I received a email stating win a sum of thousand dollars from SWISS ON-LINE LOTTERY. How I believe this?

Question

SCARLET COURIER DISPATCH SERVICES

ADDRESS OF HEAD OFFICE:Willowbank House,

97 Oxford Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1LU,

ENGLANDTel: [phone]

Tel:[phone]

Fax: [phone]

Attn: Dr. K. Chandra Sekar ,

Welcome to Scarlet Courier Services,England,UK. fast, trusted,efficient and reliable Courier Service in England and all over the Globe.

On Behalf of the Screening Committee of SWISS ON-LINE LOTTERY Board, I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the Email Screening and Verification Form Matching Test conducted for all online winners in your Category your won prize[money] was forwarded to us for dispatch to you on claims,we are in total control/custody of your won prize .

All necessary documents that will facilitate the clearance of your cheque in your name has been processed. Your parcel contains the following Documents:

1.WINNING CHEQUE VALUED £750,000.00 .

2.WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM THE SWISS ON-LIN

Answer 1

Right, then they'll ask you for money to pay for the transfer/handling of the prize[money]

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

You don't.

Answer 4

its a bunch of BS, do not email back with any of your information period, and if you get an email saying some dude in Nigeria died and left a small fortune that you can claim, its BS too, stay away from these things, i wouldnt even open up an email stating i was a winner of some program i never even applied for.

it just doesnt seem likely to me at all.

Answer 5

ohhh pleaseeeeee it is spammmm....dont even bother to open the mail...even though gmail filters good amount of spams i get loadsa n loads of spams like this....even some mails asks fro ankaccount number to transfer lottery amount...its all fraud dont fal into those

Lotteries serve one of two purposes:

To raise money

To provide publicity in order to draw in customers

The kind of ficticious lotteries cooked up by 419 scammers do neither. People who never bought a ticket and never filled in a form with their name and address are told they won millions. If this was a real lottery, what's in it for the organizer?

If a total stranger promises you millions of dollars or euros out of the blue, it's probably a fraud. Consider these points:

Have you ever heard of the company? Do a Google search for the name of the claims agent or lottery company. In most cases you will find many fraudulent mails that people have received and published to warn others.

Even if the name of the lottery doesn't come up, search for a few phrases. Most lottery scams use recycled texts. In many cases even the "winning numbers" stay the same for draws on different dates.

What email address did this arrive from? Is it a webmail service like netscape.net, tiscali.co.uk, tiscali.fr, atlas.cz, winning.com, zwallet.com, etc.? Real companies generally have their own corporate domains and real websites.

What email address was it addressed to? In many fraud mail cases, the recipient address is suppressed ("None") or it matches the sender address or a close variation thereof.

Email is too unreliable to notify prize winners. Real lotteries don't use email to notify winners. Either they have to come forward on their own or they are notified by registered mail.

Do the spelling and grammar in the mail you received look like legitimate business mail?

Does the email give a postal address and phone number for the lottery company, or if you are told to contact a handling agent, for the agent?

Does the email mention a "mix up of some numbers and names" and ask you to "keep your Winning information confidential until your claims have been processed"?

Are any phone numbers listed mobile phone numbers (such as 0031-6 for Dutch mobile phones or +234 80 for Nigerian mobile phones)?

Real lottery companies don't charge you 550 euros or more for paperwork to receive your winnings. Fake lotteries do, and then don't deliver any winnings...

UK National Lottery Complaints - spam mail

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UK National Lottery

Posted: 2008-01-09 by Bharath [send email]

spam mail

Hello sir,

i am receving mail like this...........

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIMS AND RELEASE DEPARTMENT.GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!

UK NATIONAL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;

(Registration U971133B). FROM: Mr William Preacher. SUBJECT: PAYMENT APPROVAL. ATTN:WINNER, Congratulations from our entire staff.

We are glad to inform you that,we have duly completed our payout modalities,We have signed all the necessary document with all the relevant authority.

We hereby officially inform you that, after all necessary modalities have being carried out we find you worthy of the winning amount of £1,750, 000.00 GBP (One Million Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pound sterling).Your prize-winning has been endorsed by The British Gaming Board.

On that note the Lottery Corporation Payment Service (L.C.P.S) has issued and endorsed your winning cheque.You have been authorized to cash your cheque in your country,as soon as you receive it from the courier/dispatch company.To this end your cheque has been handed over to our affiliated Dispatch/Courier company for quick delivery to your destination(YOUR ADDRESS AS INDICATED IN THE CLAIMS FORM), as the lucky winner of category 2, with Ref.No:BL/94202/08,as you would advice. You are hereby advised to make direct contact with the Dispatch/Courier company, for the quick delivery of your cheque and some of your other relevant documents, such as your lottery winning certificate etc. Find below the contact details of the Dispatch/Courier company. CONTACT SKYNET COURIER SERVICE AND DISPATCH SERVICE.

SkyNet Worldwide Express

Lawrence Road, Hounslow Middlesex, TW4 6DR.

Contact Person.Garry Moore.

TELEPHONE: [phone]TELEPHONE: [phone]Email: [e-mail] You are adviced to send the courier company a mail to their email address for their delivery modalities.When contacting them,you are to include this order number as your subject. ORDER NUMBER:SNT/98046. Please you are advised to write down the order number and save it.You are also required to send them your order number,it is in comfirmity for further verification of your claims before they can have your parcel posted to you.

You are to Quote your complete names, Ref/Batch Numbers and your direct phone number and your home address so that they can honour your letter. Once again i say congratulations and always inform us of your dealings with the dispatch/courier company. Most importantly, you will be responsible for the charges, for the delivery of your parcel,as we have earlier informed you. Notice: You have being given 7(Seven)days ultimatum to receive your parcel, failure for you to comply, your cheque will be returned back to the issuing house, and subsequently you will end up losing your winnings/funds.Most importantly,you will be responsible for the delivery of your cheque. Please take note. Congratulations once more our proud winner.Please do ensure that you put this money into good use.And we hope to meet you in the nearest future.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr William Preacher,

Foreign Services Manager,

Claims Processing And Release Department,UK National Lottery,

England,UNITED KINGDOM

Answer 6

Its a bunch of Bull c**p... its all a lie. Do not bother with it

Answer 7

this is a scam.. Trust me whenever something seems to good to be true it usually is. If u continue with this here is what will happen.   THis company will say all u have to do is send them a check orr money order for a certain amount then they will send out said check. But there is no check there never was.  I have seen this numerous times and basically these people do make a living scamming these people. think about it if one out of 1000 people send a check they are making millions a year.