Just a warning - here’s an e-mail lottery scam I just got tonight. Not as funny as the one that said Elvis needed money that someone posted before, but worth watching out for:
UK National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369
Date:14th July, 2005
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the UK NATIONALLOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held 1st June 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serialnumber 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 21 23 28 40 48 26
Bonus Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.ematch5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £1,000,000 shared amongst the first
four(5)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
WorldWide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotiontakes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
bookletrepresentative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In viewof this, your £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds
sterlings)would be released to you by any of ourpayment offices in
Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential your
claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner
you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent:
Mr.ian hilton
Email: Blanked out by Charlene so no one will click on it
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Brian Hunt
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-8pm
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If these folks ever learn how to spell and punctuate correctly we’ll be in BIG trouble! 
