The National Lottery says: "charges cannot be deducted from the prize"

Hello, I am Miss Young. I received this story from a friend. Let me call him Jacek.

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I am Mr.Jacek and I receive scams email this on May, 2007, I only won £250,000 GBP. I lose money £699.75 GBP.

I attached are file winrar information from them.

Thank you.

Jacek

Subject: CONGRATULATION
From: uk national lottery (ddmorgan3@hotmail.fr)
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:53:28 AM
Reply-to: uknational_lottery0007@yahoo.co.uk

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Date: 13th May  2007
WINNING NOTIFICATION
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Dear Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw  (#996)  of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,  online Sweepstakes International program held 1st November 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:07,12,23,26,29,44. Winning  Numbers 31
Bonus Ball [38] which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £1,000,000.00 shared among the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 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 union, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion take place yearly.
 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 £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) would be released to you in 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 until 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:

Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Mrs Fiona Anderson ,
Email:uklottery_claim_agent1@yahoo.co.uk    Tel:+447024045946

Our European agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter.
 
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Goodluck from  members & staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mr. David  Mogan
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open daily.
 
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

Copyright 2007 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

INDICATE YOUR OPTION URGENT
MAIL POST COURIER. 
(REG NO: 103309).
 22nd May 2007
Reg order no: P562725
ATTENTION: JACEK,
 You have been officially declared for payment by the Verifications Department at the Headquarters of the UK National Lottery Organization and we have received your sent contact in formations. 
 Your certificate and your Bank draft of £250,000.00(BRITISH POUNDS) issued by the British Government had being sent to us to deliver to you in your country in Thailand, indicating that the money was obtained legally for the UK National Lottery Promotions, we will deliver your parcel to you as soon as you indicate any of the option stated below,  your winning prize will be courier or transferred to you immediately. 
You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your  winning prize to you. In regards to this, there are two options open for you, you are required to select 1 among the 2 options which you know you can be able to afford to pay.

The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below: 
OPTION 1:
Courier of your winning prize to you via any of this channel listed below:

FEDEX EXPRESS
Mailing &n bsp; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... £205.00
Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £450.00
Vat (5%). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£044.75
TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... £699.75

UPS(3working days)
Mailing &n bsp;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £189.00
Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  £450.00
Vat (5%). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..£038.95
TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £677.95

POST OFFICE MAIL(7working days)
Mailing ;. . . . . . . . . . .. £180.00
Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. £450.00
Vat (5%). . . . . . . . . . . . £019.00
TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £649.00

The insurance company declined reverse payment for the courier, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the Bank draft to you. That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the draft since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.

With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out. Forward the cost of mailing your draft with any of the courier channel cost you choose above to us.

OPTION 2
Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer) charged by our transfering bank which  is £2,500 of the cash to be transferred will be pay by you (winner).

Note that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy by GEOTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it will be remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your prize is transferred to you. Also send us a scan copy of either your driver's license, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.

Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of your winning prize is exactly two weeks after the receipt of this email. After this period your cash prize will be consider  forfeited and it will be re-used in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

Congrats,

Mr. Johnson Miller (dispatch officer)
MAILPOST COURIER SERVICE.
ukcourierdeskcourierdeskexpress@yahoo.co.uk

MAIL POST COURIER.  (REG NO:103309).    
 23rd May 2007
Reg  order  no:P562725

ATTENTION: JACEK ,

 We acknowledge the receipt of your mail dated 23/05/07 regards to your certified bank draft in our custody. We received your banking information and your identity sent and will promised to proceed effectively towards on the transfer of your winning funds into your nominated bank account in Thailand as soon as we received our COT charges fee of £2,500 GBP charged by our Bank.

Based on your indicated option 2, you are advised to send our Commission of Transfer (COT) of £2500 GBP via Western Union Money Transfer with information below:-

Receiver Name: MR. STEPEN MORE
Destination:   UNITED KINGDOM-LONDON
Amount:        £2500 GBP only
Question:  What is your name?
Answer:    Jacek.

Kindly copy the above receivers informations as stated above to send the money to enable our Bank to effect on the transfer via Telegraphic Transfer (TT) to your nominated Bank Account in Thailand . When you have sent the ?2,500 GBP, do indicate to us by attachment the transfer slip to enable us proceed on the transfer.

Congrats, 

MAILPOST COURIER. 
(REG NO:103309).    
 24th May 2007
Reg  order  no:P562725

ATTENTION: JACEK,

We do acknowledge the receipt of your mail and thanks for your understanding as I will act according to your preferrable option 1 FedEx Express to deliver your parcel to you in Thailand. You are hereby advise to send the charges of £699.75 British pounds via Western Union Money Transfer with the previous information given to you.

Receiver Name: MR. STEPEN MORE
Destination:   UNITED KINGDOM-LONDON
Amount:        £699.75 GBP only
Question:  What is your name?
Answer:    Jacek.

NOTIFICATION: Thailand can not send money through online western union, therefore I advised you to go to Western Union Money Transfer agent in Thailand to transfer £699.75 BP to enable us proceed in delivery your parcel to you.  Upon the £699.75 is being sent, kindly indicate the western union transfer slip by attachment immediately.

Congrats, 

Mr. Johnson Miller

MR.JACEK,

 OUR OFFICE HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC ARE QUITE AWARED THAT YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE UK LOTTERY. CONGRATULATIONS MR.JACEK.

 IT HAS COME TO STAY SINCE SEPT 11/2001 TERRORISTS ATTACKED IN UNITED STATE OF AMERICA THAT ANY BIG AMOUNT OF BANK DRAFT OR CASH TO BE DELIVER BY COURIER COMPANY OR TRANSFER BY BANK MUST CARRIED A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO PROVED THAT THE FUNDS IS FREE FROM DRUG, ANTI TERRORISTS ACT.

AS A LUCKY WINNER, YOU MUST OBTAIN ASIAN STATUS OF RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC.

THE CERTIFICATE WILL BE PROCURED IN THE SUPREME COURT HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC AT THE OFFICIAL COST OF 1850 EQUIVALENT. I ADVICE YOU TO SEND THE MONEY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. SEND IT WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION.

RECEIVER NAME--  MR. OMOYEMWEN AUSTINE
DESTINATION----        REPUBLIC OF BENIN
AMOUNT-------              £1850
TEXT QUESTION?----  HOW ARE YOU?
ANSWER-----                   FINE.

PLEASE SEND THE MONEY AS STATED ABOVE AND DO SEND A COPY BY EMAIL ATTACHEMENT THE TRANSFER  CONFIRMATION SLIP IMMEDIATELY YOU SEND THE MONEY. IF I CONFIRM THE FEE, I WILL PROCEED TOWARDS ON THE CERTIFICATE ON YOUR BEHALF. IF YOU LIKE, YOU CAN COME DOWN HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC TO WITNESS THE EXERCISE. INDICATE YOUR FULL NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION TO THIS OFFICE.

GOODLUCK

MR. ALBERT COLLINS.
LLB HONS JP.