The Heritage Lottery Fund.
Address : 7 Holbein Place
Town City/County :London
Post Code:SW1W 8NR
Reference Number: HLF/06-HYE/8938
Batch: HLF/CH- LF/7833
Congratulations!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of Heritage
Lottery Fund.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
£850,000.00Eight Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file HLF/CH-
LF/7833.
To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent
assigned to you:
NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
FAX........................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................
AMOUNT WON........................
Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to
our Promotion manager
along with your winning numbers through email or fax.
Mr.John Smith
Heritage Lottery Fund.
Information and Payment Bureau:
London Representative Office.
Phone:+44-701-113-9523
FAX :+ 44-207-6925526
E-mail:hlf_claims01@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for
being part of our
promotions program.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Fredrick Martins
Promotions Manager.
Heritage Lottery Fund.
2007-01-11 16:26:47 · 17 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
This is a Nigeria scam. Yahoo/MSN, U.K. and Australian lotteries, football lotteries from the same counties, Global-Link, World Poverty, Microsoft, Free Lotto, which now seems to have it's own people answering gambling questions on this site claiming they have won which is a total lie, and hundreds more. I am a retired Police Officer that has years of experience investigating Internet scams and frauds. This is an old one. The common link to them getting your email is on line surveys. Yahoo does not give it's stock holders money away nor does it give it's email subscribers address's to lotteries. The only way to win in a lottery is to buy a ticket, if you didn't you could not possibly win. Here is the website of the 17 nation law enforcement task force that investigates cross border Internet crime. You may file a complaint there. www.econsumer.gov. Also go to www.ripoffreport.com and browse complaints and you will find many having the same doubts as yourself about these scams. Below is a typical scam and how they work it. They just go under a thousand different names. They are asking you to send a prepayment to collect your winnings and they want you to send it by a money wire service. Lotteries do not just pick your name out of thin air, and just so happen to have your email also. No Internet service provider gives their email list out to lotteries. If you did not pay to play you could not possibly win.
recieved letter of winning $65000.00 Pacific Player International lotteries,please contact claims agent miss linda strong at 204-951-7582. Second letter came with a check for the amount of $2,470.00 To deposited in my bank account for processing fee,a week later check cleared my bank. I contacted my claims agent over the phone she advise me to wire the balance of $2,341.00 to a Mr Edward Culwell in New York,New York.I called miss linda strong to advise her of the western union confirmation number,to date can not get in touch with linda strong just her voice mail, I know now that it was all a RIP-OFF and now Iam in the hole with $2,470.00 with my bank.... Please send HELP... THANK YOU VERY MUCH
2007-01-12 13:43:45 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I haven't received the exact sameone but I often get e-mails like this. There is one that tells me I have won a Irish lottery that I receive frequently. I just delete them immediately and hope that they are not fooling anyone with this crap even though I know they are. It's ashame the things people will do to try and "steal" money from other unsuspecting people.
From what little I know about this, it's almost impossible to catch these people. They switch out their e-mail address, use different computers etc. to make it harder to track them.
2007-01-12 09:26:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. Ask yourself this question, did you play the lottery? Don't give them your personal information unless you want to cash forged checks.
2007-01-12 00:31:52 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Tee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I get a lot of these emails, they are scams, in the first place, how would I win if I never entered. Delete them.
2007-01-12 00:35:35 · answer #4 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've received emails like that to many times to count.
2007-01-12 00:29:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
some people at my work were talking about this email a couple of weeks ago. I didnt get it though.
2007-01-12 00:29:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
WOW CONGRATS!!!
HEY, i just checked my mail and i won a free I-POD.....isn't the internet great when you win 20 free things a day in our BULK folders! LOL
2007-01-12 00:29:08 · answer #7 · answered by freshlybakedj 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah yould wish they send it every time once i won $250000 i wont let you know what happened but after you claim your price tell answers what they gave to you
2007-01-12 17:20:39 · answer #8 · answered by THE TRUE DOGGFATHER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are once of the BIGGEST scams out there.. mark it as spam and move on... :)
2007-01-12 00:30:17 · answer #9 · answered by Shay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There seem to be a lot of us lucky people !
I got it too!
2007-01-12 01:02:18 · answer #10 · answered by prettycoolchick38 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋