British National Lottery Spam

I always wonder if people fall for gimmicks like this. I imagine that at least a few do, otherwise people would not continue to send out garbage like this.

Do not fall for emails like this. Never respond to them nor send your personal information to them.

From: British National Lottery. (cvmiller@purdue.edu)
Sent: Sat 1/26/08 8:46 PM
Reply-to: tnt_deptcourier121@hotmail.com

British National Lottery.
28 Tan Field Road,
Croydon, London.
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of the UK National Lottery Online Promo Programme held on the 29th of December 2007. We have been sending this notice to you but this is the last as we are about distributing
winnings to winners.The draw was done electronically with several email addresses provided to this office by microsoft to enhance the utilization of the internet.Your email address was attached to Reference Number UK/9420X2/68 and
was picked as one of the ten winning email addresses.

This has qualified you to claim the total cash prize Of £753,437(Seven Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty Seven Pound Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£7,534,370.00 shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category B.Therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.Your winnings will be issued to you as soon as you are to contact our AFFILIATE COURIER COMPANY for
delivery of your winning certificate and winning cheque of 753,437.Pounds..Kindly provide us with the information requested below accurately to help us deliver your package as the information provided will be used to contact you and the address provided is where your winning package will be shipped Claims Processing Form.

(Fill And Send To The Courier Company)

Contact Name:
Residential Address:
City:
State:
Postal Code:
Country:
Telephone Ext.:

We have sent your cheque and other vital documents relating to your winnings to our affilaite courier company,TNT Courier Service.Do note,that sequel to UK Lottery Acts 249(n) of 1972 ammended in July, 1996 to ensure the actual winning prize get to Winners, the Courier charges cannot be deducted from your winning claims because your winning claim is bonded by a hard cover insurance policy that gives only the winner access to the prize money.Hence you will be
responsible for all costs incurred in mailing your winning parcel to you and not the Lottery Board. TNT Courier Service does operate on Pay before delivery service to winners of the UK National Lottery thus they shall not commence
delivery until they are paid. See below the contact information of the administrative officer. You are advised to act accordingly.

Mr.Richard Frost
Administrative Officer
Tel: +44 703 192 6899
Fax: +44 707 515 8183
Email: tnt_deptcourier121@hotmail.com

Quote Your Reference Number as UK/9420X2/68 when contact our affilaite courier company. Congratulations once more from all our members of Staff.

Yours Sincerely
Sir Steven Smith
(Online Promo Co-ordinator)

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