The "Online UK-Promotion Held Here in London" Lottery Scam
Online users, there is NO "Online UK-Promotion Held Here in London" lottery or promotion. Therefore, recipients of email messages claiming that they are winners in the same lottery or promotion asked not to follow the instructions in them. The "Online UK-Promotion Held Here in London" lottery scam is being sent by scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them money for a lottery that doesn't exist.
Remember, lottery scammers make money by asking their potential victims to send money for so-called processing fees, taxes, delivery or courier fees. If the money is sent by gullible online users, the scammers will take it and disappear, without delivery the so-called lottery prize they have promised.
The "Online UK-Promotion Held Here in London" Lottery Scam
From: "Robert Pike" rpike598@gmail.com
Date: Nov 20, 2018 08:51
Subject: Claim fund
Good day,
After several failed attempt to reach you last week; we decided to contact you through sms to inform you of the draw #1404 of the online UK-Promotion held here in London. Your cell number is attach to the World Wide Web computer, generated the below reference. You have to
take note of the below details:
This promotion was drawn last week here in London, cell number as the key identification for the draw. All valid phone numbers and email addresses in the worldwide web server are used for the draw; the numbers were selected randomly via computer balloting from a global
website in collaboration with internet companies like eBay, PayPal,Google and also telephone companies.
Your payment file has been forwarded to Mr. David Newton, the Director of International Remittance Department/monetary index of OakNorth Bank London for the payout of your winnings. You are requested to send the above winning details to OakNorth bank as instructed below to enable them process your funds and transfer it to you.
OAKNORTH BANK LONDON
Contact person: Mr. David Newton
Tel: +44-745-201-3936
Email: oaknorthprivate@obprivate.com
Mr. David Newton will instruct you on how your funds would be best transferred to you without any delay. For your information, do not disclose your winning information to a third party(anyone) until the winnings is transferred to you; this is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of this program. I hope that the above information will be helpful to you,
Yours truly,
Mr. Robert Pike
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