I received a letter regarding The British Random Lotto as follows:
BRITISH RANDOM LOTTO
BRITISH RANDOM TRUST
WINNING CERTIFICATE
Ref#NPF 567321H048
Winner ID:9008654
DATE JULY 20, 2006
We are pleased to inform you that after the just concluded BRITISH RANDOM LOTTO held in London, England, that you emerged as one of the winners of the British International Lottery programs. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system draw from one million five hundred thousand names (1, 500, 000) drawn from Asia, Europe and North America.
Your name attached to ticket number 60087-6045 with serial number 012-00115 drew the lucky numbers of 21-27-8-15-34 which subsequently won the lottery in the third category. You have therefore been approved for the lump sum of $85, 500.00 USD (EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ONLY) in cash credited to the file with Ref: No. GACC/2855/7705. This is from a total cash prize of $1, 453, 00.00 USD (ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS) shared among (Seventeen) international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Assistance check of $2, 996.80 is enclosed to enable you finance the international clearance fees of $2, 846.00. Your clearance fee should be remitted to our designated North American Agent. Consequently, you will receive a total of $85, 500.00 minus $5, 301.00 (6.2% Sponsor's Commission). Invariably, you will receive a total of $80, 199.00.
Your agent will give you further details. We ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and money remitted to your account, as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwaranted taking of advantage of the program by the participants and the public.
To begin your lottery claim, contact your claim agent, LINDA ROGERS, of Royal Imperial Financial Management Group at 2520 Howard Street Suite 202 Edmonton AB T6T 1Z5, an accreditted agency to BRITISH RANDOM LOTTO at TEL; 1-780-604-5375
Note that all prize money must be claimed not later than AUGUST 10, 2006. Ensure you contact your agent for the ACTIVATION AND AUTHORISATION of your check.
CONGRATULATION! Once more.
Douglas Ferdinand
Prize C0-Ordinator
When I origianlly opened this letter, all I could think of was that this had to be a scam. That old cliche is very true: If it looks or sounds to good to be true, than it is!!
After looking at the name of the prize co-ordinator Douglas Ferdinand, I noticed that the signature looks like it says "John W. Pope".
Please don't get taken in by these letters, they want your bank account numbers so that they can steal your money, as opposed to giving you money!! I'm so glad that I decided to get on the internet and do some checking to support my conclusion that this was not real.
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