Sweepstakes or Lottery Scams

Attn:Winner{Ref. Number: BTL/491OXI/04}
BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

CUSTOMER SERVICE

British Lottery International

Headquarters: 1411-I South Laurel Road
London, KY 40744
England.

Ref. Number: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch Number: 12/25/0304
Ticket Number: 564 75600545-188
Serial Number: 5388/02

Dear Sir/Madam, (If you were a real winner they would know your name.  Generic greeting is because the same e-mail is being broadcast to hundreds if not thousands of e-mail addresses.)

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Winners in our British International Lottery Program held on the January 12 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 564 75600545-188 with serial number 5388/02 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-31-45, which consequently won in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of USD2,500,000 (Two Million, five hundred thousand dollars). CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been fully processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.  (Another indication that this is a fraud.  People who perpetrate lottery and sweepstakes scams always tell the victims to not share the news of their good fortune.  If you share the news someone might warn you that it is a scam.  Real lotteries and sweepstakes want you to tell the world it is great publicity for them.)

 All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. (Another clue that this is a fraud.  You can not win a lottery unless you buy a ticket.  The money from ticket sales is used to pay the winners!  And you cannot win a contest or sweepstakes unless you enter.  The information you supply when you enter will be added to the companys database for future sales.)

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies in Europe as part of their social responsibility to the citizens. This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our director of finance.

(In order for the scam to work, the perpetrator needs to be able to communicate with you directly.  Once you contact the director of finance you will be told about the fees or taxes that must be paid before you can claim your prize.  The perpetrator may even supply a check to help pay those fees or taxes.  The check is counterfeit.  If you follow the perpetrators instructions you will lose money and get nothing in return.)

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Mr Rex Richard

Email: info.directoroffinance04@yahoo.co.uk

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Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your Claims agent as soon as possible.you are to fill the form below and send it to the claims agent via email:
First name:...............................................
Middle name:..............................................
Last name:................................................
Date of birth:............................................
Home address and phone:.................................
Address:.................................................
City:....................................................
State/province:..........................................
Zip/postal code:.........................................
Country:.................................................

Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be impersonator using our names and addresses, but are not from the LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT.  (Clever tactic warning you to be aware of fraudulent impersonators when they are attempting to defraud you.)

(And a final clue that this is a scam is the poor grammar used throughout this e-mail.  A real lottery organization would never send something this poorly written.  It would be a bad reflection on the organization.)

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