An Email with the Subject "WINNING NOTIFICATION" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:16:40 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "MRS KATE BROWN" <payment_agent07@yahoo.co.uk>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
BRITISH LOTTERY
The Lottery Company
PO Box 789 HG1 2YR
Dear Winner, We happily announce to you the Draw Number:114 of the
BRITISH ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT PROGRAMME. You have therefore won
the sum prize of £710,000 (SEVEN HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND,POUNDS
STERLING ) from BRITISH LOTTERY on our 2007 charity bonanza. The
winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email Users,
from which your email Address came out as the winning coupon. We
hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is a
reversion of the fund to our following month. You are therefore
requested to contact immediately our Claims Department below,
quoting your winning number: WINNING NUMER-06010110
. Name:REV. Randy Williams
Foreign Services Validating Officer
Email: payment_agent07@yahoo.co.uk
Tell: +4470-2403-6554
You are also to Provide the following information needed for the
processing of your winning claim/prize.
(a) Your full Name and Address.
(b) Your Telephone and fax numbers
(c) You tax I.D.Number (if any).
(d) Your country of origin
(e) Your winning number
Congratulations from me and all members of our staff. Best Regards,
MRS KATE BROWN
Claims Department.. The Lottery Company England