Not Born Yesterday, Scam Merchants

I get sick of this junk. These scummy scams are so obvious, they might as well be an ITV quiz show.

In my inbox this morning.

The British National Lottery
P O Box 1010
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Ticket number:56475600545 188
Lucky Numbers: 05,06,17,20,28,42(Bonus33)

Dear Winner

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of cash prize of £ 1000,000.00 (British Pounds) held on the 1st March 2007 in London Uk.The selection process was carried out through random selection in Our computerized email selection system (ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected. And Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05, 06, 17, 20, 28, 42 ( Bonus 33) , which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 5
plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1 Million Pounds,(One Million Pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £ 1000,000 Million Pounds , shared amongst the(4)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the FIDUCIARY AGENT Information Officer Mr. Roy Phil who has been assigned to assist you. You are to contact him with the following details for the release of your winnings.
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Agent Name: Mr. Roy Phil,
Tel: +44 70457 10544
Email: britishlottery_claimdept07@yahoo.co.uk
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contact him, please provide him with the following Requirements below:

Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full------------------------------
2.Address---------------------------------
3.Nationality-------------------------------
4.Age-------------------------------------
5.Occupation------------------------------
6.Phone/Fax------------------------------
7.Present Country------------------------
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If you do not contact your claims agent within 5 working days of this Notification, your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid Fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim by Winner.

*Winner under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified. *Staff of the British Lottery are not to partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Regards
Mrs. Stella Ellis
(Group Coordinator

Note that you are not to reply to this E-mail,please contact your claims officer directly to start the processing of your claims application form.

Great. I'm rich. But- er - why do I have to ring some dodgy dude on a mobile to claim? Why can't I ring your customer service department, British Lottery?

And if you are dividing a prize fund of one million betwen four winners, how is my share STILL A Million?

And how do you make a profit? Where does this prize money come from?

I would e mail to ask these questions, but apparently they don't want me to.

Anyway, if you fancy claiming my million quid for me, or even just want to set up an internet scam of your own and need advice, why not ring Roy on the number he kindly gave me?

That's 07045 710544