Uk lottery again?
Question: here is the letter i got is it true?who got one?
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
From: The Desk of the Fiduciary Agent for Winning transfer
WINNING PARAMETERS
Ref Number:XYL /26510460037/05
Batch Number: 24/00319/IPD
Winner's name: Maniac Mcfly,
Raffle Draw Winning Email: onlymcfly@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations Lucky Winner,
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that your Verification and Fund Release form has passed through the proper legal verification processes and has sucessfully passed all standards in accordance with theU.K National Lottery Terms and Conditions . This is also to notify you that you have been officially cleared for payment by the verifications and fund release department at the U.K National Lottery Headquarters and your winnings has been approved for release to you.
As you already know, all winners for the online version of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Online promotions were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from an exclusive list of 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online as part of our international promotion to promote international co-operation between the United Kingdom and other countries worldwide.
I must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners in this year's lucky dip sweepstakes.We do sincerely hope you will utilize part of your winnings to support several communities, support initiatives that promote civic education and participation in public life as well as target poverty for eradication, lastly to render selfless services to the less priviledge in your community.
The process for claiming your winnings has been made very simple so that by the end of one week at most, you are assured of having received your cash prize of the sum of £2,696,385 pounds sterling. In the light of the above mentioned, you are to contact the Lottery Winners fund transfer Manager/Director Of operations, Mr Andrew .B. Charles of Halifax Bank Plc ,United Kingdom with the contact informations below for the further information on how your winnings funds can get to you immidiately.
Handling agent: Mr Andrew .B. Charles
Halifax Bank UK Corporation plc
10 Old Jewry,
London,United Kingdom.
Email:service@hafbinc.com
Website: www.hafbinc.com/Banking
Note that you are to provide the bank with these details to identify you:
** FULL NAMES:
** FULL ADDRESS:
** TEL:
** AMOUNT WON:
** WINNING REF NUMBER:
** WINNING BATCH NUMBER:
Lastly do adhead to the Bank instructions so your winnings can get to you soonest. Also do note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, therefore you have limited time to claim your winnings. Failure to claim your winnings within the stipulated time frame will lead to the forfeiture of your winnings after which your winning funds will be added to next winning draws.
Its is imperative that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS{CPEL/OWN/9876} as the subject of any correspondence with the delivery department to ensure that they respond in a timely manner.
I will require a concise update on your proceedings with the bank as soon as you make contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.Congratulations once more and do reply soonest to acknowledge the receipt of this mail.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Marc Kenneth.
Fiduciary Agent.
Answer:
Check the other questions on this site and you will see what a scam it is. There are a lot of people that won also. Just how many million dollar winners can there be.This is a Nigeria scam. Yahoo/MSN, U.K. and Australian lotteries, football lotteries from the same counties, Global-Link, World Poverty, Microsoft, Free Lotto, which now seems to have it's own people answering gambling questions on this site claiming they have won which is a total lie, and hundreds more. I am a retired Police Officer that has years of experience investigating Internet scams and frauds. This is an old one. The common link to them getting your email is on line surveys. Yahoo does not give it's stock holders money away nor does it give it's email subscribers address's to lotteries. The only way to win in a lottery is to buy a ticket, if you didn't you could not possibly win. Here is the website of the 17 nation law enforcement task force that investigates cross border Internet crime. You may file a complaint there. www.econsumer.gov. Also go to www.ripoffreport.com and browse complaints and you will find many having the same doubts as yourself about these scams. Below is a typical scam and how they work it. They just go under a thousand different names. They are asking you to send a prepayment to collect your winnings and they want you to send it by a money wire service. Lotteries do not just pick your name out of thin air, and just so happen to have your email also. No Internet service provider gives their email list out to lotteries. If you did not pay to play you could not possibly win.
recieved letter of winning $65000.00 Pacific Player International lotteries,please contact claims agent miss linda strong at 204-951-7582. Second letter came with a check for the amount of $2,470.00 To deposited in my bank account for processing fee,a week later check cleared my bank. I contacted my claims agent over the phone she advise me to wire the balance of $2,341.00 to a Mr Edward Culwell in New York,New York.I called miss linda strong to advise her of the western union confirmation number,to date can not get in touch with linda strong just her voice mail, I know now that it was all a RIP-OFF and now Iam in the hole with $2,470.00 with my bank. Please send HELP... THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Have you got a winning ticket in your possesion, if not ignore it!!!
It would be nice if you had won but personally it sounds like spam or just a dodgy letter.
I got one two weeks ago.
I'm spending my winnings in Bermuda!!
(Not)
Its a scam. Go on google and type in lottery scams, theres loads and some are very similar to yours. Only way to get free cheese is in a rat trap! Dont get caught out, if you dont have a ticket you aint won a prize.
If I were you, I should not give them ANY information about your bank. A lottery prize should come in the form of a cheque.
Another hint. go to a shop where they sell lottery tickets. Pick up a form, which should have the lottery address on it. Send them the message you have posted here.
Good luck
You can't win if you don't enter.IT'S A SCAM. Never send these people this information...you'll regret it.The Sunday papers are full of letters from people who wish they had n't.
Are you seriously gonna give your bank details out to anyone who sends you an e-mail...? Send your savings to me, after Christmas Im totally skint.
As it doesnt ask for any of your account details or date of birth etc, there doesnt seem any harm in taking it to the Halifax to see. Im sure they'll confirm whether it's fake or not. If you are a winner, congrats! If not, oh well... it was a nice dream! You'll not lose anything if it's a fake!
Have fun!
If you don't have much money now, you'll have even less if you contact these people. Steer well clear.
congradulation my daughter got one of those. and she cash the check and sent the people the money to cover the cost of taxes..wonderfully .. huh... it was a scam and now she has to pay the bank back... scam.. take it to the police dept so they can catch the creep
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