You Won the Lottery. Yipee!

It's one of your wildest dreams come true! The trouble is you really can't believe all you read. The general rule is, if it's too good to be true, then it's probably a scam.

Lottery scam letters notifying people by email that they have won fortunes are popular with internet fraudsters. They may look for a fee from the victim who responds. They may also ask you to provide personal identification so they can steal your identify. Here is a typical hoax email pretending to be from the British National Lottery:

From: British National Lottery <notice200880@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

British Lottery Headquarters
Customer Service
28 Shefield ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#471) of the BRITISH NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 5th
January,2008.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 21 23 28 40 48 26
(bonusno.),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.ematch 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of ₤500,000 (Five Hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited
to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of ₤10,000,000
shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match
5 plus bonus. All participants for theonline 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 until the end of the year. (31/12/2007)
Please note that your lucky winning number fa lls within our
Europeanbooklet representative office in Europe as indicated in
your play coupon.(5647560054) In view of this, your ₤500,000 (Five Hundred
thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and 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:

Mr. Emmanuel Loiseau
Email:infobritish.nationallotteryhq@yahoo.co.uk
( Fudiciary Agent)
Tel No :+447011129348

CONGRATULATIONS from me and members of staff of the THE NATIONAL LOTTERY .

Yours faithfully,
Rforster Robert.

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
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