"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam

There is no "ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019." Therefore, recipients of the email message below, which claims that they are lottery winners in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup National Lottery Prize Award, ask asked to delete it because it is a lottery scam. 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. Remember, never respond to an email message which 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, financial or personal information in order to collect their prizes.

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ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019 Lottery Scam

Also, there is no mobile ICC international lottery, promotion, or bonanza. Therefore, recipients of email messages claiming they are winners, should delete them and not follow the instructions in them. Once lottery scammers receive their victims' money, they will take it and disappear and the victims will not receive the lottery prizes that they were promised. This is why online users should never send money to collect lottery prizes and when they are asked to do so in order to collect lottery prizes. And, when asked, this should be the first sign that lottery scammers somewhere in cyberspace are attempting to steal their hard-earned money by tricking them into believing they winners in some so-called lottery.

Always remember to verify the authenticity of an International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket lottery, award or promotion by contacting them at their legitimate website at www.icc-cricket.com, And, their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/icc/ or Twitter at www.twitter.com/icc/.

A Sample of an "ICC Cricket Lottery Online" Scam

*ICC CRICKET COUNCIL ENGLAND 2019 ASIAN MOBILE DRAW*

*ICC CRICKET COUNCIL,*

*Lord's Cricket Ground, London, *

*England, NW8 8QZ.*

*Land Line: +44 207 432 1200-0*

*United Kingdom.*

*Tel: 004470142297762*

*Fax: **+441010081352*

*Dear Icc Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019, *

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February 1, 2022 at 11:12 PM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Brisbane City, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

RECIEVED THIS SCAM

BE CAREFUL

Dear Icc Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2022,

THE UNITED KINGDOM ICC CRICKET COUNCIL MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE IS PROUD TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR SUCCESS AS A WINNER OF ICC CRICKET COUNCIL 2022 WORLD CUP MOBILE NUMBER LOTTERY (MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO PROMOTION 2022). YOUR MOBILE NUMBER WAS ATTACHED TO THIS YEAR (ICC CRICKET 2022 WORLD CUP-CSWILL ASIAN CHARITY DRAW) WITH TICKET NUMBER ICC7PWYZ2022, BALLOT NUMBER (BAllOT NO: ICC05202020/2022) AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU ARE THEREFORE BEING APPROVED FOR EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS 850,000.00 GBP Equivalent To (171,183,519.58 LKR) and a trip to Canada this year.

ALL MOBILE NUMBERS WERE SELECTED FROM ICC CRICKET WORLDWIDE COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 24,000 NUMBERS FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILE NUMBER PROMOTION PROGRAMME WHICH WAS CONDUCTED THIS MONTH FOR OUR PROMINENT ICC CRICKET 2022 UP COMING WORLD CUP IN AUSTRALIA. THIS CHARITY MOBILE LUCKY DRAW WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPENSATE ALL CRICKET MATCH VIEWERS AND FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Kindly note that the original of your winning cheque and the certificate with other relative Documents from the court and the probate registry has been forwarded to the Courier Company for onward Delivery to you as soon as you contact them. Let it be known to you that all Taxes and Delivery Fee has been Paid. by ICC CRICKET COUNCIL MANAGEMENT BOARD UNITED KINGDOM, Therefore, you will only be required to PAY SrI Lanka Local Custom Clearance Fee when your Parcel has Arrived in your country. You are therefore expected to contact our affiliated delivery company (DAILY COURIER SERVICES INTL.) in which your winnings cheque of EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND Great British Pounds, (850,000.00 GBP) has been sent to for delivery to your residence. Do contact the DAILY COURIER SERVICES INTL. with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the winning cheque to your location.

Please, You Should Fill Your Verification form below this mail and also send it down to the Courier Company for reference and verification purposes via email and also attach your invoice which is below (find attached invoice), please INDICATE that you are contacting them regarding Icc Cricket Winner promotion.

Contact Courier with This Email Below:

DAILY COURIER SERVICES DELIVERY SERVICES.

WEBSITE: https://dailycourierdeliveryservice.com/

Daily Courier Services, Home

Daily Courier Services is amongst the renowned global cargo service providers headquartered at UK. Daily Courier Services provides a complete range of international air and sea freight forwarding together with integrated logistics services from its premises

dailycourierdeliveryservice.com

TELEPHONE: 447897052442

DISPATCH OFFICER: MR. ADAMS BRADFORD

EMAIL: dailycourierservices@outlook.com

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

I am (Mr./Miss)... I write to apply for the release of my fund with regards to the winning notification that was received on my mobile number from the Icc Cricket Council United Kingdom. I was made to understand that my winning Demand Draft Cheque has been deposited in a temporary account in England affiliated Bank and will be delivered to my country through DAILY COURIER SERVICES. I hereby request that the above 850,000.00 GBP Equivalent To (171,183,519.58 LKR) mentioned be remitted to me at the earliest.

Below is my Personal Information:

1. NAME IN FULL:

2. ADDRESS:

3. NATIONALITY:

4. AGE:

5. S*X:

6. OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD):

7. HOME PHONE & MOBILE NUMBER:

8. I D CARD OR PASSPORT NUMBER:

9. WINNING PHONE NUMBER:

10. HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED SUCH SMS AS THIS OR WON ANY PRIZE BEFORE? YES OR NO…

Note: You are to keep your winning personal to yourself, do not disclose to anyone until you have claimed your prize, because Icc Cricket Council Board has discovered a huge number of doubles claiming due to recipients informing close friends or relatives and third parties about their cash prize and also sharing their winning notification. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the winning prize on behalf of the real recipient. The Icc Cricket Council Board has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancellation of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So, you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize. You can as well come over to London for the claim of your prize if necessary.

SPECIAL NOTICE:

This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Remember SrI Lanka Local Custom Fee Clearance are to be paid by you and not the Icc lottery board, for the fact that the lottery organizers have made all the provision expenses, regarding delivery of parcel. Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from your winning amount, this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS CHARITY

ICC CRICKET MOBILE NUMBER LOTTERY PROGRAMME, OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THE

ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.

NB: Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of Icc Cricket Council England after seven working days. You are advised to keep your winning details confidential to yourself and not share it with any individual or firm to avoid cancellation of your prize. The Icc Cricket Council England and its co-sponsors congratulates you.

Congratulations! Once again on behalf of all our staffs.

MOTTO: INTEGRITY & SERVICE

Regards

Dr Robert Owen

Tel: 447418347560

Icc Cricket Council /Payment Department

ICC CRICKET INTERNATIONAL MOBILE LOTTERY BOARD.

2022 ICC CRICKET UNITED KINGDOM. All Rights Reserved

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November 14, 2021 at 7:03 AM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Kollupitiya, Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

"ICC CRICKET COUNCIL ENGLAND 2021 ASIAN MOBILE DRAW

ICC CRICKET COUNCIL,

Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England, NW8 8QZ.United Kingdom.

Email: icc-cricket-council@hotmail.com

Dear Icc Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2021,

THE ENGLAND ICC CRICKET COUNCIL MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE IS PROUD TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR SUCCESS AS A WINNER OF ICC CRICKET COUNCIL 2021 WORLD CUP MOBILE NUMBER LOTTERY (MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO PROMOTION 2021). YOUR MOBILE NUMBER WAS ATTACHED TO THIS YEAR (ICC CRICKET 2021 WORLD CUP-CSWILL ASIAN CHARITY COVID-19 GIVEAWAY DRAW ) WITH TICKET NUMBER ICC7PWYZ2021, BALLOT NUMBER (Ballot NO:ICC08312090/2021) AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU ARE THEREFORE BEING APPROVED FOR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND {GBP} POUNDS £500,000.00 GBP Equivalent To (134,878,675.29 LKR)

ALL MOBILE NUMBERS WERE SELECTED FROM ICC CRICKET WORLDWIDE COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 100,000 NUMBERS FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA,AUSTRALIA, AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILE NUMBER PROMOTION PROGRAMME WHICH WAS CONDUCTED THIS MONTH FOR OUR PROMINENT ICC CRICKET 2021/2022 UP COMING {T20} WORLD CUP IN ENGLAND. THIS CHARITY MOBILE LUCKY DRAW WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPENSATE ALLCRICKET MATCH VIEWERS AND FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO FILL THE ICC CRICKET WINNERS FUND RELEASE APPLICATION FORM BELOW AND RETURN IT TO MOVING COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY IMMEDIATELY TO GET YOUR PRIZE.

I am (Mr./Miss)... I write to apply for the release of my fund with regards to the winning notification that was received on my mobile number from the Icc Cricket Council England. I was made to understand that my winning Demand Draft Cheque has been deposited in a temporary account in England affiliated Bank and will be delivered to my country through diplomatic Moving Courier Delivery Services means. I hereby request that the above £500,000.00,GBP Equivalent To (134,878,675.29 LKR) mentioned be remitted to me at the earliest.

Kindly note that the original of your winning cheque and the certificate with other relative documents from the court and the probate registry has been forwarded to the courier company for onward delivery to you as soon as you contact them.

You are therefore expected to contact our affiliated delivery company (MOVING COURIER SERVICES.) in which your winnings cheque of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND Great British Pounds, (500,000 GBP) has been sent to for delivery to your residence..

Do contact the MOVING COURIER SERVICES with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the winning cheque to your location and the small amount to be charged for the delivery.

Please you should fill your verification form below this mail and also send it down to the courier company for reference and verification purpose Send with Your Promo Code Number {PARCEL/NUM/4608} Send Via email: mcourierservice@aol.com and please INDICATE that you are contacting them regarding ICC CRICKET Promotion.

Below is my Personal Information:

Your Promo Code Number{PARCEL/NUM/4608}

My Full Name:...

My Address:...

My Winning Mobile Number:...

My Second Mobile Number if Any...

My Age:...

My S*x:...

My Nationality:...

Your Passport No:...

My Prize Amount:...

My Job Position:...

Your Monthly Income: ...

Have You Won Before? ...

Your Email Address:...

*** Contact Moving Courier delivery Services with This Email Below: mcourierservice@aol.com

For security reasons, we advise you to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. All information is strictly confidential and will only be used for which it is been requested.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THISCHARITY

ICC CRICKET MOBILE NUMBER LOTTERY PROGRAMME, OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THE

ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.

NB: Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of Icc Cricket Council England after seven working days. You are advised to keep your winning details confidential to yourself and not to share it with any individual or firm to avoid cancellation of your prize. The Icc Cricket Council England and its co-sponsors congratulates you.

MOTTO:INTEGRITY & SERVICE

Regards Dr Robert Owen

Icc Cricket Council /Payment Department

ICC CRICKET INTERNATIONAL MOBILE LOTTERY BOARD.

2021 ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP ENGLAND.

All Rights Reserved"

Received this scam

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October 15, 2021 at 11:01 PM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Fort, Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

Please arrange a system to track these people to take legal actions to save innocent citizens. Regards!

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October 15, 2021 at 8:29 PM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Brisbane City, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Received this scam:

"ur mobile number has won 500,000 pounds from icc-cricket council draw 2021,to claim send

name

address

phone number

send to: icc-cricket-council@hotmail.com

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August 29, 2019 at 10:20 AM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

Received this scam:

"ICC CRICKET COUNCIL 2019 WINNERS FUND RELEASE APPLICATION FORM

ICC CRICKET COUNCIL ENGLAND 2019 ASIAN MOBILE DRAW

ICC CRICKET COUNCIL,

Lord's Cricket Ground, London,

England, NW8 8QZ.

Land Line: 44 207 432 1200-0

United Kingdom.

Tel: 004470142297762

Fax: 441010081352

Dear Icc Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019,

THE ENGLAND ICC CRICKET COUNCIL MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE IS PROUD TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR SUCCESS AS A WINNER OF ICC CRICKET COUNCIL 2019 WORLD CUP MOBILE NUMBER LOTTERY (MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO PROMOTION 2019). YOUR MOBILE NUMBER WAS ATTACHED TO THIS YEAR (IC CRICKET 2019 WORLD CUP-CSWILL ASIAN CHARITY DRAW ) WITH TICKET NUMBERICC7PWYZ2019, BALLOT NUMBER (BAllOT NO:ICC05202019/2020) AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU ARE THEREFORE BEING APPROVED FOR EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS $850,000.00 USD Equivalent To (155,183,519.58 LKR)

ALL MOBILE NUMBERS WERE SELECTED FROM ICC CRICKET WORLDWIDE COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 24,000 NUMBERS FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA,AUSTRALIA, AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILE NUMBER PROMOTION PROGRAMME WHICH WAS CONDUCTED THIS MONTH FOR OUR PROMINENT ICC CRICKET 2019 UP COMING WORLD CUP IN ENGLAND. THIS CHARITY MOBILE LUCKY DRAW WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPENSATE ALL CRICKET MATCH VIEWERS AND FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO FILL THE ICC CRICKET WINNERS FUND RELEASE APPLICATION FORM BELOW AND RETURN TO US IMMEDIATELY TO GET YOUR PRIZE.

I am (Mr./Miss)... I write to apply for the release of my fund with regards to the winning notification that was received on my mobile number from the Icc Cricket Council England. I was made to understand that my winning Demand Draft Cheque has been deposited in a temporary account in England affiliated Bank and will be delivered to my country through diplomatic delivery means. I hereby request that the above $850,000.00 USD Equivalent To (155,183,519.58 LKR) mentioned be remitted to me at the earliest.

Below is my Personal Information:

My Full Name:.

My Address:.

My Winning Mobile Number:.

My Second Mobile Number if Any..

My Age:.

My S*x:.

My Nationality:.

My Prize Amount:.

My Job Position:.

My Monthly income..

Have You Won Before?

For security reasons, we advice you to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. All information are strictly confidential and will only be used for which it is been requested.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS CHARITY

ICC CRICKET MOBILE NUMBER LOTTERY PROGRAMME, OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THE

ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.

NB: Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of Icc Cricket Council England after seven working days. You are advised to keep your winning details confidential to yourself and not share it with any individual or firm to avoid cancellation of your prize. The Icc Cricket Council England and its co-sponsors congratulates you.

Congratulations! Once again on behalf of all our staffs.

MOTTO:INTEGRITY & SERVICE

Dr Robert Owen

Icc Cricket Council /Payment Department"

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October 25, 2019 at 1:44 AM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

They are asking to me paid 24000 thousands to collect the parcels

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October 25, 2019 at 7:06 AM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
info

It is a scam, do not do it.

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July 27, 2019 at 3:12 AM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

Got a fake message from promo@cccukdraw.com.

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July 25, 2019 at 9:33 PM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
an anonymous user from: Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

I received a message from Cricket Jackpot@hotmail.com ICC Cricket council mobile draw lucky winner 2019 in Sri Lanka.

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July 21, 2019 at 3:33 PM by
"ICC Cricket Council Mobile Draw Lucky Winner 2019" Lottery Scam
info

"I received a message from Cricket Jackpot@hotmail.com ICC Cricket council mobile draw lucky winner 2019 as Yowanaraja mobile number 0712422235 found release Application."

Received via email.

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