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Gary
07-02-07, 16:33
FREE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION (UKON 2007)
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369


ATTENTION: WINNER ,

You have been Selected in the UKON 2007 Lottery Program. Our lottery program selection has finally been performed today which was held at the Marina office. UK Promotion is a joint Euro/America private lottery registered and organized in accordance with the World Lottery Regulation act.

We the The National Lottery organizing committee are pleased to officially notify you of the status of your email application. An official notification of winning is hereby issued to you as your email promotion ticket randomly drew for the Lucky Numbers: 34.13.26.19.02.12. [08] Bonus Ball ,which selected your email as the 2ND winner of our lottery program you have consequently won the lottery program in the first batch.


Suffice to say here, We have officially approved a sum payout of £516,778.00 GBP to you as the lottery winner. This amount is from total prize randomly distributed among Three (3)international winners selected by our Lott ery Random System Selection (LRSS).This Means
that you have won for yourself £516,778.00 and its Equivalent is$921,201:00 USD


VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE DETAILS
NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
NATIONALITY:
WINNING EMAIL
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE NUMBER:

Provide Details above and send to our Claims Officer Below,


Congratulations from all our staff for being part of UK 2007 LOTTERY PROGRAM.


This is one i've not heard if before - if its a scam, has anyone else received one of these?
I have deleted the e-mail address and names of people to contact incase this isnt a scam and dont want anyone claiming my ££ lol

SimonB
07-02-07, 18:19
Of course it's a scam. Why would anyone give money away to people that haven't even entered? If you reply they'll have the details you send, and no doubt would then want your bank details. Or want to charge you an "admin" fee to release the winnings.

creative
07-02-07, 19:51
is it the same???

scammy scam scam! (http://www.repository.izone.me.uk/repository.pl?action=read_email&email=20070101070652&month=Febuary&year=2007)

Gary
08-02-07, 12:58
yeh looks to be identical to that one in the link.

Never seen it before, unlike the weekly e-mail from some guy in africa breaking me the devastating news that my long lost millionaire relatives have all died in a plae crash in zimbabwe.

JustGav
08-02-07, 13:19
This is a classic old school scam, been going for a while...

Just remember, nobody gives ANYTHING away for free, and unless you have entered a legit lottery why would anyone enter it for you?