UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOTION, Anyone know if this is a scam

[realitybites]

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOTION

Received an e-mail from this company

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM

Don't think you get anything for nothing in this lifetime but JUST IN CASE

[Knyght_byte]

whats the actual contents though of the mail?

[Karlmac]

The address checks out, try typing the postcode into Google, but a scam E-mail is just as likely to contain a genuine address as a scam one.

Are they stating that you have won any money?

[realitybites]

Have been told it is a share of 1 and a half million. Have severe reservations as never enter the lottery.

[Mr.D]

Phone up camelot and see what they say . Can't see how you've won something if you never enter though.

[Karlmac]

What size share? It could be tiny. How can you have won if you did not enter?

If you really want to be sure go independently to the official National lottery website (do not follow any links in the mail you have been sent). Try and find reference to the competition there and they reply to them using an official E-mail address from their main site.

[Mr Cat]

no wonder these scams keep going - if people think that they have actually won something without buying a ticket or whatever...

[realitybites]

It sounds feasible as they say the ticket was generated through a site I regularly use and randomly pick an e-mail address from a number of affiliate sites. Link does go to "A" national lottery site, legit is another matter.

[Reign-Mack]

Originally Posted by Mr Cat

no wonder these scams keep going - if people think that they have actually won something without buying a ticket or whatever...

could not agree more this thread should not even exist.

[JohnG]

I remember someone posting this before on here and it turned out to be another scam. Typing that "P O Box 1010" into Google quickly turned up a few pages about internet scams.

[Reign-Mack]

all it takes is typing the subject of the email and putting + Scam and using google for a few seconds

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...ION+scam&meta=

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/uk-national-lottery.html

Can't believe people (grown people) still fall for this crap.

"oh it could be real maybe I have won a few grand without doing anything and they chose to contact me by email... "

[realitybites]

Thanks JohnG, and to reign-mack, for myself and anyone else who may be frowned upon for only recently being drawn into this type of scam and maybe, just maybe feel a little intimidated, even vulnerable, I am glad for all the other members positive input. htmFor any one else who has, or will be e-pproaced, the following taken from another site with scammers sites, names etc

http://www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian_lottery2.

[realitybites]

Sorry
http://www.data-wales.co.uk/nigerian_lottery2.htm

[Gadget Daddy]

i had 1 also from the same address its a scam mate just bin it

[realitybites]

Thanks Pete, have realised after a bit of scouring the net. Saying that I would always ask for a second opinion, and the AV forums tends to attract a more intelligent, sensible and understanding type of being ( with the odd exception, of course).