Is this like British Nigerian spam?
British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the British
Lottery International programs held on the 31st of
July 2004 in London.Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number
886/04 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a
total sum of US$2,500,000.00(Two million, five hundred
thousand, United StatesDollars) in cash credited to
file RPC/9080118308/04.This is from a total cash prize
of US $125 Million dollars, shared amongst the first
Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.
This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever
for British Lottery .The estimated $125 million
jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The
biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went to two
winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega
Millions’ predecessor.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of
this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, five hundred
thousand,United States Dollars) would be released to
you by our affiliate bank in London.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as
you make contact with him .
All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 companies.This
promotiontakes place annually. For security reasons,
you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed a nd your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit
to claim your prize. This is a part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be warned.To file for your claim,
please contact our fiduciary agent with the below
details for processing of your claims.
AGENT: Mrs Mary Pebbles
Email: mary_pebbles1977@excite.comTo avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batchnumbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated
agent.Congratulations once more from all members and
staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery
program.
Sincerely,
Maxwell Coker.
Zonal Coordinator.
UPDATE:
This is so clearly a scam. They do have a great website though: http://www.btlintl.com/ – you should check it out for how ridiculous it is. DO NOT FILL OUT ANY FORMS OR RESPOND WITH ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION.
289 responses to “Cool — I won the British Lottery!”
i received an email stated that i won.. just want to verify the matter. thanks
This email is a FRAUD!!! Do not give out your personal info at any time especially when the request is from an email.
When it is too good to be true…it is!!!!
the asian sensation
Of course. 😉 Hence labelling this spam. 🙂
Recu ce genre de mail. Mais comme la date de tirage était le 1er Avril j’ai de suite compris que c’était un spam !!!
i cannot sleep 2 day because this stupid email.i hope u enjoy ig u get this email.tha tha
i recieved the same email and same ticket number..oops.but the name of the zoonal coordinator differ,i was happy for 2 minutes.winning is good but fooling is not good
I received an email that said I won. A little advice, don’t quit your jobs just yet. Damn Brits!!
Hi.
I received this e-mail also with small changes . i would like to know if this e-mail had viruses or other damageing content.
contact me at yahoo messager Andrew_hys
It didn’t contain any malicious attachments that I saw. Just seems like a scam.
I just received the same email today also in Australia. What do they get out of it? Also different “Zonal Manager”!
btw-exactly the same ticket no.
They tried to conned me with their winning lottery announcement. I did not take it seriously until I realized that yes, I was going to go as far as sending a copy of my passport!. I stopped right there because identity theft is what it’s all about nowadays. It’s good to fight back. Tell everyone it is a scam. Manuela
I to am in Australia, have recieved the same email, with different lucky Numbers 01-6-2-13-35-17
Ticket number was changed a little
RPC/9080115322/44
Ref BTL/4910×1/04
Batch 12/25/0304
First email from Jefferson William
jeffersonwilliam5@excite.com
with Peter Richardson as the Zonal Coordinator
Second email from Mrs Mary Pebbles the fiduciary agent
mary_pebbles1977@excite.com
They have asked for details and I said due to fruad on the internet I require
information from them so I can check and make sure all is ok….as yet they have not replied to me….
I HAVE TURNED THE WHEELS ON THEM TO SEE WHAT I CAN GET OUT OF THEM….. WE WILL SEE WHO THE SUCKER IS…. IT WONT BE ME.!!!..
I got the same msg & gave them a fake name, address, phone, etc…
just to get even!
I am from Russia, Moscow and have just received the same shity message! It’s so easy to becone a donkey in a few seconds.
This is just a masterpiece of the Nigerian criminals!..
What I can’t understand is that how they can use our personal data, i.e. name, sex, age, address?
I received same e-mail stating easy money go to me! Don’t see any problems giving them real personal data! Let’s see what they’re up to! When it comes to money to pay “administrative fees” just offer them to deduct it from $2,5 million and see how they do that. That’s it!
Did anyone receive a copy of very nicely prepared “certificate” from them?
I didn’t respond to it. What does the “certificate” look like?
It looks like typical prize certificates with serial number, with a sigh like star on the right side and rest goes like “This is to certify that so and so is the winner of British LotteryInt.” The security code is given, in general, looks impressive but signatures of Mr. Michael Roning and secretary look suspicious!
I got a a mail with a name Hupert Stijn from amsterdam, the Netherlands with a telepone number. I called the number and became suspicious when I heard the accent.
Let’s do something about them. For in this world where money is always needed, people can go mad in few seconds. Hearing of so much of money, I mean.
Now it comes to very interesting point! After they got all necessary info off me, they suggest to pay(maximum attention!!) 2,500 euro for handling wire tranfer of 2,5 million to my bank account, but already notified me that “prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you”. Very smart!!! A friend of mine is sitting in London at the moment and gave a call to so called Mr. Damien Duff from a courrier company, but interesting thing was that a person stayed around office at 9.00 P.M. Isn’t that strange?
Ahhh… There’s the payoff! 🙂 Wow. So, um, like only 2,500 euro to collect your 2,5 millions? Geez. That seems reasonable. And if it’s covered under insurance, yeah, um, that sounds very likely.
Did you buy a ticket? Did they claim that you needed a ticket?
See if you can get 250 euros from them to cover the cost of wiring the 2,500 euros to them. Also see if you can get _their_ bank account info to wire it into. It’s like a game! 🙂
EL GORDO INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATION
‘GUNZMA EL BUENO’
MADRID, SPAIN
2347890 NJM
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02
Batch: 12/25/0034
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro Lottery International
programs held on the 1st of Febuary 2005 in London. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02
drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim
a total sum of US$1,500,000.00 (One million, five hundred thousand,
United States Dollars) in cash credited to file C/9080118308/02.This is
from a total cash prize of US $125 Million dollars, shared amongst the
first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.
This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for Europian
Lottery. The estimated $125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in
the Europian history. The biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went
to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The big game, mega millions
predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our
play coupon. In view of this, your US$1,500,000.00 (One million, five
hundred thousand,United States Dollars) would be released to you by our
affiliate bank in Spain.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him .All
participants were selected randomly from the ‘World Wide Web’ site through a
computer ballot system and extracted from over 100,000
company addresses. This promotion takes place annually. For security
reasons,you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever
manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent with the below details for processing of your claims.
AGENT: Mrs. Kate Henshw or Mr. Danny Alvares
Email: mr_dannyalvares1@telkom.net
Tel: +447040113463
Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly
completed early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double
claim.To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Faithfully,
Smith Carpenter.
AFRO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator.
___________________________________________________________________________
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http://www.alfahosting.it
I also recieved this same e-mail. Did anyone follow through all the way with them? Just curious what happened.
j’ai recu ce mail et j’ai rever 3 jours jusqu’a ce qu’il me demande 750euro pour la livraison du cheque quelle bonne d’enculé , je ne lache pas l’affaire je vais me mettre en contac avec la police des fraudes en UK
I am from Norway, Vest Agder and have just received the same Fucking bender mail.
We happily announce to you the draw of the British
Lottery International programs held on the 15th of
May 2005 in London. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number
886/04 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a
total sum of $2,500,000.00(Two million, five hundred
thousand,United States Dollars) in cash credited to
file RPC/9080118308/04.This is from a total cash prize
of US $125 Million dollars, shared amongst the first 50
Info in this site was very helpfull to get release from the fraud.
i also got a mail same as above.
Suthan,
Glad to hear that it helped! 🙂
—
Gabriel
They sent me an email from British Lottery Headquarter and told me that I have won 2.5 million dollor.Thats a shit. I know they are frauding.
I got this mail too… and I gave them my name .. now they contacted me and gave me a number to call. I don’t wanna waste money calling… Has anyone gone all the way and seen what happened?
I am so sure this is a fraud
Dear all! Don’t even hesitate a moment that all this is a bullshit, sorry to say so! I’ve gone almost through all this procedure just to see what they gonna do on the next step untill I got an “innocent” offer to pay administration fee of 2500,- (not sure if it was in pounds or euro). Wanna tell you, those guys like to bite big pieces, and if they continue frauding that means with some poore creatures it works! So, be careful and personal thanks from my side to the host of this site for helping people to open their eyes wide!
DO NOT TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, PLEASE….. THESE WACKOS ARE CRAZY…. I KNOW PERSONALLY, I WONT TELL YOU HOW,JUST BELEIVE IT… I AM SORRY THAT YOU WANT TO BE RICH, WHO DOESN’T, ESPECIALLY US HARD WORKING TAX PAYERS. LETS BE SMART. WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW HOW TO MAKE OUR MONEY THE RIGHT WAY WITHOUT TRYING TO SCAM PEPOLE OUT OF MONEY OR USING OTHER PEPOLES PERSONAL INFORMATION TO GET IT, BUT THEY CANT SEEM TO FIND THE RIGHT WAY. SO, WHO IS SMARTER?????????? THINK ABOUT IT…. MAYBE THEY DONT HAVE THE BENEFITS LIKE WE DO OR THE OPPORTUNITY BUT THEY CAN MANAGE TO GET ON THOSE COMPUTERS AND BEG FOR MONEY. THE DESPERATE PATHETIC IDIOTS…….. JUST TAKE MY ADVICE….. SORRY IF IT GOT YOUR HOPES UP….
HI! Wow! So I guess I’m not the only one who almost fell for this scam…man, I knew it was too good to be true!!! Good thing I haven’t gone that far and good thing I wasn’t all that serious about getting TWO MILLION FUCKING DOLLARS…I WISH IT WERE TRUE. I was such a sucker for giving them personal information but good thing I haven’t given them any bank account number or anything. I actually emailed them telling them that if it was a scam that I would SUE them! They haven’t contacted me since yet, i’m waiting for next round!!! I’ll show em! two can play this game right! but I’m not scamming, i’m just giving them a taste of their own medicine!
Hi there! Come down, ebonee214, how would you sue non-existing scambags? Just let them play, till it makes sense to play, because they might feel the same feeling of joy in anticipation of money from poor things they play with. It also takes them time and efforts to print, scan and send all this garbage of theirs! So let them work hard!
Lets play with some scam fuckers!
NAgasaki,
I got 2, I was sound chiken game. Better if delete it directly. even 5 seconds can made us fly.
I RECEIVED THESE EMAIL MANY TIMES. wHEN I SEARCHED IN THE INTERNAT FOR THEIR IDENTITY IT DID NOT CAME RELAIABLE. FINALLY … SORRY TO SAY… I WROTE SOME BAD WORDS TO THE REPLY TO THEIR MAIL.
I WAS WATCHING THIS FORUM FROM THE VERY BEGNING, IMMEDIATELY I RECEIVED THIS EMAIL.
I REQUEST ALL FRIENDS, THAT WE GET ONLY THAT MUCH WHICH COMES OUT OF OUT HARD WORK. THERE IS NO FREE THINGS IN UNIVERSE THAT CAN SUPPORT US FOR LONG RUN. PLEASE TO TO THE INTERNAT AND CHECK FOR THE IDENTITY OF SUCH IDIOTS BEFORE YOU REPLY TO THEM.
THERE THAT HUNDREDS OF MAIL IN MY INBOX WITH REUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN MONEY TRANSFER. YOU CAN THE IMAGINE THE AMOUNT, IT IS AT LEAST $25 M. THOSE IDIOTES MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IN THIER LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE IN SUCH FORUM. IT WILL HELP MANY SERIOUS PEROPLE WHO TRUST EASILY TO OTHERS.
hey just now I replied to them with my information…then got to see this website..thanx it’s not too late…
Hello All
Thank you very much to open my eyes about this stupidies
I have just received this morning,this fraud e-mail,is the latest one they also send me a certificat and check,please every body must be aware of this sheet. and also they give their web site is in the letter.
once again
thanks a lot
BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
28 TANFIELD ROAD
CROYDON LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304
6/July/2005
Dear,
I have received your information’s sent and I have
forwarded it to British lottery International for it
to be included in the database. Please note that the
processing of your certificate and claim cheque is
complete and your cheque is ready to be sent to the
payment center for immediate remittance of your
winning sum to you.
I have in this mail attached a copy of your winning
certificate and cheque for your reference. You are
however to choose from these options below for a
mode of remittance.
Option 1:
1.You come down to our office in London to collect
your certificate and also your certified bank cheque
and take it to our payment center in person to
redeem your winning sum.
ADDRESS OF OFFICE: 28 TANFIELD ROAD, CROYDON.LONDON.
Option 2:
2. Employ the services of our affiliate courier
company to courier your certificate and bank cheque
to the payment center for the telegraphic transfer
of your winning sum to your local bank account.
Please note that option 2 will mean you are to
shoulder the cost of courier has this is not our
responsibility, though the courier service is
affiliated to this lottery program they act
independent of your winnings .
Options:3
You will be required to open an account with the
paying Bank an initial deposit of one thousand
pounds (1,000 pounds) in order for an account to be
opened on your behalf. Your winnings will then be
deposited in your newly opened account after which
your winnings can be transferred to any account of
your choice with out you paying for C.O.T your
winning sum will be transferred to any account
anywhere in the world. It is of utmost importance to
note that your winnings have been placed under a
hard cover insurance policy and deposited in a
suspense account in our bank; therefore, the charges
cannot be deducted from your winnings.
I hope you understand that this is strictly banking
procedure and there is nothing that can be done
about it. Do not hesitate to mail me for further
clarifications
Please find our web address below.
http://www.btlintl.com
You are required to access our web address to
validate and verify your winnings. When you enter the website
click on verify. You will be required to enter your
full batch and ref number.
Please find the batch and ref numbers above it is
slightly modified this is for security reasons
Please advice how you wish to proceed.
Once again I say congratulations.
Kind Regards.
Mrs Laura Banks
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That’s a pretty detailed website. Complete with fake “transferring you to secure server” pages, and informative server messages like:
and
All built in Frontpage, of course. 😉
Sounds very technical and secure, eh? Not really.
Some interesting code on their site, particularly in the verification area:
View Source if you want the, um, SUPER DUPER TOP SECRET VERIFICATION CODE:
<script language="javascript">
<!--//
function pasuser(form) {
if (form.id.value=="BTL/491OXI/04") {
if (form.pass.value=="12/25/0304") {
location="verifying.htm"
} else {
alert("Invalid Batch Number")
}
} else { alert("Invalid File Reference Number")
}
}
//-->
</script>
So, you can simply enter BTL/491OXI/04 for the Reference Number and 12/25/0304 for the Batch Number. This will take you to a Verifying page. Then, AMAZINGLY, you can see that YOU’VE WON!!!! WOOOO HOOOOO! Now I can finally buy that dream house in Jamaica.
So… once again. Do NOT give these guys any information.
Hello All
Still receiving more details and informations,they try to convince me that all this is serieus by sending an other courrier web site they give their pahone and fax
Please see the e-mail
i need an help how we can work to stop those people or arrest them
THANX A LOT
THIS IS THEIR E-MAIL
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304
DEAR/
I AM HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE FORWARDED YOUR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND YOUR CERTIFIED BANK CHEQUE TO THE COURIER COMPANY.
YOU ARE FAX A COPY OF YOUR SCANNED CERTIFICATE TO THEM AT THEIR FAX NUMBER WHICH I WILL PROVIDE YOU
YOU ARE ALSO TO SEND THE COURIER COMPANY A MAIL TO THE BELOW EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THEIR COURIER COST.
ACE COURIER EXPRESS
acecourier@btlintl.com
WebPages: http://www.acecourierexpress.com
ORDER NUMBER:657543
HEAD OFFICE:11CYPRESS CLOSE,EVESHAM,
WORCS,WR11 1YX,LONDON.
FAX+448704102992
PHONE+447005807086
WHEN CONTACTING THEM YOU ARE INCLUDE THIS ORDER NUMBER AS YOUR SUBJECT, PLEASE YOU ARE ADVICED TO WRITE DOWN THE ORDER NUMBER AND SAVE IT.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO QUOTE YOUR COMPLETE NAMES, REFERENCE NUMBER AND BATCH NUMBER SO THAT THEY CAN HONOUR YOUR LETTER
ONCE AGAIN I SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
THANKS
MRS LAURA BANKS
Hi guys i also received the same mail and was so happy but after checking out in google i found out the truth since i had given my personal details i wont send the courier fees i’ll ask them to deduct from my prize and wait and see what they do
Hi,
my order no is: 657543
I cant send to you yesterday because your email adress is full
I want take my sertificate and Bank check I hope you company bring it fastly 🙂
Feferance no: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch no: 12/25/0304
Galib insaf Hamidov
I send to you my work full address
name surname:Galib Hamidov
work adress: Kazimzade 20 Barmek LLC head offise IT Department Baku/Azerbaijan
mobil tel: (+9050) 3596080
work phone: (+90412) 4499884
Attention: where I can to take the many please imform me… and 100 pount=how
many usd dollars…? i give the many when i get it
Hi! I’m from Norway, and got a winning confirmation this morning as well. 2.5 million USD was my pot, and right now i wanna smash the fucking modem for good! Fuck them off this planet!!! Shit!
Thanks for hosting this site!!!
Teapa fratilor !!!!!!!!!! I’m from Romania and i also received the same mail but i checking after one month if is true and i descovered that i’m not the only ……………………………….
im from egypt
i get a winning notification on 01/06/2005
is it true
No. It is a scam. Do not send them personal information or money.
I´ve got the same message. I really do not believe. But I took those numbers to the brazilien Jack pot for this week. Maybe I can win this prize , who knows?
Be carefull. Never send your pasport or id to who you dont know.
Amelia
I got the same similar email with the same details as others got.
I had a gut feeling this had to be bullshit and I wrote and told them that.
I received a copy of the certificate and a copy of the cheque for
2.5 million dollars.
Take more than that to suck me in.