i received this is email saying i won the lotto. fake or real?

Question

London's 2012 Olympic
Paralympic Games

Lottery Headquarters: 210-211 Universal Building
Address: 361-363 North Woolwich Road London E16 2BS
United Kingdom
Phone: [phone]


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Batch: ( 18/006/1094/LIPDA/SL.)
Ref: (london456438)
Date:06/12/2007

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CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:


We happily announce to you the draw of London's 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid lottery Award International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: (7017-4162-1018) with ! Serial number (MH4710019)Drew the winning NO: (80, 35, 11, 72, 90, 41 and Bonus number 1 ), and Insurance number (KISCS433/2010SNLP/2007) which subsequently on you the lottery award in the 2nd category.

Your name have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,100,000.00 (Two million, One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file Number (KPC/9030108308/03). This is from a total cash prize of US ($200,000,000.00)shared among the first 200 Hundred and lucky winners in this category world-wide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in North London as indicate in the play coupon.

In view of this, your U.S ($2,100,000.00 (Two Million, One Hundred United States Dollars) would be released to you by the bank immediately they commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact us.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web-site through computer draw system and extracted from over (300,000,00) companies and individual emails address. The lottery programe took place to promote London's 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Aword.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements (Please be warned) .

To file for your claim, please contact the Zonal coordinator immediately for verifications of your winning, for quick and urgent release of your fund, his contact information are as follows:

Contact Information Below
Name: G.Whiteman
Direct Line: [phone]
E-mail :[e-mail]
Olympic and Paralympic Awards Boards



International Olympic Committee
International Paralympic Committee
Beijing 2008
Vancouver 2010
Sochi 2014



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Please be informed that all winning Prize must be claimed on or before 30 days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference /batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Molefi OLIPHANT (President)
Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA
Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN.

N.B/Call the Zonal coordinator for urgent verification of your claim.

Thank you for your co-operation

Mrs. Jennifer Braddock
(P R O) London's 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Worldcup Lottery organization.

Answer 1

100% fake. I think its called a 419 scam... named after the section of the Nigerian code that it violates. Here is a link to snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp

Answer 2

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

1. If you do win a lottery, you have to enter it first. Did you?
2. Winners are not notified by email. In fact, winners are not notified at all, You have to check your ticket against the numbers and call them.
3. The typographical errors in the email point to amateurs doing a scam, with poor understanding of English.

Answer 3

Dude...did you buy a lottery ticket? I'll bet you didn't.
Note that he wants you to keep your winnings secret--don't tell anyone who might tell you its a scam. Real lotteries ask you to appear on TV, some pay you extra for doing so.
This guy is fishing for your bank account or credit card number; then he'll print checks with your bank number and overdraw you a lot. In a foreign country. Where there are no laws to get your money back.

Answer 4

This is most definitely a scam. They send you e-mail or snail mail saying that you won the international lottery, then they tell you to wire them a portion of it back to cover taxes. They usually send you a large check and tell you to cash it. There may even be a "verification number" on the check or in the letter. If you call, they will tell you it's a good check, but of course it's not. DO NOT CASH IT!!! Report them!!! If you get any kind of unsolicited mail from the UK, Canada, or Nigeria, DO NOT RESPOND. REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY!!!!

Good rule of thumb, if it sounds too good to be true, IT IS!!!!!

Answer 5

Most of these emails are FAKE and really are just SPAM. If you don't remember entering an online lottery then you can't really win one in the first place right? Just delete it and spend the rest of the day day-dreaming what if you really won a lottery. =D

Answer 6

Absolute total BUNK! Any email from a supposed lottery (especially one that you havent actually purchased a ticket for) is going to be a phishing scam looking for your personal information. Don't even think about it.

Answer 7

Congratulations
By opening that email and reading it youve probably put a nice big fat piece of spyware somewhere on your computer.
And if it was phishing software ....... everyone in your address book has it by now as well.
Isnt the first thing youre taught when you buy a pc ...... to not open emails from people you dont know?

Answer 8

Didn't read it, but pretty sure its fake. Did you sign up for or buy a ticket for this lottery? Didn't think so. You could try responding, and see how much money they want to charge you to process your "winnings", something no lottery does.

Answer 9

You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.
www.hoaxbusters.ciac.org
www.scambusters-419.co.uk
www.truthorfiction.com
.Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful

Answer 10

fake, but if you really want to check, look up the number for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games and they will tell you for sure. dont use the number in the email.