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Old 08-20-2009, 12:00 AM
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Question Online Lottery Win notification

I received the following notification of an online lottery win. Are they for real???





CARDIFF EXPRESS POST
49A Parkway London NW1 8AH
United Kingdom.


Reg Order Numbers:#S667788
19th August 2009

ATTENTION: Desiree A Nasser ,

CONGRATULATIONS !!! You Information has been received . CARDIFF EXPRESS POST Logistics System /Dispatch LTD is an affiliate of the Web Online Lottery International, we are please to be at your service notified that your winnings was forwarded to our courier agency for onward delivery to you and also your information has been received.
This is to inform you that you have been officially cleared from the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the Web Online Lottery International .The original copy of this certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit forClaims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through their Web Online Lottery Sweepstake Program will be sent to you and the bank as soon as you meet with any of the option selected and your winnings will be couriered or transferred to you immediately.You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are two options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the two.
The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:


Option 1: COURIER DELIVERY


SAME DAY DELIVERY

Mailing £175.00 00.00
Insurance £450.00 00.00
Vat (5%) £125.00 00.00
TOTAL £750.00 00.00



NEXT DAY DELIVERY (2working days)


Mailing £155.00 00.00
Insurance £420.00 00.00
Vat (5%) £156.75 00.00
TOTAL £731.75 00.00



THIRD DAY DELIVERY (3 working days)

Mailing £140.00 00.00
Insurance £410.00 00.00
Vat (5%) £105.95 00.00
TOTAL £655.95 00.00


The insurance company declined reverse payment for the courier, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the draft to you. That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the draft since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out.Forward the cost of mailing your draft with
any of the courier channel cost you choose above to us.

Option 2: BANK TRANSFER CHARGES

The said amount claim £1,334,534 (One Million, Three hundred and thirty four thousand ,Five hundred and thirty four Pound Sterling. ) will be wired to your bank account via swift bank transfer.Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer) being charged by our transferring bank is(i.e £2,000) of the cash being transferred will be paid by you.


Note: That your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy by , which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you first before your prize is transferred to you.Please respond to this email by making a selection from the two options above. Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly two weeks after the receipt of this email. After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.Good luck and Congratulations once again. Please send your response within the next 24hrs to this same email address.



NAME:MR MICHAEL GARNER (dispatch officer)



TEL: +447011164708
TEL: +447045703397
TEL: +447031920928
FAX: +447092869414

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NOTE: Services Render by WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL COURIER LTD is to be paid for by you and not the lottery board.

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Old 08-26-2009, 05:57 AM
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Scaaaaaaaaaam!!!!

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Old 09-02-2009, 10:13 PM
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Does anyone really fall for these (or any) internet scams anymore? Not once have I clicked on a spammy email or suspicious link ever. I guess the suggestion of free stuff compels people to think illogically...

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Old 11-03-2009, 09:06 AM
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no they are not.. they are scams

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