Here is a new cut for the lottery scams. The scammers send out noticifcation that you had just won the UK lottery. This lottery is based on random drawing from email addresses collected from through out the internet. How this is possible is beyond me since the only person to receive my email address, As far as I know, are the people I send it to. Of course at the bottom of the letter is a list of personal information that they need to process my winnings. Knowing this set up I put down all false information, actually mythical place and smart ass remarks were my answers. Weeks pass and I receive the below letter:

BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:28 TAN FIELD ROAD ,CROYDON,LONDON .Ref: UK/9420X2/68Batch: 074/05/ZY369

ATTN: Esteemed Winner,

I want to inform you that your verification details have been received and have been processed. I must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our lucky winners in the UK National Lottery Online Sweepstakes International Program.As you already know, all participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online and each email address was attatched to a ticket number. Your email address attatched to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 was selected which automatically makes you one of our lucky winners.

Your funds have been approved for release and we will begin the process of remittance of your prize money to you immediately. I have contacted the UK National Lottery Advisory Board and The Internal Revenue Board on this matter and we have decided to send your winning parcel which contains your certified bank cheque, original copies of your winning certificate, consolation prizes which include a Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop, a UK Lottery Branded T-shirt, a UK Lottery Branded Baseball cap and security Documents via a secured and efficient courier service.

We have also contacted our affiliate Courier Company INTERNATIONAL COURIER SYSTEMS and have directed them to pick up your winning parcel from the National Head Quaters.Do note, that sequel to UK Lottery Acts 249(n) of 1972 ammended in July, 1996 to ensure the actual winning prize get to Winners, the Courier charges cannot be deducted from your winning claims because your winning claim is bonded by a hard cover insurance policy that gives only the winner access to the prize money.
Hence you will be responsible for all costs incurred in mailing your winning parcel to you.
Please forward your Name,Correct Delivery Address,Telephone Number,Age,Sex.Occupation,Country to The Client Services Manager, INTERNATIONAL COURIER SYSTEMS and he will get to you as soon as your winning parcel is ready for delivery.
MR HARRISON BLAIR
Client Services Manager.INTERNATIONAL COURIER SYSTEMS

Tel: +44-701-113-5808

EMAIL: infoicsdeliveriesagent@yahoo.co.uk
icscourierservice@mail2world.com
Do not hesitate to contact this office via telephone or email if the need arises.Congratulations once again,
MRS ROWLEY WHITEClaims DepartmentThe UKNL Foundation

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till 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 !!!

When I read that my information was processed my first thought was “how the hell could the information be processed if there is no place called Faerieland.” At the bottom of the letter is a phone number, and I start to think what if. Of course I’m not about to change my mind and send personal info to an unknown entity, so I research. I avoid the phone number, since some scams require a phone in, so they can use your number to reverse charges for other international calls, or charge outlandish toll fees. So I go to my old friend Google and discover another person to hear from this organization. He gets to step two and starts doubting his first judgement, and he sends his personal info. After a brief follow up with this ‘company’ he receives a notice from some courier service requesting his personal info again along with a picture of his driver license.
Wow I don’t know who these people are but that takes balls to try that one.