ROYAL GAMES LOTTERY SCAM
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The claim
THE ROYAL GAMES LOTTERY
UK HEAD OFFICE
10 Cabot Square
London H146QR,UK.
ENGLAND.Dear Winner,
We are please to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the ROYAL GAMES LOTTERY draw held on 7th of February. 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: 09, 10, 25, 33, 42, 45
(ii) Email ticket number: 273-1-3221
(iii) Lotto batch number: RG-916
(iv) File Ref. number: BT-512-6
Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:
Mr.Steve Henman
Claims Department Manager
BOND TRUST LIMITED.
Email: claims-manager@tiscali.co.uk
Fax: +44 7005804427
Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Martin Gardner
Promotions Manager
Tel: +44 7040118013
Fax: +44 7005805159
N.B: 1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically dis-qualified.
5.Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.
The Royal Games Lottery Awards is proudly sponsored by financial Corp’s,the royal group and a conglomerationof other international IT companies. ROYAL GAMES internet draw is held monthly, and is organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
What the fact-checkers found
The ROYAL GAMES LOTTERY scam email shown below claims that the recipient has won money in an international lottery. The email is an attempt to initiate a dialogue with potential victims and subsequently trick them into sending money to the scammers responsible. There is no “ROYAL GAMES LOTTERY” and no prize money.
For more information about Lottery Scams see:
Email Lottery Scams – International Lottery Scam Information
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