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ALL the lotteries, draws, compensation schemes, inheritances, payment agent or mystery shopper jobs and business proposals offering huge sums of money are SCAMS. You CAN'T WIN a lottery or prize draw you HAVEN'T ENTERED. Please don't post comments asking if the SCAMS you have received are real. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS IN A COMMENT ASKING SCAMMERS TO CONTACT YOU (yes, people really do this regularly!)

Dear Lottery Player,

What a load of rubbish.  There is only one way to win the UK National Lottery and that is to buy a ticket.

There are no double claims by “close friends relatives, attorneys and third parties” and we don’t have “attorneys” in the UK.  Clearly this scammer doesn’t even live in the UK. (His/her ip address resolves to Portugal).

All this scammer wants is your credit card details so they can help themselves to your [Continue reading Dear Lottery Player,]

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There is only one way to win the UK Naitonal Lottery and that is to buy a ticket.  There is only one way to find out if you have won and that is to check the numbers yourself and make a claim.

The National Lottery do not hold random email draws.  No organisation anywhere does.  This, and all other email draws, is a scam.  All this scammer wants is your money.  He is hoping [Continue reading Contact Trans Express Courier Service For Delivery Of Your Winning Package]

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A reader forwarded me this scam.  Why would the “British Lottery Council” award you a prize in “United States Dollars”.  We do have our own currency!

This is just the usual rubbish from a scammer whose only interest is in getting hold of your money.  This scammer will just start trying to charge you fees if you make the mistake of replying.

BRITISH LOTTERY COUNCIL UK HEAD OFFICE SUITE 23-30, LION TOWERS [Continue reading ]

CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE

“Richard Adams” writes to tell me I have won £1m from Microsoft.  How kind of them – not.  All I need to do is give him a few personal details and phone him on his mobile.  Does that sounds like the behaviour of a legitimate prize draw organisation?  Of course it doesn’t.  As I always say – you cannot win a lottery or draw unless you’ve entered. This is a scammer – who wants [Continue reading CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE]