Email Fraud Alert received from: Uk National
I recently received an email with this subject line: You have Won,Congratulations To You Today!!! and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the e-mail appear below:
View attached document for your 800,000.00 Pounds winnings.
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P.O. Box 1010
Liverpool l70 1nl. UNITED KINGDOM
Fax: +00 44 7092980116 (Customer service Notification Desk)
Attention: Email Account Holder,
We happily announce to you the draw (#1696) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
royal online rumble promotion held in London on 10th March, 2012. Your active e-mail
addresses attached to the World Wide Web computer generate ticket number: BL650
4541 7533 with Reference number UK/AJ5 6CTY-220P/11 and Serial number
X61ZA265/3, Batch number ZA-668-RP, drew the lucky numbers: 01-06-24-27-54-87
Bonus 66. This subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. matches 6 lucky
numbers Plus.
You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of [GBP 800,000.00] {Eight Hundred
Thousand Pounds} in cash, credited to file UK-RORP/C9060100308/11. This is from a total
cash prize of £16,264,660.00
All World Wide Web valid email addresses used/participants for the royal online rumble email version were
selected randomly via computer balloting from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies affiliated to the National Lottery and are
listed online.
Please note that your lucky winning ticket file and number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Middlesex (UK). As indicated in your ballot played coupon In view of this
your [GBP 800,000.00] would be released to you by our payment department.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
as soon as you contact him. Your prize award has been insured in your names and ready for claim.
Mr. Johnson Oliver
TEL: +44 7024079662
E-mail: E-mail: johnsonoliver46@yahoo.co.uk
Here is the information required for the processing of your winning:
YOUR FULL NAME:
COUNTRY:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
MOBILE NUMBER:
Due to mix up in some numbers and names and for the purpose of confidentiality, be advised
to keep this award notification secret from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your prize money remitted to your designated bank account as this is part of
precautionary measures to avoid double claim or misuse of this program by some social
miscreants.
Congratulations once more from all members and Staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mary Allan. Online Coordinator.
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
The above email was sent by Uk National Lottery from this email address: UkNationalLottery@we.com