Public Service Announcements

An inquest is told how a university student killed herself after falling victim to an internet scam.

The scammers seem to be back in full swing after a few weeks of quiet!

Please note the Big Lottery Fund does NOT run a lottery. They make payments to causes from money raised by the UK National Lottery. This is what they say in regard to email scams:

Have you received an email telling you that you have won a prize from Big Lottery Fund? If you have, it has not come from us. We do not run a lottery or give away prizes. We only make grants to people and organisations that have applied to us. Any lottery that asks for payment to claim a prize is not run by either the Big Lottery Fund or the UK National Lottery.

We advise you not to give your money or your details to unknown organisations or individuals.

Also, there wasn’t a draw made by the UK National Lottery on the 1st April (perhaps this is a late April Fools trick?). The closest draw was made on the 2nd April & the numbers were: 2 - 6 - 21 - 23 - 43 - 47 - 29 with a bonus number of 5. The prize was £2,503,562, split between 2 winners.

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from “BIG LOTTERY FUND.” claims_roeder@yahoo.com.hk
to Admin@wr-il.net
subject BIG LOTTERY FUND LUCKY WINNER

BIG LOTTERY FUND
BIRMINGHAM CENTRE,
APEX HOUSE 3 EMBASSY DRIVE EDGBASTON,
BRIMINGHAM B15 1TR,
UNITED KINGDOM.

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent BIG LOTTERY FUND PROGRAMME DRAWS (#1001) held on the 1ST of April, 2008 through computer ballot system Your email,is attached to ticket number 023-1856-790-279, with serial number 5073-10 drew the lucky numbers 43-58-42-37-69-72 Bonus No. 7, and consequently won the lottery in the first category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ?2,500,000.00 POUNDS STERLING.{Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling} in cash credited to file REF: BLF/26510460037/02.

This is from total prize money of ?25,000,000.00 shared among Ten Lucky international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa as part of International Promotions Program.

You have to send following details in order to facilitate the processing and release of your winning.

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• from 6 DICE LOTTERY UK <6dice@centrum.cz>
• subject CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER

6 DICE LOTTERY UK
30 Leicester Square City,
London WC2H 7LA
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the 6 DICE LOTTERY UK draw held on 21st of March 2008. All 3 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 2 others as a 3rd category winner in this month’s draw.

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of ?2,000,000 Pounds (Two million pounds) only. The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 6,21,10,41,27,19 (ii) Serial number:3-21-5 (iii) Lotto batch number: SDL-371 (iv) Reference number: OFS-358-2

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

John Edwards
Claims Department Manager
Olivet Financial Services
Email: olivetfinancialservicesuk@hotmail.com
Tel:+44 70457 12473
Tel:+44 70457 51687
Fax:+44 70060 70846
Fax:+44 70059 47103

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A victim of a fake Euro lottery offer lost a considerable amount of money, police say.

A County Durham pensioner tells how she lost her life savings in a foreign lottery scam.