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Not quite a Newb Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Posts: 29

What a treat! I'll be in England next week and can pick up the package directly. That will really save some money - we'll see how far I get with this approach! Simple, effective, and annoying.

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ScarLet Courier LTD
Head Office : 658 Ajax Avenue, Slough Berkshire SL1 4BG. Tel: +44 7045 722945
 ATTN: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You are welcome to ScarLet Courier LTD Dispatch UNIT, an affiliate of the MICROSOFT ONLINE LOTTERY. We are pleased to be at your service. Scarlet Courier is Regulated and Stipulated by the Financial Service Authority(FSA), the financial institutions that Govern all Financial activities in the United Kingdom.

This office has been Notified by the MICROSOFT ONLINE LOTTERY of the amount won with their National lottery in the amount of 1,000,000 Pounds. This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Department at the headquarters of the MICROSOFT ONLINE LOTTERY.   The original copy of your winning certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through the MICROSOFT ONLINE LOTTERY will be sent to you as soon as you meet with any of the option selected.

DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL TO BE DELIVERED

CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES(C.S.F.C.):................0.07
CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN OF FUNDS(C.O.F.):................0.08
WINNERS CHEQUE;............................0.03KG
WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM MICROSOFT NATIONAL LOTTERY:----0.05kg
COLOUR OF PARCEL :-------------Brown
BONDED DRAFT OF WEIGHT :-------------0.11KG
TOTAL WEIGHT OF PARCEL :-------------0.44KG
LENGTH OF DAYS :-------------1 - 3 DAYS

You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your prize cheque to you. With regards to this, there are three options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the three.

The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:

Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this channel listed below:

FIRST CLASS DELIVERY
Max Delivery Duration....................24Hrs
Mailing /freight cost £95.00 00.00
Handling Fee              £83.00 00.00
Fuel Surcharge        £50.00 00.00
Insurance                  £240.00 00.00
(Va5%)                    £67.00 00.00
TOTAL                    £580.00 ONLY

SECOND CLASS DELIVERY
Max Delivery Duration.....................48hr
Mailing /freight cost £90.00 00.00
Handling Fee              £110.00 00.00
Fuel Surcharge        £65.00 00.00
Insurance                  £215.00 00.00
(Va5%)                    £60.00 00.00
TOTAL                    £540.00 ONLY

THIRD CLASS DELIVERY
Max Delivery Duration.....................72hrs
Mailing /freight cost £75.00 00.00
Handling Fee              £83.00 00.00
Fuel Surcharge        £95.00 00.00
Insurance                  £155.00 00.00
(Va5%)                    £82.00 00.00
TOTAL                    £490.00 ONLY

Very Important Notice: The Delivery Charges cannot be Deducted from your winnings, and also the Delivery charges are to be Paid by you. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds and win Situations.

Please respond to this email by making a selection from the three options above. Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's license, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.

Send your response to indicate your option within the next 24hrs, so that delivery of your winnings cheque to your residence can be effected immediately without delay.
Once again, Congratulations

Your prompt response will be of good help to you in this matter.

Treat with dispatch, Mr. Victor Carter +44 7045 722945
Registered in England No 929027.  Registered Office: Link Place, BRIGHTON, Sussex, BN1 7DX,ENGLAND, Regulated by the Financial Services Authority. © 2009 ScarLet Courier LTD.

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:22 am

The lad is using the name of a real company to make him look good.

The real people have this as a red boxed link on their front page.

http://www.scarlet.co.uk/about/news.htm#fraud

and the link in the warning points to here
which is a good site to have bookmarked.
A good set of information to be had in there.