Paphos People

Has anyone heard of this?

Just asking because apparently I have won over a million pound? They are not asking for bank details but want the following:-

Provide him with the information below:
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:
10. Fax Number:
11. Draw Number above:

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to show an
instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers
license or
International passport.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K ONLINE NATIONAL
LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,
Sir Richard Kelly Lloyd.
Online Co-ordinator U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.

Surely this must be a hoax because if not I have won a million pound - ha ha!!!!!

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"Your dog is your friend, your partner, your defender. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true until the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion"

Hi Trish

Can I borrow £100K interest free PLEASE???

You VERY NICE lady... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Stuart,

I am being serious about this. It would be nice to think I have won that amount of money, but considering I don't do the lottery and this is another part of the e-mail:-

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online, This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your pound; £1,254,321.00 would be released to you by
any of our payment offices in Europe.

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"Your dog is your friend, your partner, your defender. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true until the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion"

Trish

Sorry to say this, but at work we are always winning as well - yes, it's a scam! They don't want your bank details now, but trust me, they will.

Jean

It's ok I just googled it and found exactly the same e-mail:-
Example of UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Scam Email:

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70
1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on saturday 12th Febuary,2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 11-18-20-23-32-48(bonus no 25.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £230.640(Two hundred and thirty thousand,six hundred and fourty pound sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £1,845,120 shared amongst the (8) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £230.640(Two hundred and thirty thousand,six hundred and fourty pound sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him or her. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claims, please contact our fiduciary agent:
MRs. Michel Riggs,
Email: michel_riggs@yahoo.co.uk,

Or you can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize bre akdown:-[LINK REMOVED]

the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.

There I was thinking I didn't need to look for work - ha ha!!!!

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"Your dog is your friend, your partner, your defender. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true until the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion"

Trish,

The best way to see if its a scam or not is to check the email address it came from

The majority of them always come from @Hotmail.com or @Yahoo.com so this instantly tell you that its a scam

I do the Euro lottery online & still get emails saying I've won this & that amount, but I know for a fact, I'd get an email from the @nationallottery.com or something similar if I'd won & they wouldn't say how much I'd won, they'd just say check your online account, which I've had to do a few times.. sometimes winning as much as £9.40..

Trish
There is no-one out there on the web who wants to give you a million pounds or whatever for nothing, but there are many who want to fleece you of your money. If an offer sounds too good to be true, then be assured that it is.

It's the same sort of something for nothing scam that the time share people use with their scratch cards.