Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

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    by: bacpro
    SaleHoo Master Member
    330 posts

    Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

    Posted 24 Apr 07 6:45 pm.

    Sounds Tempting!!!!!!!!!

    From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY DEPT <lasvegasantiwar@cox.net>
    Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON!!!!!!

    We are pleased to inform you of the result of UK NATIONAL lottery, which
    was
    held on MONDAY 24th April 2007. Your e-mail address
    attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05
    drew a prize of £250,000.00 Pounds per
    winner. This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the
    Sweepstake. Please contact your fiduciary agent below for more details
    with the following details
    NAME:
    ADDRESS:
    AMOUNT WON:
    EMAIL:COUNTRY:
    PHONE NUMBER:
    AGE:
    OCCUPATION:
    MR. Marck White
    EMAIL: link hidden

    Congratulations in advance.
    Yours Faithfully,
    Mrs. Carolyna Anderson
    Online Co-ordinator

    We are pleased to inform you of the result of UK NATIONAL lottery, which
    was
    held on MONDAY 24th April 2007. Your e-mail address
    attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05
    drew a prize of £250,000.00 Pounds per
    winner. This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the
    Sweepstake. Please contact your fiduciary agent below for more details
    with the following details
    NAME:
    ADDRESS:
    AMOUNT WON:
    EMAIL:COUNTRY:
    PHONE NUMBER:
    AGE:
    OCCUPATION:
    MR. Marck White
    EMAIL: link hidden

    Congratulations in advance.
    Yours Faithfully,
    Mrs. Carolyna Anderson
    Online Co-ordinator
    ===================
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    by: mana2006
    SaleHoo Master Member
    379 posts

    Re: Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

    Posted 25 Apr 07 1:59 am.

    I am sure if it is legit than you should be able to find a real live claims center
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    by: jimmy_huber
    SaleHoo Master Member
    2868 posts

    Re: Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

    Posted 25 Apr 07 5:55 am.

    Did ya notice the email address?

    link hidden

    I seriously doubt that lottery agent would use a free email account.

    This is a scam. Dont even contact them or give them any information. This is just for information leeching purposes and possibly identity theft.

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    by: drena
    SaleHoo Senior Member
    132 posts

    Re: Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

    Posted 25 Apr 07 6:47 am.

    lol sounds like one my partners aunty won they phoned her up and everything but she still thought she had won 1million pounds even when the person told her that she had to pay like 2500 pound to get the winnings sent to her took a couple of weeks to talk her out of it we even told her to ring them at the number they gave turned out to be a cell phone number in the uk.
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    by: mana2006
    SaleHoo Master Member
    379 posts

    Re: Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

    Posted 28 Apr 07 3:21 am.

    The sad part is that their is really a UK national lottery... But you do have to pay for the lottery and sign up 4 it....
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    by: auctioncut.com
    New SaleHoo Member
    5 posts

    Re: Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

    Posted 6 May 07 10:51 pm.

    When/if you reply to these emails you'll soon find you need to pay an admin fee to claim your prize. Of course this admin fee will be payable via western union.

    Head over to 419eater.com and all will be explained and how to deal with these scammers.
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    by: Trillium
    SaleHoo Junior Member
    46 posts

    Re: Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

    Posted 7 May 07 1:46 am.

    I usually print mine out and take it to work to show everyone that I won the lottery and that this is the last day, AGAIN. Amazing that I never had to enter to win.
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    by: crownjewellz1
    SaleHoo Junior Member
    16 posts

    Re: Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

    Posted 7 May 07 9:31 am.

    im from the uk and can definietly say its a scam the lotto is only drawn on wednesday and Saturday and if you did not purchase a ticket and send it to camelot yourself then you have not won.
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    by: trishableau
    New SaleHoo Member
    8 posts

    Re: Is this a Scam? I won the UK lottery!

    Posted 14 May 07 4:53 pm.

    Ha. A mailing list i am on for fun jokes about this all the time. We are now tallying up who the grand winner really is. We have all been getting the winning notifications for it, none of us ever playing. :-) We get a kick out of seeing who wins more money and how many times we each have won. Great fun. Scams are great to laugh at, so long as you know they are a scam.