This is the email I received;
Luckily I did not send them any money but I want to warn the public as well of such a scam after looking it up on the internet. See also TNT and other lottery scam.
The Free Lotto Sweepstakes,
12 Bridge Street, Staines Middlesex
TW18 4TP
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
This is to finally inform you that your e-mail was among the ten (4) Lucky winners who won (516,778.00) each in cash. All participant emails were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses all over the World.
Meanwhile, you're advice by this office to choose from the below two mode of payment, which will be more convenient for to receive your prize from us.
Transfer of your prize through our Paying Bank to your Account:
Sending you a cheque through a Courier Company here in the UK:
WARNING THAT WAS GIVEN TO WINNERS
High confidentiality must be kept, this is strictly for security of funds, to enable safe remittance to you in whatever way you deem convenient and affordable. Failure to maintain the confidentiality will lead to disqualification/cancellation of your prize.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Peter Taylor
Claims Agent / Remittance Officer.
Tel: 44) 704 574 0751
And follow up email;
Dear winner
CONGRATULATIONS! This is to inform you that you have been cleared a winner of the Free Lotto Sweepstakes International program.
I am happy to inform you, your Original Certificate and your Certified bank cheque has been forwarded to the courier company.
Find below the details of the courier company.
tnt courier service @
address of head office: link house, 1c church street,
whitchurch, hants, rg28 7ad england.
NAME: MR. ANTHONY WHITE (dispatch officer)
EMAIL: dispatch. [email protected]
DIRECT LINE 447045740785
Open 7days-24hrs-365days.
You are advised to send the courier company a mail to their email address for their courier cost. When contacting them, you are to include this order number as your subject. Please you are advised to write down
the order number and save it.
Order number: d562725
0 comments