I received a mail from BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS see details below can we believe it?

Question

Dear Winner,

Your ticket number: KTU/9023118308/03 with Serial number 5368/05 drew
the lucky number: 29 Congratulations, you have just won yourself
£5,000,000.00 in the satellite software email lottery. Online
Sweepstakes
International program held on 10TH ARRIL 2007
conducted by UK LOTTERY in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly
by software powered by the Internet.

Answer 1

It's a scam.
http://www.lottery.co.uk/info/scam8.asp

Answer 2

National Lottery Headquarters

Answer 3

Definitely a scam! I get them almost on a daily basis and I've never entered the British Lottery. They're trying to get your banking information etc. to rip you off. Another one is where they contact you from Nigeria, or one of those countries and tell you that their relative has died and left a huge inheritance for them but they can't access the money (???Why, I don't know) And they want you to send all your banking info. so they can send you a cheque. It's all a scam. You might want to check your computer for a virus also. If you're receiving those kind of things all the time, you might have a virus on your computer. I would do a complete scan with a virus check.

Answer 4

This is a pretty common SCAM.

Most likely they are trying to gain your confidence, get your bank account number, after which they will clean it out.

Do not respond. Forward the email to your internet provider and notify the police, although don't hold your breath that either can do a lot -- scams like this usually originate outside the Country.

Answer 5

ABSOLUTE SCAM!

They used to scam the owner of a business I used to work at. But I'm a huckster and scam the scammers right back. Once the business learned this they forwarded all of the "LOTTERY WINNING" calls to me. I'd do this:

ME (as the old guy): I WON! WOW! When do I get my money?
THEM: It could be as early as this next Monday. But first you need to send $xx.xx to us.
ME: Well I don't have that right now. Can you front me the $xx.xx? I'll double this amount. You can take it right out of the winnings before you send them to me.
THEM: No, it does not work that way. You need to send us the money first.
ME: No, you don't understand. I am asking YOU to do me this favor, not the lottery commission. YOU are going to get the extra money. You just front me the fee. Let me tell you this; I'll TRIPLE the mount. You front the $xx.xx out of YOUR pocket. I will then pay that amount out of the winnings and give you DOUBLE that amount. What do you say?
THEM: No, I can't do that....

Anyway I'd keep them on the phone for half an hour trying to convince them to do me this favor. It is technically illegal for them to hang up on you for one of these calls. So I'd waste their time.

This letter is no different.

Answer 6

Delete all foreign lottery emails and throw

away foreign lottery faxes and letters cause they

are ALL scams. Visit OnGuardOnline.gov for more

information.

Answer 7

Uh, no, sorry, it's a scam. If you respond, you'll find that they want personal info plus a "delivery fee" or something like that to deliver your "prize" to you. It's very common - many email addresses get one or more of these every week.

Answer 8

Don't do anything. They are fake. Don't send them any of your information. My best advice is, delete that mail from your mail-box.

Answer 9

I got that before also from the british lottery its just spam.

Answer 10

NO. I can not even believe that you believe that anyone would believe it.

It's a scam. Ignore it.