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Scam or no Scam? [message #233350]

Fri, 08 December 2006 11:39

Zion
Messages: 2722
Registered: April 2006

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I recently got a few e-mails about me getting my address pulled out from a draw and winning £1,450,000 (one million, four hundred and fifty thousand pounds). Here's the e-mail's i received:

E-Mail 1 (07/12/06)

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England

REF No: ********
BATCH No: ********
TICKET No: ********
SERIAL No: ********
LUCKY No: ********

Dear Winner

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement that you are one
of our end of year winniers of the UNITEDKINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY
international Lottery programs. held on the 28th of November, 2006.The
online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced
automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were
sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged
as
one of three winners in the category "A" with the following winning
information: You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£1,450,000 (One million, Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds
sterling).

To file for your claim, Contact the processing Consultant:

Name: Mr.Johnson Bricks
Email:*********@******.**.**

Tel: +44 *** *** ****
Fax: +44 *** *** ****

Do fill out the claims form to Mr. Johnson Bricks in other to process
the claims of your prize
without delay.

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
10.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
11. COUNTRY________________________________
12.DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION________________________________

Sincerely,
Mrs. Cecilia Moore
FOR UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Ok. I thought about it and figured i had nothing to loose so i replied by filling in the form. Then, the next day i got this:

E-Mail 2 (08/12/06)

The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1HX
England

Ref:***********
Batch:********

Attn: Martyn Poole,

I am glad to inform you that your claims have been processed with the information you
provided,and forwarded to the Claims Office.

You are therefore expected to make travelling arrangements to come personally to the
HEADQUARTERS of the UK National Lottery to claim your prize money.You are to inform us of your intention to come over to London so we can make appropriate arrangements for your reception at the Airport.

However, if you find it not convenient to comepersonally to London,You are to contact the
dispatch officer of Transexpress International Courier Systems, immediately for payment
procedures via this details given below:

Officer Name: Dr.Scott Ramsome
Email: *************
Telephone Number: +44 *** *** ****

COPY ME IN ALL YOUR TRANSACTIONS WITH THE COURIER COMPANY TO ENABLE
ME UPDATE MY FILE AND ALSO ENSURE THAT THE NORMAL PROCEDURE IS BEING
ADHERED TO BY THE COURIER OFFICE.

Best wishes,
Mr. Johnson Bricks
Fiduciary Agent.
UK National Lottery

Okay. So they want me to go to London 'eh? Nahh, i'll get them to send it to me. so i told them that i can't make it to London because it's so close to the holidays, then i got this, and started to get a bit concerned...

E-Mail 3 (08/12/06)

Trans-Express Courier Ltd
ADDRESS OF HEAD OFFICE:Link Place, BRIGHTON,
Sussex, BN1 7DX,ENGLAND
Tel: +44*** *** ****

ATTENTION: Martyn Poole,

You are welcome to TRANS EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL COURIER SYSTEMS, I have just been notified by the lottery office, which means you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the UK National Lottery.

The original copy of this lottery certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through their National Lotto will be sent to you as soon as you meet with any of the option selected.

This office has been Notified by the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY of the amount won with their National Lottery in the amount of 1,450,000 Pounds This means that (Martyn Poole) have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept at the headquarters of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the delivery of your winning package to you. With regards to this, there are Four Options, you are required to choose any of the option below.

Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this channel listed below:

TransExpress Delivery Options
Option 1. TWO WORKING DAYS DELIVERY

Mailing: £ 90.00
Insurance: £290.00
Vat: £180.00
TOTAL: £560.00 Pounds

Option 2. FOUR WORKING DAYS DELIVERY

Mailing: 40.00
Insurance: 400.00
Vat: 15.00
TOTAL: 455.00 Pounds

Option 3. THREE WORKING DAYS DELIVERY
Mailing: 50.00
Insurance: 400.00
Vat: 15.00
TOTAL: 465.00 Pounds

Option 4:

The said amount £1,450,000 (One Million,Four hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) will be wired to your bank account via swift bank transfer.

Your wins can be wired to you via bank transfers from the lottery account at (The RBS (royal bank of scotland) makes a swift tranfer to your account.

Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer) being charged by our transferring bank, which is £2,650 of the cash being transferred will be paid by you. This is a more convinient way prefered by some winners who reside far outside the U.K (UNITED KINGDOM).

Note:The charges cannot be Deducted from your winnings.This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds and win and win Situations.

Please respond to this email by making a selection from the two options above.

Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.

Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly two weeks after the receipt of this email. After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be refused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.
Good luck and Congratulations once again. Please send your response to this same email address.

Best regards,

Best of regards,
Treat with dispatch,
Yours Faithfully
Dr. Scott Ramsome.
Customer Services Department
Registered in England No 929027.
Registered Office: Link Place, BRIGHTON,
Sussex, BN1 7DX,ENGLAND,
Regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
© 2006 Trans-Express Courier Ltd.

Right.... If you think i'm sending money to you you can kiss my ass! So i sent one back saying why they can't take it out of the winnings?

But this has made me suspicious so tell me what you think.