Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam

If you receive the fraudulent e-mail message below, please do not follow the instructions in it. The e-mail message was not sent from BlackBerry (RIM) but instead, sent by scammers. Sending your personal information to these criminals will only help them rip you off. Remember, once you asked to send money to receive a lottery prize, it is a scam. Legitimate lottery companies will never ask their winners to send money in order to receive their prizes.

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Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam

The Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam

Ms. Melyn Edwards (BB_alert @bb.org)

UNITED KINGDOM BLACK BERRY
PROMOTION BOARD
LONDON ENGLAND
http://uk.blackberry.com/
P.O. Box 3067
Tunstal road
e17gb

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Winning Notification from blackberry promotion board
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Congratulations!!!

We wish to inform you that your email address is one of the shortlisted winners on our "polled NEW RIM BlackBerry COLT 2012 comment platform" promo. Therefore we have sponsored you on the National lottery which you happened to be the winner of 6,392,389.00

You’re Reference Number: BB-UKEU01-08-06-2012

The winning Lotto Jackpot numbers on 8th September 2012 were 8,15,21,26,28,32 Bonus Ball 29

This promo is being necessitated for the purpose of promoting our site and encourages public opinion.

This will be the last reminder email from us; we have been trying to contact you since 8th of September 2012. For more details go to

The National Lottery Board has put a mandate that the lucky ticket-holder has until 11pm on Thursday 7 March 2013 to make a claim.

To claim your winning cash prize! You have to reply to this email immediately. We would release scanned copy of your winning ticket to you as soon as you acknowledge the receipt of this notification.

CLAIMS REQUIREMENT
(1)Full names;...(2)Address;...(3)Country;..(4)Nationality;...
(5)Tel;...(6)Age;...(7)Occupation;...

Contact us with your claims details at contact @ukblackberrydraws.co.uk via email: remember to quote your reference number as subject.

For more inquiries visit our site: http://uk.blackberry.com/

Congratulations!!
Ms. Melyn Edwards
Customer Service Officer -
Proudly sponsored by United Kingdom Black-Berry® Inc
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November 27, 2015 at 8:15 AM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
an anonymous user from: Ibadan, Nigeria

I was told that I won 1 million Pounds in a blackberry lottery promo in the year 2014 by one Mr. Edwin claiming the money was deposited in their bank for onward transfer to my account in Nigeria but that I should pay the sum of 500 Dollars to facilitate the transfer which I refused to pay.

Again about a month ago I received another mail from them saying the money has been transferred to U S A to one agent who will contact me for the release of the money on payment of a specified amount this time also I refused to send them any money.

What I will like to know is. If Blackberry has any type of lottery promo organized and how can somebody know if such promo is real or fake.

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November 27, 2015 at 8:25 AM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
info

Once you asked to send money to receive a lottery prize, it is a scam. Legitimate lottery companies will never ask their winners to send money in order to receive their prizes.

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November 2, 2014 at 1:36 PM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
an anonymous user from: Skopje, Centar, Macedonia

Here is another scam:

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BLACKBERRY PROMOTION

Oct 31 at 2:12 PM

2nd Floor Berkley Square House Berkley Square

London W1J 6BD London, United Kingdom.

Date: October 31st, 2014.

Good to hear from you regarding the BLACKBERRY PROMO My name is Mr Arch Stanton. I am the BlackBerry Cash officer assigned to winners on the BlackBerry Sweepstakes promotion. Your email was selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa as part of International Promotions Programme, which is conducted annually in london which qualified you as one of the lucky winners of this year BLACKBERRY ONLINE UK PROMO PRIZE 2014.

You are therefore required to provide the below information for us to start processing the payment of your prize money to you .

1. Your complete Names:

2. Age:

3.S*x:

4. Marital Status:

5.Occupation:

6.Home Address:

With the above information we will be able to effect payment of your prize money in your name either through delivery of prize money in cash, cheque or online wire transfer to your bank account depending on which option you prefer,First the above informations should be provided to start the payment process . I hope to hear from you soon,once again I say congratulations.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative 142nd Anniversary Draws.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Arch Stanton

BlackBerry Cash Officer

BlackBerry,UK.

Tel: 447024041059

Copyright ©2014 BlackBerry. All rights reserved.

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March 11, 2014 at 2:03 PM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
an anonymous user from: Kingston, Jamaica

I'm sick and tired of received this fake msg on my email I've received this email yesterday BLACKBERRY JACKPOT 2014 FINALIZED (Opening Attachments)? Is this

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

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February 17, 2014 at 3:11 PM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
an anonymous user from: Mount Airy, Maryland, United States

I received as an email,did not attempt. They then sent me a Disclaim Form. This is their email to me:<br/><br/>Registered Office: Centrum House<br/>36 Station Road<br/>Egham,Surrey,TW20 9LF<br/>Company No. 04022422<br/>Registered in England and Wales.<br/><br/>ATTN: Robert Kivang,<br/>CLAIMS PROCESS FOR TRANSFER<br/><br/>Congratulation, Your mobile number was picked by our automated computer ballot system, which has been programmed for this random selection. This has eventually qualified you for the lump sum jackpot of Nine hundred and fifty thousand pounds (£ 950,000.00) GBP from the Blackberry Award.<br/>...

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February 3, 2014 at 7:24 AM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
an anonymous user from: Bolans, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

I receive this email this morning, from this email address; blackberrydept @live.com<br/>-<br/>IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE, PLEASE CALL: 44 703 594 7237 AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AS DIRECTED.<br/> <br/>Dear Esteemed Claims Applicant,<br/>We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Mobile Promotional Draws. All Mobile Number entered for this promotional draws were randomly inputted from all mobile telecommunication network resource database using the Synchronized Random Selection System (SRSS)...

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December 12, 2013 at 4:16 AM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
an anonymous user from: Krasnovisherskiy Rayon, Volga Federal District, Russia

Here is another scam:<br/>"Your Email ID has been awarded 1,000,000,00 GAP in UK Blackberry Promo".today.

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November 28, 2013 at 7:40 AM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
an anonymous user from: Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland

I also received the mail that I have won 1000000 pounds, and these guys are calling me every day asking to send 600 dollars for deliverance fee. Do Black Berry have this kind of promotion?

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November 9, 2013 at 6:31 AM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
an anonymous user from: Paris, Île-de-France, France

I have got communication claiming that my email was selected in a jackpot to be the winner of 1 million pounds. The messages are sent from email blackberrys_mobiles2013@outlook.com<br/>They claim that the Inland Revenue Commission UK is asking for 3000 pounds as taxes before despatch, which they claim is being handled by Greyhound Courier Services with Mrs Davinia Ogsbollox being the despatch Officer.<br/><br/>Mr Arch Stanton says he is the Cash Officer in charge of Promotions and Sir Allan Conwell being the area coordinator. <br/><br/>May you advise me on what is taking place.

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May 23, 2015 at 3:19 AM by
Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam
an anonymous user from: Nairobi, Kenya

Hello this message was posted 2 years ago was wondering what happened did u receive the cheque because am receiving the exact same messages

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Scammers often update their tactics to keep up with the latest news or trends, but here are some common tactics used in phishing emails or text messages:

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Blackberry UK Promotion Lotto Jackpot Scam