12-11 04:56:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋