This so called uk national lottery is a scam?

Question

look at a criminal mail they sent me:

The Camelot Group,

Operators of The National Lottery.

3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,

Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you

that the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery

international program by Great Britain held on the of

10TH,May 2008. Your mail account have been picked as a

winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one

thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds

(£891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file

REF NO.REF:UKL/74-A0802742008.

This is from total prize money of GBP £4,459,670.00shared

among the FIVE (5) international winners in this

category.All participants for the online version were

selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer

balloting system drawn from over 100,000 names database,

union associations and corporate bodies that are listed

online.

Answer 1

That definitely sounds like a scam.  However the scam is being done by someone other than Camelot, as they are not part of The Camelot Group.

Hope you didn't send them any information.

Answer 2

yes it is. first, you never signed up for a lottery. second, most lotteries you have to buy a ticket, your name does not automatically get entered.

They will do one of two things.

1- they will tell you that you need to pay the taxed on it before they can give you your money. this is a LIE. if you were to win a lottery anywhere, they would deduct taxes from your winnings. never ask you to pay it out of your pocket. or they will tell you that there are processing fees. again, not true.  then once they get your check, they will either cash it and you are out whatever amount they asked you to send in or they will try to forge the check and get more money out or empty your account.

2- they will ask for a bunch of information to "verify" you identity and what they will do is steal your identity and ruin your credit.

Answer 3

If you click on the below link this site has an online form for the reporting of all scams and frauds - (with links for your own country.)   There is also some excellent advice on how you can achieve a spam free inbox :

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/re...

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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