Is UK NATIONAL e-LOTTERY 51 CONWAY ROAD COLWYN BAY fraud or genuine ?

Question

They have send me an email mentioning that i have won 715000 pound in online sweepstakes promotionprogram which was held today, 10th of May,2008 in London, United Kingdom. To file my claim, contact their fiduciary agent assigned to my file via email as given in the contact details providing my FullName and Reference Number ehich they have given to commence the process of releasing your cash prize. let me know if someone has been cheated or have got the prize money so that i can proceed...

Answer 1

oh my god i got that too. don't reply or claim it its fraud

Answer 2

There is no e-Lottery in the UK.  There is only one real lottery and you have to have purchased a ticked in the UK at an authorized lottery store in order to win.

You can't just randomly win because you use the Internet.

As a little aside, British people spell program 'programme' so spelling it the American way is just another sign that it is bogus.  Any company giving away over a million dollars is going to be able to afford to employ someone who can speak the language.

I also just checked the address with the Royal Mail, and unsurprisingly, it doesn't exist.

Answer 3

OMG...I receive the same thing just a few days ago. Thanks people for letting us know that they're fraud mail. By the way, has any one ever heard of this bank called Cross Capital Bank that is located in London? I googled it but I don't see any result.

Answer 4

This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet. There is also an online form for the reporting of such. (with links for your own country.) This site also gives excellent advice on what steps you can take to achieve a spam free inbox :

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Please remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.

Check out these sites for further information :

http://www.scambusters.com

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