UK NATIONAL LOTTERY 2008 — MAKE PROPER ENQUIRY OF VALIDITY OF E-MAIL

Today I had recevied the following e-mails and contents of which are appended below:

Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 2:42:41 +1100
From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY 2008" <[protected]@dodo.com.au> Add to Address Book
Subject: YOU HAVE WON?????
The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL United Kingdom
Ref: UK/6648D/09
Batch: 080/07/MK881

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (2008) of the International Lottery
program held on the 20th of november, 2008. Your e-mail address has
won!!
the
draw, Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e.
match
6 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£1, 000, 000.00 (one million pound sterling) in cash credited to file
QQX/[protected]/01. This is from a total cash prize of £6, 000, 000.00
(Six
million pounds sterling) shared amongst the Six (6) lucky winners in
this
category i.e. match 6 plus bonus.

You are required to fill this form, and contact (Mr.Paul David) with
the
e-mail/details below to enable us process and file your claims.

(1).Full Name:...
(2).Address:...
(3).Nationality:...
(4).Date of Birth:.
(5).Occupation:...
(6).Phone:...
(7).Mobile:...
(8).Fax:...
(9).Sex:...

Name: Mr.Paul David
Tel: +[protected]
Email [protected]@hotmail.com

Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

Cordially,
Sarah May.


________________________________________________

This message was sent
using Dodo Webmail - www.dodo.com.au



_________________________________________________xxxxxxxxxx_____________________...
2nd e-mail

Paul David" <[protected]@hotmail.com> Add to Address Book
To: [protected]@yahoo.co.in
Subject: CONTACT THE DELIVERY COMPANY FOR SHIPMENT
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:27:02 +0000
The National Lottery
PO Box 1010Liverpool L70 1NL United Kingdom
Ref: UK/6648D/09
Batch: 080/07/MK881

Attn MUKESH KUMAR PAL


We are pleased to inform you that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Department at the headquarters of THE PROMOTION DEPARTMENT O[censored]K NATIONAL LOTTERY LONDON, it is a world wide promotion to encourage the use of internet, your name and email address has been filed and approve for this year program. Your winnings will be delivered to you via STREET WISE COURIER SERVICE (based on your preferred option). You are to Contact the STREET WISE COURIER SERVICE immediately via email, providing them with your clearance code, name, and address.

CLEARANCE CODE: GX20882677 DETAIL NEEDED FORM CLAIMS PROCESSING

NAME:...
HOME ADDRESS:...
OFFICE ADDRESS:...
DATE OF BIRTH:...
EMAIL ADDRESS:...
PHONE NUMBER:...
COUNTRY:...
SEX:...

The courier company in accordance with your chosen mode of delivery can either deliver your winning parcel containing your original documents to your point of contact, consequently lodged into your account under the auspices of the BRITISH AUTHORITIES IN YOUR COUNTRY.OR they can help you convert the cheque into liquid cash here in the UNITED KINGDOM and further transfer the funds directly into your local bank account in your country or any country of your choice. When the direct international bank transfer method is employed, your funds will be made available for claims in your local bank within 48 hours. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programmed by non-participant or unofficial personnel.


COMPANY ADDRESS TO CONTACT FOR SHIPMENT OF YOUR PARCEL:

STREET WISE COURIER SERVICE
Unit 11 Ashford Indutrial Estate
Shield Road, Ashford, Middx
TW15 1AU. United Kingdom.
Email: [protected]@HOTMAIL.COM
Phone No: +[protected]/+[protected]/
+[protected]/+[protected].
Dispatch Officer: Dr. Bush Leo

THE PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

YOURS SINCERELY,
MR. ARNOLD STILL
DIRECTOR OF CLAIMS.
CONFIDENTIALLY NOTICE.

COPYRIGHT ©2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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3rd e-mail



"Paul David" <[protected]@hotmail.com> Add to Address Book
To: [protected]@yahoo.co.in
Subject: URGENT MAIL NEEDED FOR PROCEEDING
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:41:25 +0000

TO
STREET WISE COURIER
UK


STREET WISE COURIER Ltd
Unit 11 Ashford Indutrial Estate
Shield Road, Ashford, Middx
TW15 1AU. United Kingdom.
Phone No:+[protected]/+[protected]
+[protected]/+[protected]
Dispatch Officer: Dr. Bush Leo.
websit www.streetwisecourieruk.com

ARRIVAL OF SPECIAL DELIVERY DIPLOMAT WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT



Attn MUKESH KUMAR PAL



Having considered all possible measures to convey your cash prize, we resolve to use a special delivery courier company under Diplomatic Umbrella. We have made all necessary arrangement to convey your winning prize direct to your doorstep. Your name, phone number and address has been Received.



Let it be known to you that all taxes has been paid by UK NATIONAL LOTTERY DEPARTMENT, Therefore, you will only be required to pay for the Clearing charges which is 35, 000INR into the account which will be send to you by the diplomat for the clearing of your consignment from the custom duties in India and any local V.A.T that may arise in INDIA before he proceed to you house.

The diplomat will personally present to you all the relevant documents to guide you against any India government queries. You are advice to make the required 35, 000INR available to the diplomat in India



immediately he instructs you to do so, before you receive your prize of (£1, 000, 000.00 pounds.) From the Uk National Lottery Department to enable him clear your prize from the custom. Please you must keep secret of your winning until it arrives your doorstep for security reasons.

The delivery of your prize is currently on the way as it is passing through the British Security Screening. We realize recently that such procedures have been adopted on your consignment leaving UK for Asia.




Due to the urgency needed in this delivery we are informing you that Mr. Mr.ANTHONY, Special Chief Diplomat will be coming to INDIA to make delivery of your cash award prize through British Airways on the November 26th 2008 .




Departure time November 26th 2008 4:50:00 PM (UK TIME)
Arrival time November 27th 2008 11:15:00 AM (INDIA TIME)




Please ensure that you co-operate with him and follow his instructions and directives to avoid any delay in handing over your cash award prize to you as he has little time to spend in INDIA. please make available to him the clearing charges immediately he call and provide you with the account details of the Custom Duties for you to deposit the clearance charges of 35, 000INR for the clearance of your consignment.



HE WILL CALL YOU IMMEDIATELY HE ARRIVES INDIA AND WILL INSTRUCT YOU on how to pay the clearance charges of 35, 000INR available to enable him clear your consignment from the custom and proceed to your address to make 100% safe delivery to you AFTER your payment is been confirmed and receipted by the INDIA CUSTOMS




You are to keep us updated with your readiness in receiving the special diplomat along with your Award Cash Prize.



Upon your Agreement to this mail above, please keep us informed


We await your reply to this mail





The charges are a little bit high because of the insurance cover as we have undertaken incase of loss/damage or theft of your highly sensitive document. We assume all responsibilities incase of any eventualities. YOU ARE ADVICE CHOOSE YOUR DELIVERY OPTION, AND MAKE THE PAYMENT BEFORE WE CAN CARRY OUT OUR DELIVERY, please let us know your delivery option to enable us provid you on payment details for the shipment charges:

You are advice to make avaliable of 35, 000 INR for the Custom duties to enable him complete all the formalities with the Custom and proceed immediately to deliver your fund to you since he have limited time to stay over in your country.


please note that no dedution because your winning is under customs duties you are advice to follow the instruction

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!!!

STREET WISE COURIER Ltd
Unit 11 Ashford Indutrial Estate
Shield Road, Ashford, Middx
TW15 1AU. United Kingdom.
Email [protected]@hotmail.com
Phone No:+[protected]/+[protected]
+[protected]/+[protected]
Dispatch Officer: Dr. Bush Leo.


___________________________________XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX___________________________...

You are requested to please clarify as to how far these message are valid and what is the significance of these messages.

Please make me & others aware about such e-mails.

Thanking you in anticipation.
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I have got a mail that I have won the UK National lottery Promo-2008 from [protected]@aim.com at 18th November from claim agent Mr. Frankwill.They have sent me the winner's certificate.Can I beleive upon them?
I am romanian citisenship, and I was informed, that i have won the Microsoft email lottery 2008 which wining numbers[protected]with serial number;647489.in Tenth lottery category.My ref.no;MSW/56B-672GH/L, and my batch ;4583JL/Win.Theysad, that I must send him 450 englis money.I am not a ritch man.My question is;reali I won or not.
Thank you for your answer
STREET WISE COURIER Ltd is One of the good courier companies in UK, But Lottery scheme company is using the same name and Internet ID's is different. This is a irregularity in UK as it becomes a issue. Though we complaint on this sight such email are still coming. I think the person who has opened the sight should take up the matter to avoid any mishaps
all these such emails are nothing but spam
they first tel you to pay money after they gt money they will not even bother to reply you
so never reply this kind of message !!
think before you do this kinda things
I totally disagree with this Lottery System as I too received this few days back. To find out the reality, I sent back the details and this person, Mr. Antony called me up saying, he has come all the way from UK to Delhi, from an Airtel No.[protected]Delhi) and asked me if I could deposit the Rs. 35, 000 for Customs Clearance Charges, for which I made him believe that I agree will make the payment. So he said he will SMS me the ICICI A/c. No.[protected], Account Holder - Vualnam Chinsuanthang) of an Official at the Customs at Delhi. After checking with my banker here, they enquired about the A/c. at ICICI and found that the said person holds an Account, but the cash transaction in this account is only Rs. 3000 monthly as salary and a few months ago Rs. 50, 000 came in and pulled out immediately after it
came in. In between this guy, Antony keeps on calling, asking me if the Cash is deposited so that he can clear the formalities at the Customs ! At last I told him that, my fund balance at the bank is not sufficient to pay Rs. 35, 000, and I do not want the Lottery Prize money of a Whooping 1, 000, 000 British Pound, which converted to INR is Rs, 66, 962, 758.69 !!! So you see some fraud practice here, isn't it ? Please be careful of these people or your hard earned money is gone with the wind !!!
I got mail from [protected]@hotmail.com(You won the sum of 500, 000GBP in the YahooLotto do send to us your full name and contact address along with your phone number, to [protected]@hotmail.com)
After contacting with him they said that "Having considered all possible measures to convey your cash prize, we resolve to use a special delivery courier company under Diplomatic Umbrella. We have made all necessary arrangement to convey your winning prize direct to your doorstep. Your name, phone number and address has been Received.



Let it be known to you that all taxes has been paid by UK NATIONAL LOTTERY DEPARTMENT, Therefore, you will only be required to pay for the Clearing charges which is 35, 000INR into the account which will be send to you by the diplomat for the clearing of your consignment from the custom duties in India and any local V.A.T that may arise in INDIA before he proceed to you house.

The diplomat will personally present to you all the relevant documents to guide you against any India government queries. You are advice to make the required 35, 000INR available to the diplomat in India



immediately he instructs you to do so, before you receive your prize of (£1, 000, 000.00 pounds.) From the Uk National Lottery Department to enable him clear your prize from the custom. Please you must keep secret of your winning until it arrives your doorstep for security reasons.

The delivery of your prize is currently on the way as it is passing through the British Security Screening. We realize recently that such procedures have been adopted on your consignment leaving UK for Asia.



Due to the urgency needed in this delivery we are informing you that Mr. Mr.ANTHONY, Special Chief Diplomat will be coming to INDIA to make delivery of your cash award prize through British Airways on the FEB 8th 2009 .



Departure time FEB 8th 2009 4:50:00 PM (UK TIME)
Arrival time FEB 9th 2009 9:15:00 AM (INDIA TIME)



Please ensure that you co-operate with him and follow his instructions and directives to avoid any delay in handing over your cash award prize to you as he has little time to spend in INDIA. please make available to him the clearing charges immediately he call and provide you with the account details of the Custom Duties for you to deposit the clearance charges of 35, 000INR for the clearance of your consignment.



HE WILL CALL YOU IMMEDIATELY HE ARRIVES INDIA AND WILL INSTRUCT YOU on how to pay the clearance charges of 35, 000INR available to enable him clear your consignment from the custom and proceed to your address to make 100% safe delivery to you AFTER your payment is been confirmed and receipted by the INDIA CUSTOMS



You are to keep us updated with your readiness in receiving the special diplomat along with your Award Cash Prize."
pleae give me suggestion which will i need to do?
i'm seeing a pattern here - uk companies, arabic names, clearing charges. i got an sms 23:53 GMT, 4 feb, saying i won $3, 000, 000 from an orange international draw. I did follow them up, but i did some research as well. none of the names and addresses they gave me seems to be used by orange (this includes a contact person with some high-ranking title, places, full names of the company, etc.). there seems to be some psychology involved as well, as they tell you to hurry to claim the money otherwise there will be additional charges - so you feel some urgency is involved.

i think a good idea will be to try and find out where the people running this scam is getting your details. this could be by stealing databases of large companies, like facebook, yahoo webmail, universities, banks, etc. i know it could be one of these companies, because they are among the few that have my phone number.

another thing is that they don't really use formal language in their emails, and they use webmail accounts that can be set up without your authentic details, so they cannot be traced really. a real company would use formal language and their own email domain (like [protected]@orange.com), as these can be used as proof in court. i also noticed spelling mistakes in their emails, and the usual disclaimer at the end of the email is missing.

another thing is that they ask for not a too big sum of money, so they could possibly get away with it.
well anyway, this is a pretty sneaky scam though.
CITY LINK EXPRESS LOGISTIC LTD (UK)


Unit 6, Marino Way,
Hogwood Lane,
Industrial Estate
Berkshire RG40 4RF,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear MAITHILI MAHESH SARANG,

Message received and content understood.This mail is to inform you that your parcel is very much ready for dispatch, kindly make the payment for the Normal Class Delivery option VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER as you earlier stated in your previous email which indicate the option you prefer for the delivery of your winnings. After payment must have been made, you are required to send to this office via email a copy of the transfer slip for the payment you made for the discharge of your parcel. just send the following information via email as they appear on the western union transfer slip

1.Name and address of sender
2.Amount sent
3.Control number(MTCN)
4.Test question and answer if any
5. Sender's Phone Number

As soon as we receive confirmation and evidence of payment of the above charges, we will dispatch your parcel immediately. The date and time of departure and expected date of delivery will be sent to you.

You are to make the payment for the delivery of your parcel via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE to the name and address of our account officer stated below.

Amount in Pounds for THIRD DAY DELIVERY, 72 HOURS...: 16, 518.69 INR (India Rupees)

Receiver's Name...: Sean Cornell
Receiver's Address..: 4 Park walk, South Kensington
London
SW10 OAD.

You are to make a payment of 16, 518.69 INR (India Rupees) to our account officer informations above. Kindly locate a WESTERN UNION AGENT and make the payment to his name and send us the payment details.

Find below the scan copy of your Certificate of winning to verify your Ref: UK/6648D/09 and Batch: 080/07/MK881 in the certificate to surely know we have all your documents of winning and your Check of £1, 000, 000.00 equiv. 72, 045, 291.06 INR (India Rupees).


BEST REGARDS

Mr.Paul Anderson
Dispatch Officer

CITY LINK EXPRESS LOGISTIC LTD (UK).


its true please let no
Dear sir / Madam i got this type of mail regularly so what can i do for this can i delete or can i send reply with my full details can u please suggest me what about regarding this
Dear,
[protected] dated 03/01/2010 is my shipment no. I have also got prize in UK lottery so please inform me this shipment is fevour of whome please do it needful.

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