"Nation Lottery Online Sweepstakes International Program"

Nation Lottery Online Sweepstakes International Program

The email message below, which claims that the recipients are lottery winners in the "Nation Lottery Online Sweepstakes International Program" is a fake or lottery scam. There is no such sweepstakes, lotto, or lottery. Every month, thousands of those email messages are sent out by lottery scammers to trick their potential victims into sending them their personal information and money, to collect so-called lottery prizes. Also, never respond to an email message that claims that you are a lottery winner with your personal or financial information. Legitimate lottery companies do not request personal or financial information via an email message, and will never ask winners to send money or financial information in order to collect their prizes.

The "Nation Lottery Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program" Lotto Scam

From: info@national-lottery.co.uk <info@national-lottery.co.uk>

Date: Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 6:51 PM

Subject: Final Notification!!!!

The National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/09/ZY369

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the Draw (#2099) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on Saturday, 7th October, 2017. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of

Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.

The result of our computer draw (#2099) which took place on Saturday, 7th October, 2017 selected email address attached to an e-ticket number 56475600545 188 with Serial number (5627635368/10) drew the lucky numbers:

13 14 16 24 41 43 (bonus no. 39), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category to the sum of ?4,894,600 (Four Million eight hundred and ninety-four thousand, six hundred British Pounds Sterling)

You have therefore been approved to claim your winning valued at ?4,894,600 (Four Million eight hundred and ninety-four thousand, six hundred British Pounds Sterling) in cheque credited to file

KTU/9023118308/10.

Your prize award has been insured in your email address and is ready for claims. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 7 days (date of this email inclusive) for the

processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of

this program. Please be warned.

This promotion takes place twice weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your funds would be released to you by any of our payment offices in the United Kingdom. Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail to the agent with the particulars presented below sending the batch and reference numbers and these information below for quick verifications and release of funds between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through

Sunday.

Overseas Claims Unit

United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary Agent One

Name: Stephen Alex Williams

Email 1: sawilliams@national-lottery.uk.tn

Email 2: sawilliams@senioren-golf.nl

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1. FULL NAMES:

2. FULL ADDRESS:

3. SEX:

4. AGE:

5. MARITAL STATUS:

6. OCCUPATION:

7. E-MAIL ADDRESS:

8. TELEPHONE NUMBER:

Make sure this Verification and Funds Release Form is sent to the Fiduciary agent for quick verification and funds release purpose. Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part ofour precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.

Very Truly Yours,

Michael Platt

The National Lottery .

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

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September 30, 2020 at 12:29 PM by
"Nation Lottery Online Sweepstakes International Program"
info

"From: jdecker@nationaxlots.com

Date: 29/9/20 6:28 pm (GMT 08:00)

Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Lucky winner:

The board of directors, staff and other supporting members that

contributed to the National Lottery sweepstakes program, congratulate

you for being the winner of this year’s draws held in the UK. Your

phone number came first in a random computerized ballot system. The

system collates millions of phone numbers from government databases

worldwide, with the consent of governments for the draws.

We are proud to announce that you are the sole winner of the total sum

of £2,800,000.00 (TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED BRITISH POUNDS STERLING)

and your winning certificate is attached in this email.

Having confirmed your winning, the next step is to recommend the

affiliate courier company (Royal courier link), a reliable and capable

courier company that’s under contract with our company to deliver the

winning prize. You are required to contact the courier company to

deliver the package to your country ASAP. Please, find below the contact

information of the courier company and do not forget to send them your

full details and winning number (WLDLT2020N15) for verification:

Email: info@royalcourierlink.com"

Another scam.

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June 5, 2018 at 10:48 PM by
"Nation Lottery Online Sweepstakes International Program"
info

Received via email:

"Hi I received an email for claiming application of UK international Promotions programme, I didn't reply yet, I only wanted to know that is not a scam, it says batch ref no: swioc/8042/017Uk, File ref no: uknl/990369274/17

serial no:805, ticket no: 057-90242857

Claims office, London

Tel: (44)-7452039122

Fax: (44)-8447748859

email: capitalfinanceinc@onet.eu

Then lastly it says:

Yours Truly

Nicole H Peterson

Online Programme coordinator"

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