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I received an email regarding that I have won a lottery. I have added the whole email below. The email has been sent from an email address ending “uklottery.co.uk”. I checked for the website. I typed www.uklottery.co.uk and I was taken to a parked domain which is on the sale. Then I searched through in the internet using the search phrase as

“UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS

The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England REF No: UK/9420X2/68 BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369 (Customer Services)”

The first result I saw was an warning about a scam. Following is the email I received.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS

The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England REF No: UK/9420X2/68 BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369 (Customer Services)

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!

FROM: THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY \\\\\\\”A\\\\\\\”

WINNER BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNINGNOTIFICATION

Dear Lucky Winner

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of 1,450,000 (One million,Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling) held on the 9th March, 2008 in London Uk.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email election system(ess) from a database of over 210,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected.

The UK. Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board. To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduaciary claims department for more infomation as regards procedures to claim your prize.

Name: Mr. Michael Field

Email:unl.claimsdepartment@hotmail.com

Tel:+44 7031 966 287

Contact him by sending him with the underlisted informations:

(1)FULL NAME

(2)FULL ADDRESS

(3)NATIONALITY.

(4)DATE OF BIRTH

(5)OCCUPATION

(6)WINNING EMAIL

(7)TELEPHONE NUMBER

(8)DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION

(9)SEX

(10)TOTAL AMOUNT WON

(11)MARITAL STATUE

(12)COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND RESIDENT

Sincerely,

Mrs.

You will receive these kinds of emails and sometimes you will get in to trouble by responding them without further investigation. If you receive these kinds of emails, stating that a huge offer is awaiting for you, always do some internet search, which will save your hardly earned money.