This email, which purports to be from the “UK Lottery Organization” claims that you have won $4,600,000 in the “Free Ticket/Online Lottery Awareness Program and Bonanza for June 2017”.
In fact, there is no such lottery and you have not won any money at all. The email is a scam designed to trick you into sending your money and personal information to criminals.
There are countless variations of these lottery scam emails. If you receive one, do not respond to the criminals.
Read more about this type of Intenet fraud
An example of the scam email:
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION (UK.L.O)
FREE TICKET & ONLINE PROMOTIONS
SWEEPSTAKES NO: UKLO/1115/BKKTH/6922
Dear Lucky Winner,
As part of our Free Ticket/Online Lottery Awareness Program and Bonanza for June 2017 held in Bangkok Thailand, we have carried out 94 computer draws in some regions. Note that the computer draws were based strictly and randomly on active email addresses of users that never played our lottery this year.
You have been officially certified a legitimate winner and beneficiary of $4,600,000.00 US Dollars.
Your email address drew the Winning Lucky Number (W.L.N): 33-33-4343-7466 and Sweepstakes Number: UKLO/1115/BKKTH/6922.
This makes you an international winner in your region. For details, guidance and processing of your lottery prize payment, contact our Appointed Claims/Processing officer Mr. Jonathan Ho by email, citing the following rightful winners=92 payment verification information:
*** First, Middle & Last Names:
*** Telephone & Mobile numbers:
*** Home address, City & Country:
*** Date of Birth, Occupation/Title:
*** Winning Amount & Month of draws:
*** Lucky Number & Sweepstakes Number:
The Contact Details are:
MR. JONATHAN HO
EMAIL ADDRESS: ( jonathanho776@gmail.com )
PHONE/FAX: +447087647604
If you are pondering how you won without entering the draws or purchasing the lottery ticket, then know that this very sweepstakes of June 2017 in which you have emerged as a winner is a free ticket online draws conducted on a computer balloting system using over hundred thousand email addresses. Att he time of winners=92 collation, your email address came out among the first ten which won you the lottery in the first winning category and entitles you to claim the complete sum of USD$4,600,000.00 Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars(USD) without any hassles.
Congratulations from me and the organizing team of UK Lottery Organization’s Bangkok-Thailand free ticket sweepstakes of June 2017.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Felix E.A
ONLINE COORDINATOR,
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION (UK.L.O)
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