This Lottery scam was submitted by a reader by mail a few weeks ago, but got stuck in one of my spam filters for a while. I rescued it just before emptying my Junk folder.

R. Johnsson, who submitted the mail, writes that she wants me to publish it warn others.

This is  a variation of the National Lottery scam, and as such it deserves a page of it’s own. And now it’s posted as a warning to anyone who gets the same mail. Don’t do what they ask you to. They’re just trying to get some money out of you.

The National Lottery
EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENT
Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland (Customer Services)
Ref: IR/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Dear Winner,

RE: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION!

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement
of the Irish National Lottery 2007 Online Prommotion Result
held on the 20TH day of January 2007.You have won this lottery
as a result of random selection of emails from our microsoft
data base, this promotion takes place once in a year.

You have therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of
1,350,000 Euro.From the Irish Lottery Board.
For further information contact your fiduciary agent
DR. MARK O’MEARA Of the claims Department for your
FUND RELEASE VERIFICATION FORM.

Dr. Mark O’Meara
Claims Department
The IRNL Foundation
Email:drmarkomeara13@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44 (70) 1112-7993 +44 (70) 4570-2021

Just another lottery scam… It’s amazing they are still at this.

112 Responses to “The National Lottery (Dublin, Ireland)”
  1. Hi
    I got a similar email just the other day. These people are idiots! This is what i got.

    From : IRISH LOTTERY
    Reply-To : irishpromo1@yahoo.co.uk
    Sent : Wednesday, 7 February 2007 11:49:02 PM
    Subject : Ref: UK/9420X2/68 ( Contact Mr Mark O’ Meara )

    | | | Inbox

    THE IRISH LOTTERY
    P O BOX 1010 11 G Lower Dorset Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
    We announce the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY program held on Saturday ,
    30th December 2006 .Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545
    188, Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:05,10,11,26,31,41(Bonus
    no.44). You are approved to claim a total sum of £700,000. To file your claims
    contact our claim officer:
    Mr Mark O, Meara
    Email: irishpromo1@yahoo.co.uk
    Stella Ellis(Mrs)

  2. I got same:
    The National Lottery
    EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENT
    Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland (Customer Services)
    Ref: IR/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY369

    Dear Winner,

    RE: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION!

    We are pleased to inform you of the final announcementof the Irish National
    Lottery 2007 Online Prommotion Result held on the 13TH day of FEBUARY 2007.You
    have won this lottery as a result of random selection of emails from our
    microsoft data base, this promotion takes place once in a year.

    You have therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of 1,350,000
    Euro.From the Irish Lottery Board.
    For further information contact your fiduciary agent
    DR. MARK O’MEARA Of the claims Department for your
    FUND RELEASE VERIFICATION FORM.

    NOTE:Ensure to send awareness to lottery Claims Department with the
    Official Email address stated; irnl_claimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk

    Dr. Mark O’Meara
    Claims Department
    The IRNL Foundation
    Email:irnl_claimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk
    Tel: +44 (70) 1112-7993
    +44 (70) 4570-2021

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  3. stone diddy says:

    alright big joke these assholes are pullin what
    well im puttin this out on behalf of nefoundland that we aint no chumps. someone for the love of god cathch these criminals and be sure they are put to justice. i got the same e-mail as that last m****r f****r!!!
    sinsierly: John “stoner” O’Neill

  4. Some people tried to fake me. I received an e-mail like this:

    “The Irish Lottery
    P O Box 1010
    11 G Lower Dorset Street,
    Dublin 1, Ireland
    (Customer Services)

    Ref: UK/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY369

    WINNING NOTIFICATION:
    We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held Wednesday 31st January 2007 It is now available for claims and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:11, 13, 19, 23, 41, 44, Bonus 24), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

    You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,350,000(One million, three hundred and fifty thousand, pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £4,419,864 shared amongst the(5)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

    This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £1,350,000(One million, three hundred and fifty thousand, pounds sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

    Our European agent will immediately commence the process 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 till 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 fiduciary agent:

    MRS. GLORIA TESLA
    Email: irishclaimsagent3@yahoo.co.uk
    Tel :( +44)-7011130562
    Tel :( +44)-7024065495

    Endeavour to email him the informations below:
    Full names……..
    Address…………..
    sex………………
    Age………………..
    Winning numbers………
    Email address…………..
    Telephone………………..
    Occupation…………………..
    Country………….. immediately.

    Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH LOTTERY.
    Yours faithfully,
    Sir. kolyn parkins
    Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
    Sweepstakes International Program

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  5. I just hope other persons don`t be faked anymore by those persons. I aleady sent them an e-mail where I ###### them.
    I`m a man from Panama nad they tried to fake me but they couldn`t because I researched about Online Irish Lottery and realized that fraud at the following URL:

    http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/IrishLotteryScams.php

  6. I hope you send e-mails to all of your contacts to let them know about this fraud so those persons can`t fake anyone else.

  7. Got the same god damn email. . .fucking bastards.

    The National Lottery
    EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENT
    Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland (Customer Services)
    Ref: IR/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY369

    Dear Winner,

    RE: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION!

    We are pleased to inform you of the final announcementof the Irish National
    Lottery 2007 Online Prommotion Result held on the 17TH day of FEBUARY 2007.You
    have won this lottery as a result of random selection of emails from our
    microsoft data base, this promotion takes place once in a year.

    You have therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of 1,350,000
    Euro.From the Irish Lottery Board.
    For further information contact your fiduciary agent
    DR. MARK O’MEARA Of the claims Department for your
    FUND RELEASE VERIFICATION FORM.

    NOTE:Ensure to send awareness to the IRNL lottery Claims Department with
    the
    Official Email address stated; irnl_claimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk

    Dr. Mark O’Meara
    Claims Department
    The IRNL Foundation
    Email:irnl_claimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk
    Tel: +44 (70) 1112-7993
    +44 (70) 4570-2021

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  8. i played the lotto for a mear $1. after weeks, i received a letter along the lines of, “you emerged as one of the winners in the third category. Participants were selected via a computer ballot draw from 1,500,000 names drawn from europe, asia, & n.america. your name, attached to coupon#: 000-00000, with serial#: 000-000drew the lucky numbers #$@%^&*%(*which subsequently won the the lotto in the third category. you have therefore been approved for the lump sum of $120,000.00 USD. this is from a total cash prize of $3,500,000.00 USD, shared among 18 international winners in different categories. this is an annual competition organized since the new millennium in our noble drive to go global.
    i called the number proveded: 011-44-7847854201 to speak with the printed designated “Contact Claim Agent”, Mrs. Kathy Anderson. only to be told that instructions would follow upon my remitting a “sponsor’s check” back to her “alternate contact point,” in alberta, canada, where i could then receive the said winnings.
    in speaking with my bankers, i was “Alerted” as to this ongoing “Scam!”
    luckily, i did the research in finding that i was not the only person out here who has experienced this sort of ill/wrongful doings? be careful out there in your money attempt(s)?

  9. This is mine:

    BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
    62 Winslow Road,London,
    Middlesex,W6 9SF,
    United Kingdom.

    Dear Winner,

    This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £500,000.00 (Five hundred Great British pounds) and brand new BMW 5 Series Car in this year BMW LOTTERY PROGRAMME.

    To claim your prize Contact the claim office with the under listed informations as soon as possible: Name,Address, Country,Age, Sex, Occupation, Phone, Fax.
    ===================================
    Fiduciary Claims Department (FCD),
    Mark Bolton
    Email: bmwclaimsagent@uk-nl.org
    Direct tell: +44-7011128218
    ===================================
    Regards,
    Mr. Mark Bolton.
    Online Co-ordinator.

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  10. I have read most the inserts from all of you who have been scammed. My 18 year old daughter was sent a check for $2968.00 in which she cashed. The letter attached to the check pretty much said the same thing you all are expressing. How can we shut this scam down?

  11. Another of the Irish lottery scams…Ontario Canada here
    The Irish Lottery
    P O Box 1010
    11 G Lower Dorset Street,
    Dublin 1, Ireland
    (Customer Services)

    Ref: UK/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY369

    WINNING NOTIFICATION:
    We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY online
    Sweepstakes International program held Saturday 3rd March 2007. It is
    now available for claims and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as
    regards this.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545
    188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:09, 12, 22, 27,
    31, 43, Bonus 19), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st
    category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

    You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,350,000(One
    million, three hundred and fifty thousand, pounds sterling) in cash
    credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
    £4,419,864 shared amongst the(5)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6
    plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected
    randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted
    from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
    listed online.

    To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

    MRS. GLORIA TESLA
    Email: irishclaimsagent3@yahoo.co.uk
    Tel :( +44)-70457 09656
    Tel :( +44)-7024065495

    Endeavour to email him the informations below:
    Full names……..
    Address…………..
    sex………………
    Age………………..
    Winning numbers………
    Email address…………..
    Telephone………………..
    Occupation…………………..
    Country………….. immediately.

    Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH LOTTERY.
    Yours faithfully,
    Sir. kolyn parkins
    Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
    Sweepstakes International Program

  12. i have recently got one of those emails. i am naieve….why do people do this??what would they do with the information that you give??

  13. Maria, it isn’t as much the information as the money they will then ask you to pay to get you money. That’s why the scam is sent out by an agent. They will ask you to pay anything between 150 $ to a couple of thousand dollars. As much as they think you will pay.

    But since there is no lottery prize, you will never see any money yourself.

  14. Sukhwant Dhariwal says:

    The latest fruad date 18 march 2007.
    The Irish National Online Lottery
    P O Box 1010 Dublin, 11 G
    Lower Dorset Street
    (Customer Services)

    Ref: UK/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY369

    Dear Winner

    This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of
    £750,000.00(GBP) which is equivalent to ($1,469,736.90 USD)in cash
    credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. held on the 15th of March. 2007 in
    Uk.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
    computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000
    email addresses drawn from which you were selected.

    The Irish National Lottery is approved by the Uk Gaming Board. In other
    to claim your won prize from the lottery board you are required to fill
    out the claims processing form and send it to our Claims Agent here in
    the UK with the details below:

    Name Of Claims Agent: Mr. Robert Micheal
    Email address : fiduciaryagent32@yahoo.co.uk
    Phone : +447011148108

    Below is the claims form you are required to fill:
    FILL AND SUBMIT.

    PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
    1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
    2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
    3.SEX:_______________
    4.AGE:________
    5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
    6.OCCUPATION:________________________
    7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
    8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
    9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
    10.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
    11. COUNTRY________________________________

    Goodluck from me and members of staff of the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.
    Yours faithfully,
    Sir Kolyn Perkins.

    Online coordinator for
    IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY
    Sweepstakes International Program.
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  15. Sukhwant Dhariwal says:

    Latest 18 march 2007 fruad mail i receive.
    Sprint Courier Company
    Head Office & Accounts
    Eighth Floor
    338 Euston Road Croydon,
    NW1 3BD(Road Map)
    London UK

    Phone: +447024025072
    +447035901527
    +447045709678
    Fax: +447075707754
    Email: citysprintcouriercompany@yahoo.co.uk

    Order Numbers: GB754370

    Date : 18/03/07

    Attention : Sukhwant Singh,

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!
    You are welcome to City Sprint Courier Company. We are pleased to be at your service. City Sprint Courier Company is Regulated and Stipulated by the Finacial Service Authority(FSA).,the finacial institutions that Govern all Finacial activities in the United Kingdom.

    This office has been Notified by the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY of the amount won with their Irish National lottery in the amount of £ 750,000.00 Pounds This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept at the headquarters of the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.

    The original copy of your winning certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY will be sent to you as soon as you meet with any of the option selected.

    You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are three options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the three.

    The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:
    Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this channel listed below:

    1) TWO WORKING DAYS DELIVERY
    Mailing: £310.00
    Insurance: £250.00
    Vat: £140.00
    TOTAL: £700.00 Pounds

    2.) THREE WORKING DAYS DELIVERY
    Mailing: £250.00
    Insurance: £230.00
    Vat: £ 90.00
    TOTAL: £570.00 Pounds

    3.) FOUR WORKING DAYS DELIVERY
    Mailing: £200.00
    Insurance: £180.00
    Vat: £ 70.00
    TOTAL: £450.00 Pounds

    BANK TO BANK OPTION:
    Henced your winnings can be Transfer into your nominated Bank account henced you will be Required to pay an upfront payment Transfer Charges know as the Cost of Transfer (C.O.T) in the amount of 1,000.00 Pounds, Before your winnings can be Transfer in your Nominted account.

    Note:The charges cannot be Deducted from your winnings.This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds and win Situations.

    Please respond to this email by making a selection from the four options above. Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver’s licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.

    Send your response to indicate your option within the next 24hrs,because you only have 2 weeks to claim this cheque and after this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

    Once again, congratulations.

    Treat with dispatch,
    Yours Faithfully

    Mr. Sims Martins
    dispatch officer.

    SUKHWANT DHARIWAL

  16. Here’s what I received!

    Attn: Winner,

    Firstly,i want to officially introduce my self as Dr. Mark O’Meara the Fiduciary Agent mandated to DIRECT YOU in the remittance of your winning Fund.

    On behalf of the Claims Department and Members of Staff of the Irish Gaming Board I will Like to Congratulate you on your Lottery Winning as you have won yourself One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro (1,350,000 EURO).

    You have won this lottery as a result of random picking of emails,your email addres were selected among others and five of these e-mails including yours was selected at random, which substiquently won you a total cash prize of One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro (1,350,000) from the Irish Gaming Board, The Official Sponsor of the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.

    The Online raffle draw which made you the winner of this lottery is the annual draw that is been conducted Once in a year in the Irish National lottery Office, This is to Enhance E-comerce and Trading as the Chief Executive Officer of the Microsoft Company have once adviced that Lottery Company should start Online draw by taking Internet into another exciting dimension of Life. It is in view of this that the Irish National Lottery, ( a renowned Lottery Company In the United Kingdom decided to start what is known to be the Online Lottery draw making them a stakeholder in this development that is highly related and Useful to Mankind.

    To continue the Verification of your winnings, You are expected to fill in the FUND RELEASE VERIFICATION FORM (by clicking on reply menu on your mail box to fill in the required informations) and submit via e-mail to your claims officer and so it can be file in for your claims.
    Once Again Congratulation!!! and We Hope to receive your Claims Verification Form winthin the next 24 hours.

    PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

    DETAILS OF BENEFICIARY :

    1.Full Names: (Surname First):
    2.Address:
    3.Country:
    4.Telephone:
    5.Gender:
    6.Marital Status:
    7.Age:
    8.Occupation:
    9.Email Address:
    10.Amount Won:
    11.Ref Number:
    12.Batch Number:
    13.Prefered Mode Of Payment:
    (a.)Courier your winning cheque along side other accompanying documents via BAC-service delivery.
    (b.)Transfer Your Winning Fund to your designated Bank Account Via Bank-Bank Transfer and gets the reflection in Two Days.

    NB: For instant payment,this payment processing form must be filled and send back to the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY Fudiciary Agent within the next 24 hours.

    OFFICIAL DECLARATION

    (Please type Your Name and today’s Date Under the Declaration Below)
    I HEREBY DECLARE I AM THE BONAFIDE OWNER/USER OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS ,THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE ARE VALID,THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY NOR HAS ANY OF MY RELATIVES FILED A CLAIM ON MY BEHALF.I HEREBY GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MY PRIZE WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE.

    Note: Please ensure that your fund release verification form is filled with uttermost care as any information you provide us is assumed to be the true beneficiary of the winning fund.

    The IRNL International Lottery Sweepstakes International Program.
    Copyright © 1994-2006 The IR National Lottery Inc.
    All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

    77635 476378 255667460

    ——————————————————————————–
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  17. Hello,

    and thank you for caring enough to alarm other of these scams. You are doing a great job.
    Here is a new one:

    From : IRNL CLAIMS OFFICE
    Sent : Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:54 PM
    To : ALINA KOPE
    Subject : CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM (GET BACK TO US WITHIN 24HRS)

    | | | Inbox

    Attn: Winner,

    Firstly,i want to officially introduce my self as Dr. Mark O’Meara the Fiduciary Agent mandated to DIRECT YOU in the remittance of your winning Fund.

    On behalf of the Claims Department and Members of Staff of the Irish Gaming Board I will Like to Congratulate you on your Lottery Winning as you have won yourself One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro (1,350,000 EURO).

    You have won this lottery as a result of random picking of emails,your email addres were selected among others and five of these e-mails including yours was selected at random, which substiquently won you a total cash prize of One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro (1,350,000) from the Irish Gaming Board, The Official Sponsor of the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.

    The Online raffle draw which made you the winner of this lottery is the annual draw that is been conducted Once in a year in the Irish National lottery Office, This is to Enhance E-comerce and Trading as the Chief Executive Officer of the Microsoft Company have once adviced that Lottery Company should start Online draw by taking Internet into another exciting dimension of Life. It is in view of this that the Irish National Lottery, ( a renowned Lottery Company In the United Kingdom decided to start what is known to be the Online Lottery draw making them a stakeholder in this development that is highly related and Useful to Mankind.

    To continue the Verification of your winnings, You are expected to fill in the FUND RELEASE VERIFICATION FORM (by clicking on reply menu on your mail box to fill in the required informations) and submit via e-mail to your claims officer and so it can be file in for your claims.
    Once Again Congratulation!!! and We Hope to receive your Claims Verification Form winthin the next 24 hours.

    PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

    DETAILS OF BENEFICIARY :

    1.Full Names: (Surname First):
    2.Address:
    3.Country:
    4.Telephone:
    5.Gender:
    6.Marital Status:
    7.Age:
    8.Occupation:
    9.Email Address:
    10.Amount Won:
    11.Ref Number:
    12.Batch Number:
    13.Prefered Mode Of Payment:
    (a.)Courier your winning cheque along side other accompanying documents via BAC-service delivery.
    (b.)Transfer Your Winning Fund to your designated Bank Account Via Bank-Bank Transfer and gets the reflection in Two Days.

    NB: For instant payment,this payment processing form must be filled and send back to the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY Fudiciary Agent within the next 24 hours.

    OFFICIAL DECLARATION

    (Please type Your Name and today’s Date Under the Declaration Below)
    I HEREBY DECLARE I AM THE BONAFIDE OWNER/USER OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS ,THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE ARE VALID,THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY NOR HAS ANY OF MY RELATIVES FILED A CLAIM ON MY BEHALF.I HEREBY GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MY PRIZE WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE.

    Note: Please ensure that your fund release verification form is filled with uttermost care as any information you provide us is assumed to be the true beneficiary of the winning fund.

    The IRNL International Lottery Sweepstakes International Program.
    Copyright © 1994-2006 The IR National Lottery Inc.
    All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

    77635 476378 255667460

  18. The Irish National Online Lottery
    P O Box 1010 Dublin, 11 G
    Lower Dorset Street
    (Customer Services)

    Ref: UK/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY369

    Dear Winner

    This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of
    £750,000.00(GBP) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. held on
    the 28th of March. 2007 in Uk.The selection process was carried out
    through random selection in our computerized email selection
    system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn
    from which you were selected.

    The Irish National Lottery is approved by the Uk Gaming Board. In other
    to claim your won prize from the lottery board you are required to fill
    out the claims processing form and send it to our Claims Agent here in
    the UK with the details below:

    Name Of Claims Agent: Mr. Robert Micheal
    Email address : fiduciaryagent32@yahoo.co.uk
    Phone : +447011148108

    Below is the claims form you are required to fill:
    FILL AND SUBMIT.

    PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
    1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
    2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
    3.SEX:_______________
    4.AGE:________
    5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
    6.OCCUPATION:________________________
    7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
    8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
    9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
    10.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
    11. COUNTRY________________________________

    Goodluck from me and members of staff of the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.
    Yours faithfully,
    Sir Kolyn Perkins.

    Online coordinator for
    IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY
    Sweepstakes International Program.
    powered by-2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved

  19. I got an email few weeks ago congratulating of winning a lottery of emails and says

    The Irish Lottery
    P O Box 1010
    11 G Lower Dorset Street,
    Dublin 1, Ireland
    (Customer Services)
    Ref: UK/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY369

    10/03/2007.

    Dear winner,

    This mail is to bring to your notice that your email emerged as one of
    our winning email address in our just concluded Irish Lottery Board
    sweepstakes programme that made you automatically a winner of the sum of
    £475,318 (Four Hundred and seventy five thousand, three hundred and
    eighteen pounds sterling) and the money which is equivalent to
    ($917,602.32 USD).

    Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
    booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your coupon. In
    view of this, your £475,318 (Four Hundred and seventy five thousand,
    three hundred and eighteen pounds sterling) will be released to you by
    any of our payment offices in Europe.
    Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
    the release of your funds as soon as you contact him or her.For
    security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
    confidential till 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 and fill the
    payment processing form and send it to our claims agent immediately.

    MRS. LEILA GREEN
    Email:customerinteractivecentre1@yahoo.ie

    PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

    1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
    2.ADDRESS:________________________________________
    3.SEX:_______________
    4.AGE:________
    5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
    6.OCCUPATION:________________________
    7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
    8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
    9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
    10.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
    11. COUNTRY________________________________

    Yours faithfully,
    SIR. ALAN CLARKSON
    Phone :+44701112 8652
    +447031899348
    Fax :+4470757077.
    Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
    Sweepstakes International Program.

    CITY SPRINT COURIER wrote:
    London Phone for an instant quote: London +44 701113 0515 Outside

    City Sprint Courier Delivery Company Service,
    Eighth Floor
    338 Euston Road Croydon,
    NW1 3BD(Road Map)
    London

    ATTENTION CUSTOMER!
    E-mail: patrickmassae@yahoo.com
    Shipment Order Code: A2245UK
    Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
    Ref:Ref: UK/9420X2/68
    Year:2007 Winners

    ATTN:Patrick Massae ,

    Good day to you, my office is in receipt of your email today.You are advice to contact my office with the following details stated by the fiduciary agent and you are required to scan your identity card or pass post to my as soon as possible.Note that it is very important for us to identify you during delivering of parcel.

    Email us or call for further details.

    Regards,

    Mr John Gareth.
    Phone: +44 701113 0515

    Dear Patrick Massae,

    Compliment of the day to you, i am in receipt of your email and the content well noted. On behalf of the Citysprint courier company, i will like to inform you that your winning parcel has been sent to us by the lottery board and it is your duties to contact us for the claim of your funds, and it is also our deties to return back any unclaimed parcel in our office back to the lottery headquaters.The head headquater of the citysprint courier company in north london has contcat my office,if you which to open an account with our courier company,all it require is the little amount and your account will be activated.Mr Patrick i will advice you look for a way of coming up with said amount and get back to my office, if you do not have the intension to payment for the delivering or transfer of your winnings.We will be returned the parcel back immediately.

    Mr. John Gareth, (Dispatch Officer)

    Phone: +44 701113 0515
    Fax:+447075700354.

    I am in receipt of your last email. The law prohibits rendering any financial assistance to you, or introduce you to any third party that will render such assitance. This law is set by the Government to avoid posible exploitation of winners.You are advice to make the payment your self,as a winner.our office will like to receive your payment details written in your names and address.

    I will further advice that you find a means to come up with this amount as
    payment of the fee cannot be bypassed or compromised. I think you should
    consider yourself a very lucky person, as such opportunities could come
    only once in a life time. If I were in your shoes I will make full use
    of it by all possible means. If you can not come up with this amount,
    or do not have the intention to pay this amount, your claims will be
    cancelled, and your funds returned back to The Irish Lottery Board as unclaimed.

    Having known our conditions, if you wish to further your claims.
    I await your prompt response.

    And at last I got a form of disclaim from the Judiciary Crown Court London asking me to sign if i don’t like the winning price.

    Could you tell me who are this people?
    Are they coning me?

    patrick

  20. mine even has pictures on it. showing the people who have won and even the lotto fake himself.

    The National Lottery
    EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARTMENT
    Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland(Customer Services)
    Ref: IR/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/zy369

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!

    NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT APPROVAL

    IRNL is a non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated and finance by 31 member country lotteries to Enhance Economic power and Tradings activities of individuals. Each IRNL member offers one or more of the games administered by IRNL Offices. All profits are retained by this lottery and are used to fund projects approved by the state legislatures as adviced by the Chief Executive Officer of the Microsoft Company to Enhance Economic power and Tradings activities of individuals .

    I wish to congratulate you for being one of the lucky winners of this year online lottery. Count yourself a lucky person.
    I am glad to inform you that I am in receipt of your mail and the provided required details (Claims Verification Form), your winning Statement and winning prize which is now ready for disbursement.

    This is to inform you that your (Ref: IR/9420X2/68) have been approved for payment by the IRNL Claims department.

    I am happy to inform you, that your Original Winning Certificate and your Certified bank cheque alongside with other accompanying documents has been fowarded to our affiliated Courier Company for delivery to you at your door step. Find below the contact details (E-mail and Phone number) of the Delivery Company incharge of your parcel delivery.

    INTERCOTINETAL COURIER COMPANY
    EMAIL ADDRESS : info_iccontinental@mail2world.com
    Please you are to ensure that you copy the email address carefuly,
    When contacting them,ensure to include this Cleared number as your subject.

    Please you are adviced to write down the cleared number and save it.
    CLEARED NUMBER: 00/999/123

    NOTE : YOU ARE TO USED YOUR CLEARD NUMBER AS YOUR SUBJECT WHEN CONTACTING THE COURIER COMPANY.

    Officially, i want you to understand that Since your Certified Winning Cheque and All Other Accompanying Documents have Finally been Issued In Your Name and as well covered with a hard cover insurance policy which makes it impossible for any deduction whatsoever to be made out of your winning fund, You Will be responsible for Any delivery charges that WILL Be Required For by the Courier Company for a secured and save delivery of your parcel to your door step.

    Once again, Congratulations and always inform me of your transaction with the COURIER COMPANY.

    Courier Contact And Details:-
    Note! This information should be sent to the Courier Company via-email when contacting the office:

    Your Full Names:…………………………….?
    Name of your fiduciary agent:…………………..?
    Parcel Cleared Number: 00/999/123

    PAST WINNERS

    Regards,
    DR GEORGE . M. OMERA
    Fiduciary Agent
    IRNL Claims Department

    Courier Services:
    ICC -Service Couriers provides local, national and international courier services at consistently affordable prices.

    Each courier works to a timetable, within an exclusive territory/Location. Customers of BAC-service Couriers are invited to deal with their courier on a CLEARED NUMBER basis, and full contact details, hence known as delivery request form and invoice are provided to customers to make a choice of delivery to which Customers are deem fit to get his/her parcel
    delivered.

    For an international delivery we are made to incure some initial expencies, such as insuring your parcel,registration of your parcel with the Fedral High Court before it can be placed on transit to your location/door-step, in this regard we do not accept payment after delivery from our Customers, hence payment before delivery ehance the commence of our delivery and enable us to serve you better.

    We open 7days a week and our service 24 hours of daily.

    Dispatch Officer: Mr. AUGUSTIN STUCK
    Email:info_iccontinental@mail2world.com
    Phone +447-045-711-288

    ——————————————————————————–
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  21. They had me going for a while here i thought i was a millionare but they where just messing with me this is the e-mail(s) i received form them enven a copy of a check signed. and account details at the Royal Trust Bank i jus need to transfer the money the are making fools of every body and is most probably laughing as we speak.

  22. hello, I have I draw out of the Swiss lottery and a such briz Dr stani or hans Peter gerhard, and I am wanted to know if it is certain or no, please writes to be with the necessary care, thanks
    maria

  23. Hello Maria,

    Just think about it.
    Why should they contact you in English?

    If you received a mail similar to the ones posted here on this site, it is certanly a way to try to fool you to pay money in order to get to the money you now think you won.

    First there will be a commission, then there will be taxes that the scammers say they will pay for you, then there will be bank fees, shipment fees, registration fees…. but never any money to you.

    These scammers make a living out of fooling people.
    Just throw the mail (or letter) away, and forget about it.

    // Nikke

  24. Oh, i’m having fun at the moment i have told mr. Sims Martins at the moment. I have just told him i have instructed my bank accordingly (i haven’t obviously, i’m not that silly) however will only release the money to them upon proving a FIA and Companies house registration numbers so i can check it again the data base held by The Department Of Constitutional Affairs, (God i love working in the financial industry!) therefore proving the legitimacy of their company. Do ya think i’ll get a response? Will keep you updated.

  25. Way to go Bekki!

    My guess is that they will respond in some way, and I would really love to hear more about it.

  26. Well here is my reply :

    Compliment of the day to you, we are in receipt of your mail and the content is well noted. If you wish to come in person to our office and make your claims, it will be appriciated. For what you asked in your mail, we do not give out does informations. We have given you the necessary steps on our your winning funds will be transfer to you. I will advise you to follow our instruction so that we can be at your service. This office await your prompt response.

    Once again, congratulations.

    Treat with dispatch,
    Yours Faithfully

    Mr. Sims Martins
    dispatch officer.

    And my reply

    Mr sims

    I am really not sure what to say to this as it is my statuatory right by law for this information to be given to me if i request it. (see section 17 of the statuartory rights bill) therefore will not proceed without it, and i will be taking you up on the offer to come to your offices once this information is disclosed as i am visiting close by next weekend whilst visiting family. I look forward to your co-operation.

    R Warnes-Studd

    Oh and if you hadn’t guessed section 17 doesn’t say anything of the sort Will keep you updated

  27. Omar Peralta says:

    Hello, my name is Omar Peralta
    I write because I received a mail requesting information on the lottery that had won, filled the data I eat up they requested it, after a while I saw this it paginates where it says that it is a fraud. is true?, please if it was robbery of identity and information, do make it to me to know immediately to take measures.
    thank you

  28. are you play with people i recive a menssage that i win same mony euro millions prize department

  29. ALI ALBAR NAZOLA says:

    I recieved an email from IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY in Dublin , Ireland who notified me as a winner of the Lottery Prize in the amount of 2,719,779Euros.
    The Notification dated on May 10, 2007, and I replied them jesterday to MR MAT IDEA as the CLAIM OFFICER who gave the BANK CONTACT to me with the name of the Bank is ALLIANCE AND LEICESTER BANK PLC.

    IS IT TRUE or CRIME?

  30. this lotto arrived in my email box 14-05-07 please send your copies to metropolitan police fraud squad london.

  31. James Gregory,

    Could you aide us in posting an address to use to the fraud squad at the Metropolitan Police?

  32. Anand Shukla says:

    SIR , I GOT THE MAIL , SIR CAN YOU TELL ME WHETHER IT IS TRUE OR FALSE

  33. Anand, if you say you got the mail I’ve got to believe you, so in case you are a liar, I guess it is true that you got it.

    However. The contents of the mail is just a scam and nothing to believe in. All they want is for you to pay them more and more and more money.

  34. I recently recieved a check in the amount of 2995.50 american dollars the letter that accompanied the check said that I won 130,000.00 american dollars, all I had to do was cash the check and send them 2884.00 of it so that it would clear international fees and then 4920.00 would be deducted from my winnings as an agent commission my question is where is the money coming from for them to send checks out in such amounts, and if cashed how can they be sure the moey will be sent back in or are they betting that the recipient is greedy enough to try to get more money. please reply

  35. Steve,

    You seem to haver received a new brand of this lottery scam. In fact it is an old check scam combined with the lottery setup.

    I’m not sure where you live, but I guess it’s somewhere in the US. And if so, most states have the same old bank laws, where the bank can pay you the full amount of a check, and then later claim the money back from you when it turns out the check was no good.

    And that is exactly what the scammers want in this case. They get you to send them almost 3000 dollars thay you will have to pay back to the bank later on.

    Here in Sweden banks charge us 150 dollars to cash a check and we still don’t get the amount until the check has been cleared with the original issuing bank. If that taked two weeks, that’s how long we’ll have to wait for the money to come through.

    The US system is faster, but much easier for a scam artist to mis-use.

  36. Hi All,

    My name is MKG Some people tried to fake me too. I received an e-mail like this:

    PAYMENT OF IRISH LOTTERY WINNING CLAIMS.
    Customer Support Unit - CSU.
    P O Box 1010
    11 G Lower Dorset Street,
    Dublin 1, Ireland
    (Customer Services)

    30/05/2007.
    Attn: Winner,

    Furtherance to your pending award claims process, we are pleased to inform you that your file has been validated and the following documents has been forwarded to our affiliated courier company for delivery to of parcel to your address as required.

    1) Award Prize (Original Copy)
    2) Official Letter of Winning Notification
    3) Award Winning Certificate (Endorsed by the Gaming Board)
    4) A Cashier Cheque of cash value £475,318 (Four Hundred and seventy five thousand, three hundred and eighteen pounds sterling).

    The irish lottery company has officially approved the “CITY SPRINT COURIER, DELIVERY/SHIPPING COMPANY SERVICES” an international courier company to carryout direct delivery of your winnings to your designated address. The Delivery Company contact, is issued below:

    Contact Person: Mr. John Gareth.
    Customer Services
    CITY SPRINT COURIER COMPANY SERVICES
    Tel:+44 70457 13659
    :+44 701113 0515
    Fax:+447075700354
    EMAIL:citysprintcourierdelcompany@yahoo.co.uk

    You are hereby advised to make direct contact with the above Delivery company, for further processes and to facilitate the immediate delivery approval of your consolation cash prize.
    Please update this office with your current status for subsequent development in regards to this delivery process with the Delivery Company.
    SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
    Endeavour to email the CITY SPRINT COURIER COMPANY SERVICES.Send the below information when contacting the Delivery company, is very important during delivery of parcel:
    1. NAME OF BENEFICIARY IN FULL:
    2. ADDRESS IN FULL, INCLUDING STATE, CITY, ZIP CODE:
    3. NATIONALITY:
    4. AGE:
    5. OCCUPATION:
    6. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
    7. NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD OR DRIVERS LICENCE AND NOT THE NUMBERS
    8. Ref: UK/9420X2/68,Batch: 074/05/ZY369
    IMPORTANT: Incase of any change of address, you are adviced to kindly inform this office, if it is still before the deadline, more importantly, winners are adviced to keep their winning details/ information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim by member of the public pending the total transfer/ claim by winner, therefore, keep this confidential.

    DISCLAIMER: This email are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the named addressee. If you have recieved this email in error please return.

    Congratulation once again.

    Mrs. Leila Green,
    Fiduciary Agent,
    Customer Support Unit - CSU,
    Phone:+44 70111 48046

    Be-aware of this fraud

  37. This is what some fools sent me thinking I will fall for the trap:
    :Ref: UK/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY369
    We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the UK NATIONAL
    LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International programme held on
    1st April, 2007.Your e-mail address has been selected randomly amongst
    twenty others by a
    Computer Ballot System through a”WORLD WIDE WEB SITE SEARCH NGINE”.Here
    is your
    ticket number:418 8354952 518 with Serial number 9418/07 that won you
    £150,000 Pounds ( One hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds sterling )
    claims agen
    Mrs Maria Newton
    E-mail: lotteruk_claimsdept@yahoo.co.uk
    Telephone: +44 7031968371
    Claims Requirements:
    1. Full Name:………………………………
    2. Address:………………………………….
    3. Nationality:……………………………..
    4. Age:………. Date of Birth:…………
    5. Occupation:……………………………..
    6. Phone:…………….Fax:…………………
    7. State of Origin:………..Country:………..
    8. MODE OF PAYMENT (please choose one option only):
    Certified Cheque OR Swift Bank Transfer.
    Yours faithfully,
    Steven Burtler

  38. Vladimir says:

    The National Lottery
    EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARTMENT
    Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1,
    Ireland(Customer Services).

    Dear Winner,

    Firstly, I want to officially introduce my self as Dr Robert King the Fiduciary Agent mandated to DIRECT YOU in the remittance of your winning Fund.

    On behalf of the Claims Department and Members of Staff of the Irish Gaming Board I will Like to Congratulate you on your Lottery Winning as you have won yourself One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro (1,350,000 EURO) from the Irish Gaming Board. The Official Sponsor of the Irish National Lottery through Our Online Internet promotion, to enhance more internet user and many benefit behind internet worldwide.

    You have won as a result of random picking of emails, your email address(infarh2@gmail.com) were selected among five others emails selected at random, which substiquently won you a total cash prize of One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro (1,350,000) from the Irish Gaming Board, The Official Sponsor of the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.

    To continue the Verification of your winnings, You are expected to fill in the form with your valid information as below and submit via email to this same email account.
    We Hope to hear from you soonest.

    (A) Payment Processing Form
    Ref Number:

    (B) Details Of Beneficiary
    1.Full Names: (Surname First):
    2.Address:
    3.Country:
    4.Telephone:
    5.Gender:
    6.Marital Status:
    7.Age:
    8.Occupation:
    9.Email Address:
    10.Amount Won:

    PARENTIAL DETAILS:(OPTIONAL)

    1.Mothers Name:
    2.Nationality:
    3.Age (if still alive):
    4.Telephone:
    5.Address:

    NB:For instant payment,this above form most be filled and sent to the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY Claims Agent and any false information discovered during our screening process will lead to winner disqualification.

    Dr Robert King
    Email: irishonlineclaimagent@yahoo.co.uk
    Telephone:+44-701-1140-755.

    (C) OFFICIAL DECLARATION
    (Please type Your Name and today’s Date Under the Declaration Below)
    I HEREBY DECLARE I AM THE BONAFIDE OWNER/USER OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS ,THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE ARE VALID,THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY NOR HAS ANY OF MY RELATIVES FILED A CLAIM ON MY BEHALF.I HEREBY GIVE AUTHORISATION FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MY PRIZE WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE.

    Cc
    National Gambling Board
    Royal High Court Of London
    Metropolitan Police Of London
    Microsoft Corporation.

    Copyright 1996-2008 The Irish National Lottery Inc.

  39. Vladimir says:

    All greetings. How you like here such letter?? Who can that tell?

  40. Dr S. N. Chinedu says:

    I received an e-mail congratulating me for winning a lottery I did not enter for. Please, what’s going on. The content is forwarded herewith.

    Thank you.
    Dr Chinedu.

    The Irish National Online Lottery
    P O Box 1010 Dublin, 11 G
    Lower Dorset Street
    (Customer Services)

    Ref: UK/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY36

    We are pleased to inform you that your e-mail address has won the
    Irish National Lottery. Therefore you have been approved for a lump sum
    payout �750,000.00(GBP) seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds in the
    Irish National Lottery program held on 6th May 2007 in UK, and released today
    7th May 2007. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive
    list of 21,000 email addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by
    an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets
    were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged
    as one of the winners in the 3rd category. You are therefore been approve to
    lump sum of �750,000.00(GBP). To file and claim your winning, please
    contact our Fiduciary Agent for the processing of your winning particulars,
    with the following information抯 below.
    ********************************************
    Mr. Robert Micheal
    Email address : fiduciaryagentirish@yahoo.ie
    Phone : +447024023332
    : +447045725562
    *********************************************
    You are advice to provide them with your information below, for the
    processing of your winning particulars.

    (1)Full Name :
    (2)Tel/Fax Numbers:
    (3)Ref and Batch Numbers in the email received :
    (4)Country origin :
    (5)Amount Won :
    (6)Age :
    (7)Occupation :

    NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than two weeks, after this date all
    unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

    CONGRATULATIONS;
    Sir Kolyn Perkins.
    Online coordinator for
    IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY
    Sweepstakes International Program.

  41. tell me ..is this also a scam??

    WORLD WIDE WEB(WWW) RAFFLE DRAW
    MEET OUR SPONSORS
    Shell Petroleum, Chevron Petroleum, Cocacola Beverages, British American tobacco company and Chelsea football club.

    PROMOTERS
    Yahoo mail international, MSN/Hotmail international ,Orangemail international and windows live mail beta

    Reference numbers YM 0910
    Reference numbers: YM3544

    WORLD WIDE WEB AVENUE
    Baley House, Har Road
    Sutton, Greater London
    SM1 4te
    United Kingdom.

    The date of the raffle draw previously scheduled for Tuesday 16th May 2007 will now take place on 15th Friday June 2007. The draw date is being postponed to allow more paticipants submit there entries we are sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused you.

    WORLD WIDE WEB INTERNATIONAL will for the first time conduct a joint effort raffle draw promo for free to randomly selected users of email facilities on the internet and you have the opportunity of winning any of the following category of prizes.

    1st category winners: USD$2.5 million dollars 2nd
    (10 WINNERS)
    category winners : 2006 Hummer truck 3rd category
    (700 WINNERS)
    winners: 2006 Toyota Land Cruiser 4th category
    (1000 WINNERS)
    winners : consolation prizes (10,000 WINNERS)

    Date of Raffle Draw: Friday 15th June 2007

    Venue of Raffle Draw: GLAZIER HALL, 9 Montague close , London Bridge,LondonLondon, SE1 9DD,United Kingdom.

    HOW TO PARTICIPATE

    1. fill the form below and enter your batch numbers and reference numbers correctly in the spaces provided
    send the completed form to the events manager Mr. Dell . M. Shakur via this email address delllshakur@yahoo.com
    Batch numbers…………………………………………………..
    Reference numbers …………………………………………..
    Your full names………………………………….
    contact address…………………………………………………
    Occupation………………………………………………………..
    position held……………………………………………………..
    Sex……………………………………………
    Age………………………………………………………………
    Telephone or Mobile no………………………………….. ……..
    (MOBILE NO PREFERRED)
    Nationality…………………………………..

    DATE OF RAFFLE DRAW… ………………………..

    Please note that only winners will be contacted and winners will be invited on CNN for a live TV show, I wish you best of luck.
    Yours Faithfully,
    Mr. Michael Smith
    (Online notification Manager)—–Orange Representative

    Mrs Lindsay Peters
    (Checking Manager)———MSN Representative

    Mr Dell .M. Shakur
    (Events Manager)—————-Yahoo representative

    (WORLD WIDE WEB RAFFLE DRAW COODINATORS).
    Desde el principio me gustó.. y luego, amor a primera vista

  42. Karl Cooper says:

    Irish Lottery,p.o.box 1010,11 G Lower Dorset St., Dublin,Ireland;tickewt#56475600545 ect.,ect….!KNEW BETTER!,Still discusted all the same

  43. Kris Rose says:

    Hey All,

    You people are great !! Thank you.
    Nikke Lindqvist, I think you have been very helpful while I was browsing through other comments.
    Guess what, I received the same mail and I am from Singapore !!

  44. Sean McHugh says:

    ya i got the same thing in my junk folder. but it looked different. i took a look see and it looked strange. then it clicked me, they are phishing/scamming. yet another canadian (toronto) who won’t be scammed by these ass mongers. maybe i should hack their asses

    Compliments of the day to You and Your Family.We wish to inform you of the result of our June,2007 Online RaffleDraw. The entire staff of the Irish National Lottery wishes to inform you that yourEmail address has won the total Cash Prize of 1,350,000 Euro. The draw was done electronically with several email addresses providedto this office by microsoft to enhance the utilization of the internet.Your email address attached to Reference Number IR/90020X2/09 wasPicked as One Of the Five Winning email Addresses. Your Winning Check Will be Handed Over to You as soon as Our Claims Department Verify Your Winning After You Might have filled the Payment ProcessingForm that Will be Given to You In Due Course.You are Advised to Contact Our Claims Agent:Dr Mark O’ Meara through his Email address: europromoagent@yahoo.ie Tel:+44-701 114 7858Please Quote Your Reference Number as IR/90020X2/09 when You are FilingYour Claims. The Irish National Lottery Inc 1994-2007Once Again Congratulations From The Entire Irish Gaming Staff

  45. I had a similar experience as Steve, I got a letter in the mail telling me that I won $130,000.00. They sent me a check in the amount of $2,840.00, which according to my agent, I should cash this check and send the cash by western union to their agent, Maxwell James in Canada, my agent, Melissa Brown, then verified that Mr. James recieved the money, she then told me that a courier would deliver my winnings to my home on Monday at 6pm, needless to say, no one showed up on monday or ever, I phoned Alpha Financial group. which is in Ontario, Canada and of course there was no answer and their voice mail was full. I called again a few days later, I got a live person and as I was talking to him about this matter, he hung up on me. Luckily, I did not give them any of my money, but I am furious that I fell for such a scam.

  46. Thanks for these published letters. I’ve got a letter to with same contents.
    Adina
    Here is forwarded:

    The Irish National Online Lottery
    P O Box 1010 Dublin, 11 G
    Lower Dorset Street
    (Customer Services)

    Ref: UK/9420X2/68
    Batch: 074/05/ZY36

    We are pleased to inform you that your e-mail address has won the
    Irish National Lottery. Therefore you have been approved for a lump sum
    payout Ł750,000.00(GBP) seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds in the
    Irish National Lottery program held on the 16th June 2007, and released today
    19th June 2007. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive
    list of 21,000 email addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by
    an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets
    were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged
    as one of the winners in the 3rd category. You are therefore been approve to
    lump sum of Ł750,000.00(GBP). To file and claim your winning, please
    contact our Fiduciary Agent for the processing of your winning particulars,
    with the following information�s below.
    ********************************************
    Mr. Robert Micheal
    Email address : fiduciaryagentirish@yahoo.ie
    Phone : +447024023332
    : +447045725562
    *********************************************
    You are advice to provide them with your information below, for the
    processing of your winning particulars.

    (1)Full Name :
    (2)Tel/Fax Numbers:
    (3)Ref and Batch Numbers in the email received :
    (4)Country origin :
    (5)Amount Won :
    (6)Age :
    (7)Occupation :

    NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than two weeks, after this date all
    unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

    CONGRATULATIONS;
    Sir Kolyn Perkins.
    Online coordinator for
    IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY
    Sweepstakes International Program.

  47. Yes I got this letter in the mail and I was thinking to myself that I hadn’t even entered for a lotto drawing. I didn’t know it was a scam until I started doing some research and came across this web page. So I Just want to say thank You. Anyways the letter said.

    Ref#:***-*****
    Winner Code:****-*****

    June 18TH 2007

    You are hereby informed that after the just concluded Vision foundation Lotto held in Dublin, Ireland; you emerged as one of the winnerd in the third category. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Participants were selected via a computer ballot draw from 1,500,000 names drawn from Europe, Asia, and North America. Your name attached to coupon number ***-***** with serial number***-*** drew the lucky number numbers of 01-17-23-29-41 which subsequently won the lottery in the third category. You have therefore been approved for the lump sume of $120,000 United States Dollars Only. This is from a total cash prize of $3,500,000USD shared among 18 international winners in different categories. This is an annual competion organized since the New Millennium in our noble drive to go global.

    A sponsor’s check of $2,975.00 is enclosed to assist you finance your international clearance fees of $2,870.00 Your clearance fees should be fowarded to our designated North American Agent. However, you will recieve a total of $120,000.00 minus $6,000.00(5% Sponsor’s commision). Invariably, you will recieve a total of $114,000.00 Your agent will give you further details. In order to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants and the public, we therefore strtongly advice that you keep this award highly confidental as part of our security protocol until your winning has been processed and money remitted to you.
    To Commence your claim, contact contact your agent, Scott Robetson, of Decel Financiers at, 7045 Cornerwood Ave, Suite 205 HAMI, and an accredited agaency Vision Foundation Lotto at 1-905-920-7961.

    CONGRATULATIONS once again!

    MICHAEL JALMET, PRIZE CO-ORDINATOR

  48. Today, I received this mail and immediately openened the website of Irish National Lottery and find out the guinineness of the website and it is really appreciable that many people are aware of this scam or trap which some crooks have laid on the internet.
    I only wish that the concerned authorities would trace the evil people and punish them as per land of the law using Interpol or FBI which would atleast protect the innocent would be victims.

  49. Nelson Martinez says:

    It seems these people don’t want to stop. What can we do to stop them and get them behind bars? It is disgusting what they are doing to innocent people.
    I got a similar email and here it is:
    FROM THE DESK OF DR MARK LAMBERT
    IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.

    EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENT
    Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland(Customer Services)
    Ref: IR/90020X2/07
    Batch: 074/07/ZY569

    Attn: Winner,

    Firstly,i want to officially introduce my self as Dr Mark Lambert the Fiduciary Agent mandated to DIRECT YOU in the remittance of your winning Fund.

    On behalf of the Claims Department and Members of Staff of the IRISH Gaming Board I will Like to Congratulate you on your Lottery Winning as you have won yourself One Million,Three Hundred and Fifty thousand euro (1,350,000.00 Euro).

    You have won as a result of random picking of emails,your email addres(martineznelson494@yahoo.com) were selected among others and five of these emails including yours was selected at random, which substiquently won you a total cash prize of One Million,Three Hundred and Fifty thousand euro (1,350,000.00 Euro) from the IRISH Gaming Board, The Official Sponsor of the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.

    The Online raffle draw which made you the winner of this lottery is the annual draw that is been conducted Once in a year in the Irish National lottery Office, This is to Enhance E-comerce and Trading as the Chief Executive Officer of the Microsoft Company have once adviced that Lottery Company should start Online draw by taking Internet into another exciting dimension of Life. It is in view of this that the Irish National Lottery, ( a renowned Lottery Company In the United Kingdom decided to start what is known to be the Online Lottery draw making them a stakeholder in this development that is highly related and Useful to Mankind.

    To continue the Verification of your winnings, You are expected to fill in the FUND RELEASE VERIFICATION FORM (by clicking on reply of your mail box and filing the required informations) and submit via email to your claims officer and so it can be file in for The Remittance of your Winnings.

    Once Again Congratulation!!! and We Hope to hear from you soonest.

    PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM:

    Ref Number:

    DETAILS OF BENEFICIARY :

    1.Full Names: (Surname First):
    2.Address:
    3.Country:
    4.Telephone:
    5.Gender:
    6.Marital Status:
    7.Age:
    8.Occupation:
    9.Email Address:
    10.Amount Won:

    PARENTIAL DETAILS:(OPTIONAL)

    1.Mothers Name:
    2.Nationality:
    3.Age (if still alive):
    4.Telephone:
    5.Address:

    NB: For instant payment,this payment processing form must be filled and send back to the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY Fudiciary Agent.

    Dr Mark Lambert
    Claims Department
    The IRNL Foundation
    Tel:+44 704 572 2823

    OFFICIAL DECLARATION

    (Please type Your Name and today’s Date Under the Declaration Below)
    I HEREBY DECLARE I AM THE BONAFIDE OWNER/USER OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS ,THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE ARE VALID,THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT FROM THE IRISH LOTTERY NOR HAS ANY OF MY RELATIVES FILED A CLAIM ON MY BEHALF.I HEREBY GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MY PRIZE WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE.

    Cc
    National Gambling Board
    Royal High Court Of London
    Metropolitan Police Of London
    Federal Bureau Of Investigation(FBI

    ——————————————————————————–

    Please let me know what I can do to help.

    Nelson

  50. sneha surendran says:

    2july 2007
    i got the same type of letter,could u pls tell me whether its true or fraud.

    The National Lottery
    EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENT
    Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland(Customer Services)
    Ref: IR/90020X2/07
    Batch: 074/07/ZY569

    WINNING NOTIFICATION:

    Dear Winner(Ref: IR/90020X2/07),

    CONFIRMATION LETTER FROM THE LOTTERY OFFICE!!!

    I am writing to confirm the official owner of this email address. Are you the owner of this lucky email address? If yes! then count your self a Lucky person as we are pleased to notify you of the final announcement of the Irish National Lottery Online sweepstakes Promo Programme held on the 30Th of June 2007 at exactly 8:26 pm London Time (GMT).You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,350,000 Euro.(One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro).

    To claim your winning fund you are adviced to contact Dr Mark Lambert to obtain your Fund Release Verification Form, Otherwise known as Payment Processing Form.
    CONTACT DETAILS OF YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT:
    AGENT:Dr Mark Lambert

    The National Lottery
    EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENT
    Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland(Customer Services)
    Ref: IR/90020X2/07
    Batch: 074/07/ZY569

    WINNING NOTIFICATION:

    Dear Winner(Ref: IR/90020X2/07),

    CONFIRMATION LETTER FROM THE LOTTERY OFFICE!!!

    I am writing to confirm the official owner of this email address. Are you the owner of this lucky email address? If yes! then count your self a Lucky person as we are pleased to notify you of the final announcement of the Irish National Lottery Online sweepstakes Promo Programme held on the 30Th of June 2007 at exactly 8:26 pm London Time (GMT).You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,350,000 Euro.(One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro).

    To claim your winning fund you are adviced to contact Dr Mark Lambert to obtain your Fund Release Verification Form, Otherwise known as Payment Processing Form.
    CONTACT DETAILS OF YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT:
    AGENT:Dr Mark Lambert

  51. this is kiran as i was the one who got the mail from The National Lottery
    EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARTMENT
    Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1,
    Ireland(Customer Services)
    Ref: IR/90020X2/07
    Batch: 074/07/ZY569

    so what i known after this is Without hard work money will not come.

  52. DIRECTION FOR PAYMENT (URGENT RESPONDS IS REQUIRED FROM YOUR END) Inbox
    Message text garbled?

    from ZENITH SECURITY PLC hide details Jul 16 (12 hours ago)
    reply-to info_zenitsecurityplc@uk2.net
    date Jul 16, 2007 11:25 PM
    subject DIRECTION FOR PAYMENT (URGENT RESPONDS IS REQUIRED FROM YOUR END)

    ZENITH SECURITY COMPANY PLC
    HEAD OFFICE:Zenith Platform
    Lane, London.
    United Kingdom .
    Email: info_zenitsecurityplc@uk2.net
    Tel: +447011127993
    Tel: +447045702021

    ZENITH SECURITY COMPANY PLC
    BRANCH OFFICE: Massavond 6A, 1103 RA,
    Amsterdam .Netherlands .

    ATTN: Kiran

    RE:IRREVOCABLE REMITTANCE OF YOUR WINNING FUND:
    I am very sorry for my belated response to your mail. I have been busy and waiting for the final approval from our newly appointed secretary for the immediate release of your winning consignment for DELIVERY, this is why i have not been able to get back to you regarding the subject matter.

    However, it is my plesure to inform you that your request for a Option (a) has been approved,we can now get on with the immediate delivery of your winning consignment to your Home. Your winning fund will be delivered in a piecemeal to your home address as provided in the delivery information request form .

    However, due to the nature of our security operations,you are expected to pay our service charges of 1,160 $ before we can get on with the delivery process of your consignment to your home. Consiquently, your won fund has been covered with a hard cover insurance policy which makes it impossible for any deduction what so ever to be made out from it for our service charges, this are the constituted security measures designed for the prompt security of your winning consignment. You will agree with me that ZENITH SECURITY COMPANY as an security organisation handling security service in exess of 80, million Great British Pound Sterlins has its own constituted management policy which all clients/customers are expected to adhere to in other to attain a hitch free transaction.

    I have already obtained an approval from the newley appointed secretary that you make the payment of 1,160 $ being our service charge through our indian agent to our vault/account department.

    Please find below the bank account details of our indian agent MR GLADWIN SAMUEL you are to direct payment to his account number as provided, You are expected to credit the required service charge of 1,160 $ to the ICICI bank account as stated below:

    Name……… Gladwin Samuel
    Account # … 62460150543
    Pan no …… AYAPS9877E
    Bank …….. ICICI BANK
    Branch……. Gureagon Branch

    NOTE: You are expected to scan and attach the payment receipt as soon as you finish making the payment and send via e-mail to this office for payment confirmation.

    Please do not hesitate in settling the 1,160 $ service charge as you were directed to do. You should offset it unfailingly before thursday. This is because I am billed to be attending a convention on International Board meeting at The Hague on Friday the 19th of July 2007. I hope to spend the rest of the week there and will not have the time to attend to this business till the meeting is over.

    I want to ensure that all process is in full phase before i fly to the board meeting on Friday, hence we will surely end up rushing this transaction as you are awear that the constituted deadline for your winning consignment is 14 business days.

    Yours Faithfully,

    Mr. TONY MORRISON (Customer care officer)
    Dr MIKE RULDOLF (Managing Director)
    Mr. MASS VAN DAN (Director Of Operation)
    Mrs. Mary Adams (Secretary)
    Mr. Philip Graham (Account Officer)

  53. Trina Roy says:

    I am from India received same fake e.mail from bastards.

    The Irish Lottery
    P O Box 1010
    11 G Lower Dorset Street,
    Dublin 1, Ireland
    Customer Services/Claims Department

    Ref: EGS/2251256003/02
    Batch: 14/0017/1PD

    ATTN: Trina Roy,
    Compliment of the day to you. We write to notify you that approval has been granted to us by the Irish National Lottery Commission to send your winning prize to you via our affiliate and efficient courier company upon your request. And at such,your certified cashier’s cheque which has been prepared to the tune of your winning amount,plus the original copy of your certificate of award including all necessary documents that will aid your winning funds legality in your country alongside our consolation prizes(which includes a Pentium iiii Dell Laptop with two Irish Lottery T-shirts) has been packaged and forwarded to the courier company for onward delivery to your contact address.

    At this moment,your certified package is now in custody of Swift Courier Express and at such you are to contact the courier company for further informations in regards to their delivery service options and cost.Please be informed that their mode of operations is Payment Before Delivery(PBD) to enable them make all necessary payment for your parcel insurance cover.

    We have contacted the management of the courier company and all necessary arrangements has been made on your behalf.You are required to Contact the Dispatch Manager of the courier company as soon as possible via the email address below quoting your ORDER NUMBER:LB4560017 so that your winning package