Here is an email from the Camelot Group PLC(GB) address from postpost000@gmail.com stating that I have won a ton of money in a lotto I never entered.
It’s a common scam where the target is you and a legitimate site is used to make it appear as though the email is legitimate.
The trick is to get you to respond to the email address, which goes to the scammer who then asks your for ‘processing money’ or ‘delivery fees’ with the goal of obtaining not only your money, but your identity as well.
Don’t fall for these scams! Here is what the official Camelot Group has to say to those winners that never entered.
There are lots of lottery scam emails and direct mail items doing the rounds which tell you that you have won a jackpot prize in a real lottery or a fake lottery. Even if they contain a link to lottery.co.uk or quote our address, we did not send them!!
You’ll find links to examples of these lottery scam emails (below) published without the writers’ permission, in the hope that awareness will, somewhere along the line, save somebody from being parted with their savings. Users who responded to their lottery scam emails saying they are a lottery winner have been asked to send sums such as £7,000 or €5,625 as a “service fee” to receive their ‘lotto winnings’ or ‘euromillions payout’.
If you pay that money you then receive another lottery scam letter, claiming to be from the Gaming Board of Great Britain, and with a forged signature of a board member, asking for €20,000. Pay that and you get asked for a courier fee to send your winning cheque. Pay that and… well, you get the idea. Of course your ‘winnings’ don’t exist so they never turn up. Here is a very real example of a lottery scam victim.
So far, at least 70,000 people have lost their money – please don’t let the next one be you!!
Always remember: if you did not enter the lottery, how could you have won?
Below you’ll find a copy of the email scam I received today.
Camelot Group PLC(GB)
Operator of the National lottery and Euromillions Lotto
Watford, Head Office and Prize Payment Office
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts,
WD18 9RN
Tel: +44-704-573-2135
national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/euromillions.ftlDear Winner,
Camelot Group PLC(GB),Operator of the National lottery and Euromillions Lotto, wishes to congratulate you on your success as one of our Ten(10) Star Prize Winner in this years Good causes International Awareness Promotion(GCIAP) held in online
national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/goodcausesandwinners/goodcausesstory.ftl.
Your email address won one of our Ten star prizes of 1,750,000.00 GBP .No ticket or coupon was bought in this promo all Email were draw from over 100 million email address provided by our internet service partner. To begin processing of your prize contact:
Mr.David Brown
Email: postpost0000000@hotmail.com
Contact him, with your, Serial No: GCIAP/20100932816092786 and
RefNo:EMIL201050346903018923.Also provide listed information:
Names:…….
Address:……
Age:…….
Occupation:……..
Phone no:…..
Country:…….
Mode of Claims:……..Regards.
Mr. LLYOD BRADFORD
Payment Manager,
Camelot Group PLC(GB)You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize
i also received those stupid emails as well!luckily i soon realized it’s a f*****g scam.i did send them my identity but that’s all.then they recommended me to contact some kinda courier and told me that my prize can be taken from hsbc s**t.hahaha…what are they xpectin now?
I received an email too telling me that I’d won a million pound and I stupidly sent them my details. Today I got another email saying I should contact the courier and that I would have to pay for it to be delivered which is really stupid. The only person I’ll be contacting is the police. They must be out of their minds to think they can steal poeoples hard earned cash
Please take attention to this email!!!
Today, i have received an email regarding the winning lotto. I would say this is an insincere email. This is an fraudulence. Below is the detail:
THE CAMELOT GROUP PLC.
OPERATORS OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,
3B OLYMPIC WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK,
AINTREE, LIVERPOOL, L30 1RD
UNITED KINGDOM.
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The United Kingdom National Lottery Wishes to inform you that the results of the E-mail Address Ballot Lottery International Program by Great Britain held on the Month of July 2011 is out. Your E-mail Account have been picked as the winner of a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000 ( One Million Pounds Sterling ) in cash credited to file REF NO:UKL/74-A0802742011. All participants for the On-line Version were selected randomly from World Wide Web through Computer Balloting System drawn from over 100,000 names database,union associations and corporate bodies that are listed on-line. This promotion is this year’s United Kingdom National Lottery Yearly bonus. To file for your claim, please Contact our Fiduciary Agent below for Verification.
Contact Person: Mr. Cooper Butler,
E-mail: cgnlcooperbutler25@live.co.uk
Telephone: +(44) 703 1822 662.
WINNERS VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
1. FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:
2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
4. PHONE/FAX NUMBERS:
5. NAME AND ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:
6. SEX:
7. OCCUPATION:
8. MARITAL STATUS:
9. WINNING EMAIL:
10. AMOUNT WON:
11. NATIONALITY:
12. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Mrs. Julia Cameron
ON-LINE COORDINATOR, THE CAMELOT GROUP,
OPERATORS OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
this email owner tried to scam me with your name here is what i was given camelot.board@ymail.com<<since when do companies use free yahoo accounts to deal with business?
Dear Sir/Madam
Your e-mail address has been picked as a winner of (£891,934.00.Pounds)
in our Monthly promotion,to claim your prize, contact Brian Johnson
with the following informations given below:
Email: camelot53@ymail.com
FILL THE INFORMATION BELOW
Name_____
Address___
Country___
Age______
Sex____
Status____
Occupation____
Tel___
Mobile__
Fax___
Congratulations once again.
Regards
Mr Brian Johnson
TEL:(+44)704 570 7372
Mr. Brian Johnson
Email: camelot53@ymail.com
The Camelot/National Lottery Office
Unit 3B Olympic Way
Sefton Business Park Aintree
Liverpool L30 1RD
Dear Sait Gunel,
This is to inform you that your verification details have been processed. Your email won the sum of £1,000,000.00 GBP (One Million Pounds Sterling) in our online email lottery in which e-mail addresses were picked randomly by computerised balloting, powered by the Internet in the 2010 electronic online email sweepstakes sponsored by Camelot Groups cum Microsoft UK. Your funds has been approved for release by the Lottery Regulatory Board and we will begin the process of remittance of your prize. Your parcel containing a Certified Bank Cheque (which can be cashed at any Branch of HSBC Bank in your location), a Laptop, a T-Shirt and Face Cap with identification code: MEM-636-44 has been forwarded to Cross Flight Couriers for onward delivery to you. Cross Flight Couriers is the only Courier Company registered with our Office thus they are in charge of all deliveries to winners of the esteemed program. It is important to note that services rendered by this courier company are to be paid for by you and not the Lottery Board.
You are required to contact Cross Flight Couriers on their e-mail below to enquire on the delivery process and the delivery charges to be fulfilled before your parcel can be delivered to you;
Cross Flight Couriers
Mr. Jones Burnett
International Operations Director
Tel : 44 701 704 2249
44 701 099 5863
E-mail: enquiries.crossflightuk@post.com
This office is requesting an adequate update from you on the proceedings between you and the courier service. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Best regards,
Mr. Robert McMullen