have you seen this lottory scam?

Question

have you got this scam ?
did you win another lottery you did not play in also?
The British National Lottery Headquarter,
PO Box 42 Peterborough
PE3 8XH
UNITED KINGDOM

Ref No: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
Batch No:901/00319/HLP

Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Hello Sir/Madam,

First of all, We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today.You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum payout of Nine Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten Pounds
(£915,810.00) in cash credited to file with Ref.NO. BLF/0073883/07. To file for your claim, Contact
our Prize Remittance Officer Mr.Gavin Wallace, with the PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM filled by you.
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Contact : Gavin Wallace
Email: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
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Answer 1

Thanks for the post on ths one.

Answer 2

I've been getting more and more of them lately - from all over. This is what I do:

· In Yahoo Mail, Options, General Preferences, I have my options set to display full headers and also block HTML images.
· When I receive one of these lottery notices, I carefully (underline carefully) open it, careful not to click on anything, then select the whole message (with full header) and copy.
· Go to Compose and paste in the message box.
· In the To box, I send to [e-mail]

This organization is working to shut these people down.

Note: If and when I get a legitimate e-mail with images, I scroll to the bottom of the message where there is a link to display HTML images in that particular message.

Answer 3

I have had about 20 of them over the last 6 months, that one and a variety of others from different countries.

Answer 4

Yep, I got it a while back. The amount of spam is getting larger and larger. I have been scanning anywhere my email address maybe registered and deleting them and spam has started declining.

Answer 5

What do you think?

It's this sort of gullibility that allows scam artists to thrive.

P.T. Barnum said that a sucker is born every minute.