can this possibly be true?

[CkChRIzZ]

ok so I get an e-mail from "Office Of United Kingdom National Lottery"

and it says...

Office Of United Kingdom National Lottery
The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL


+44 703 192 2027
+44 703 195 8319

uknlp08_adamscoles@hotmail.co.uk

WINNING INFORMATION
-------------------

REF:................. ***/***********/**
BATCH:................**/***/**
SERIAL N0:............****-***
B44:..................*********
Ticket Number:........***********
Lucky Numbers:........*-**-**-**-**
Bonus Number:.........*****


WINNING NOTIFICATION
---------------------------

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 30th september, 2008 from the United Kingdom National Lottery program Which is fully based on an electronic election of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your email was attached Ticket Number: ***********, *** **********, Serial Number ****-*** This batch draws the , Bonus Number: *****, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of Ј450,000 ( Four hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds) in cash Credit File Ref Number : ***/** ****/** from the total cash prize shared among eight lucky winners in this category.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by United Nation Lottery Foundation and the British Government as part of social responsibility to alleviate poverty, and assist the Individuals victims of the London Bomb Blast and the Hurricane Katrina Disaster in United States of America. This Program is under a strict supervision with British Government to see that the purpose of transparency and decency in observed and to avoid any unlawful manipulations it is drawn under a tight environment to achieve the maximum result as all eyes are on the British Government for it trusteeship in this lottery Scheme.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from meanly North America which Includes the United States, Mexico,Canada and Central Europe, London, Spain, Africa and Asia,Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.We therefore advice every winner in this quarter to listen properly from the advice from the Delivery agent so that they can discharge the duties accordingly and expressly.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
---------------------------------

Simply contact our Affiliated Zonal Representative (Rev.Adams Coles), where your draw falls with the following Information via email with your name and contact address:

He will guild you on how to claim your winning
prize:




TEL:
+44 703 192 2027
+44 703 195 8319
uknlp08_adamscoles@hotmail.co.uk


You have to contact Rev.Adams Coles With the
following
information below:

# FULLNAME:................................
# SEX:.....................................
# ADDRESS:.................................
# COUNTRY:.................................
# FAX:.....................................
# PHONE NUMBER:............................
# OCCUPATION:..............................
# COMPANY'S NAME:..........................
# AGE:.....................................
# REF NUMBER:..............................
# AMOUNT WON:..............................

To file for your claim. Please quote your Date of draw, reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily.For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize has been released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed on or before Two week;otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually sent back to Treasury in our head office London.

Congratulations once again on your winning!
Best Regards.

Ms. Linna Martins
(Information Minister)

NOTE:To claim your prize contact ( Rev.Adams Coles ) with your winning information.


You have Won Ј450,000,00 Contact Fiduciary Agent.

[Sutefan]

Hahaha

well it doesnt ask for credit card info so id probably reply for the hell of it

[Ahriman]

You won a national lottery in a nation you're not even in? Great work.

[Adrenaline]

dude its legit, make sure to give all your info and a copy of ur social security and birth certificate, just to be safe

[Ahriman]

Originally Posted by Adrenaline

dude its legit, make sure to give all your info and a copy of ur social security and birth certificate, just to be safe

Yeah, they get really technical like that nowadays.

[CkChRIzZ]

yea, i was thinking about it, but then again i don't know if there is a point. don't see why someone would waste their time doing all this and how they'd get my e-mail. this wasn't in my spam folder either.
and the "winning info" stuff is all there...

i mean i was thinking about replying for the hell of it, not giving them my ss number >.>

[Plural]

just googled it and found it on several scam sites (and nowhere else).

doubt this is legit.

[NarutoKun]

i think this is a scam.. i've also received this

[Alexei]

Why oh why would the national lottery of England have an e-mail address that ends with "@hotmail.co.uk".? He'd have a .gov e-mail, no doubt about it.

[Sticky Ramen]

Didn't even read it, the answer is "hell no" as it will always be with these things.

[vichter]

I'd say that this is fraudulent. I myself have encountered a handful of these through e-mail and even text messages... and actually went to the trouble of verifying the identity of one "lawyer" who was supposed to represent the group who gives out the cash... he wasn't even a real lawyer.

Remember, a real scam artist will go through the trouble of making their scams as realistic as possible so that the intended victims would think "why go through so much trouble for a scam, so it must be real".

Just don't give out any important info yet if you still want to reply/verify...

[N5]

i know someone else posted about this, but im sorry mate how could you ever think it was even slightly real when they have a hotmail address? lol

[LickThePaint]

Isn't it lotto not lottery anyway...
And either way they wouldn't email you

[Hurricane]

The address is actually right, email obviously isnt though (it wouldnt be .gov btw whoever said that, its co.uk). There is actually a thing on their real website saying this sort of thing goes on.

[WarZone]

wtf would somene in the us do with pounds? thats like trtyin to use euros to buy a ps3 in best buy in fucking montana lol