I received email form British National Lottery see Detail can it be trusted ?

The British National Lottery


P O Box 1010


3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,


Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD


(Customer Services)





Ref: UK/9420X2/68


Batch: 074/05/ZY369


Ticket number:56475600545 188


Lucky Numbers: 05,06,17,20,28,42(Bonus33)





WINNING NOTIFICATION:





We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of cash prize


£1000,000.00 (British Pounds) held on the 30th March 2008


in London Uk.The selection process was carried out through random


selection in Ourcomputerized email selection system (ess) from a


database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from which you were


selected. And Youre-mail address attached to ticket number:


56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:


05, 06, 17, 20, 28, 42 (Bonus 33) ,which subsequently won you the


lottery in the 1st category i.e match 5 plus bonus.





You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1 Million


Pounds,(One Million Pounds) in cash credited to fileKTU/9023118308/03.


This is from a total cash prize of 1000,000 Million Pounds,shared


amongst the (4)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.


For due processing of your winning claim,please contact the


FIDUCIARY AGENT Information Officer Mr. Ken Smith who has been


assigned to assist you. You are tocontact him with the following


details for the release of your winnings.





Agent Name: Mr.Ken Smith


Tel:Tel:+44-703-197-1576


+44-703-197-2053


Email:mr.kensmith_02@hotmail.com





act him, please provide him with the following Requirements below:


Claims Requirements:





1.Name in full----------------------


2.Address---------------------------


3.Nationality-----------------------


4.Age-------------------------------


5.Occupation------------------------


6.Sex ------------------------------


7.Phone/Fax-------------------------


8.Present Country-------------------





If you do not contact your claims agent within 5 working days of this


Notification, your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised to


keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid


Fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim by Winner.





*Winner under the age of 20 are automatically disqualified. *Staff of


the British Lottery are not to partake in this Lottery.





Accept my hearty congratulations once again!





Regards


Mrs. Stella Ellis


(Group Coordinator


Note that you are not to reply to this E-mail,please contact your


claimsofficer directly to start the processing of your claims


application form.

I received email form British National Lottery see Detail can it be trusted ?
Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information


http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...


http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showt...


http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...


.Also If you go to the following site you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful
Reply:Well, the address is genuine - it is the HQ of Camelot who run the Natioanl Lottery





Unfortunately, the email is fake - I bet you haven't apid anything for a ticket so how can you have possibly won anything?!
Reply:Just delete the e-mail, it's a scam. You have not won anything. If you actually answered the e-mail they would send you another probably stating something to the effect that they will send you your winnings after you send them a check for covering something or other.


Dateline NBC has done quite a few stories on this very subject and about e-mails just like this one. Here's the link to their website and the information about their investigations about the scam's.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17713446/
Reply:This is obviously a scam.


Firstly their using a hotmail address rather than a lottery address.


Secondly the lottery pots are never round numbers.


Thirdly you there's no such thing as random email selection lotteries.
Reply:This is a scam, delete it and do not reply to it at all, since the scammers will then know your email address is "live" and you will get more scams in your inbox.