BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTIONS & AMTRAK...SCAM!!! Tries to get you to send money for Amtrak packaging and insurance of package for your winnings to be mailed to you. Ripoff Whitefield British Columbia

SEE BELOW COPIES OF ALL MY EMAILS RELATING TO THIS TYPICAL SCAM FROM THE UK. THEY COME TO ME WITH DIFFERENT NAMES BUT ALL ARE SCAMS. SEE THE GREAT LENGHTS THEY GO TO TRYING TO MAKE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE GETTING SCAMMED. OF COURSE, I NEVER SENT THEM A DIME. I ONLY WASTED THEIR TIME IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST INFORMATION TO YOU...SO YOU WON'T FALL VICTIM TO THIS OR SIMILAR SCAMS.

#1 - FIRST CONTACT TELLING ME OF MY WINNINGS
BRITISH TOBACCO
MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION
Old Bond Street,
Whitefield, Manchester M457SX U.K.
Registered Charity No.QE77BT


Lucky Winner;
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
TICKET NUMBER 9901-0148-790-691
SERIAL NUMBER 6109-17


ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD PROMOTION;
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners of the BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION held on the first quarter of 2007. Your email address attached to ticket number 9901-0148-790-691, with serial number 6109-17 drew the lucky numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83; the lottery was categorized into seven zonal stages (Africa,North America,South America,Central America, Europe, Oceania and Asia).
Consequently, you have won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED)US dollars Credited to file REF NO:MELI-T/17-F044262312 Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037.



All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa,Oceania,Central America,South
America, Europe and North America. All participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual emails address from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program will take place every year until
the Olympics games begin in Beijing China in 2008.
However,winners are only eligible for claims once.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to your nominal bank account. This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

ELIGIBILITY:

This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email address and who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This promotion is
void in all other countries and is also void where prohibited.


Principals and employees of the CAMELOT LOTTERY
PROMOTION and its respective Parent subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible.


CLAIMS PROCEDURES:

It is our norm to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas winners.


To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your prize award winning.


Please contact the clearing and forwarding house
(through your claims agent only) the body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims;

CONTACT Details:
Mr. ALBERT GREGORY,
20 Lausanne Road London, SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K

MOBILE: +44 (0) 702 407 5373
LANDLINE:+44 70111 53079
Facsimile: +44(0)70 7570 7818
Email:forwarding_house@yahoo.co.uk


You are to provide the claims agent with the under
listed information as
soon as possible:

1. NAMES IN FULL:................................

2. ADDRESS:.....................................

3. NATIONALITY:.................................

4. AGE:.........................................

5. OCCUPATION:..................................

6. PHONE/FACSIMILE:...................................

7.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE..........................


IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all
claims process, failing so would lead to
disqualification and winnings Forfeiture. Winners are
therefore advised to expedite their claims process.


(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute
entrant's full and unconditional agreement to an
acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to
avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your
prize awards winning.


(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details very confidential,as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.


For processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated bank account of your choice.Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later two weeks from your notification.All funds not claimed on or before two weeks will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.


Sincerely,
BARONESS KAREN PETERSON.
Co-ordinator.


NB
Do not reply to this promotional email account.
Contact your claims agent, immediately.

#2 - EMAIL AFTER I PROVIDED THE INFORMATION THEY REQUESTED.
ATTENTION: Stormy D. Taylor

We hereby inform you that we have processed your payment and your cheque is ready for disbursement, along with your winnings certificate. In this regard you are to choose from the options below the one that best suites you on how you wish to receive your funds, also your funds deposited with us is not in liquid form but in Bank Cheque, this advice complies with the Anti-Fraud section 2,sub section (iv) of the procedural manual of the funds disbursement agreement existing between courier companies and the British Government.

1. Travel in person to collect your funds at our offshore financial centre in Saint Helier, Bailiwick of Jersey ( British Crown Dependency). You will be required to present a valid International Passport as proof of Identification.

2. Have our affiliate courier company send the cheque to you. In consonance with our policy in this regard, be advised that if you opt for the cheque to be couriered BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION,exempts itself from all liability related to this service.
The cost of this service would be borne by you; this is a prerequisite for this option. You will be referred to our affiliate courier company so that you can make enquires concerning modalities, and charges. The reason for the courier option is for the fact of double taxation, that is if you are to come over to sign for the release of your winnings personally, you would have to pay taxes on the winnings in Saint Helier, Bailiwick of Jersey and then go and pay taxes on the same winnings in your country once the funds get there.

This is the main reason why we would advise that you take the courier option, you have not collected the winnings until you sign for it and the only way you can sign for it via courier is when you have taken delivery of the parcel containing the winnings cheque and certificate of winning.

We expect that you will notify us of your choice upon receipt of this message so that appropriate arrangement can be put in place.Be advised that your winnings would be paid to you in installments of $150,000.00{one hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars}. This is done because of the amount won by you, this money would be paid to you on monthly basis for the next 10 {Ten} months .You are advised to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscrupulous elements from taking advantage of the situation. Once again, congratulations.

Regards,

Mr. ALBERT GREGORY
FAX:+(44)7092875039
.................................
This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). This email and its attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by mistake please let us know by reply immediately and destroy the email and its attachments without reading, copying or forwarding the contents

#3 - WHAT THEY SENT TO ME IN RESPONSE TO MY REQUEST FOR USING FEDEX. I TOLD THEM THAT I HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH FEDEX THAT I WOULD RATHER USE TO PAY FOR MY SHIPPING EXPENSES. I WAS EVEN WILLING TO GIVE THEM MY FEDEX ACCT. NUMBER.


ATTN:
I am pleased to inform you that your claims application has been approved, and your winnings is ready to be paid out pending when you sign your fund release documents which is included in the parcel to be sent to you. Congratulations!I believe a detailed explanation has been made available to you on your inclusion and eventual winning of the lottery.

We presently operate a partnership with AMTRAK PARCEL DELIVERY EXPRESS here in United Kingdom and they are our official courier service.The documentation process is complete all that is left is for you to sign the fund release document.After signing the documents you are to keep the original and have a photocopy sent back to BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION UNITED KINGDOM

Your package is presently with the courier firm for weighing so that you will have an idea of how much it will cost you to send it to your destination.

Contact details are:
Handling agent: Mr Donald Jones
AMTRAK PARCEL DELIVERY EXPRESS
Email:amtrakparcel@amtrakparcel.force9.co.uk
amtrak_customer_services@yahoo.co.uk
TELEPHONE:+447031941436(8a.m-5p.m Monday to Friday G.M.T)
FACSIMILE:+447092864759


Regards,
Mr. Albert Gregory

NB: Be sure to update this office on the proceedings between you and the courier company, and also every mail that you receive from the courier company should be sent to this email account for filing and documention

#4 - HERE IS WHERE THEY TRY TO CONVINCE ME THAT THEIR COURIER SERVICE IS "THE" AMTRAK AND SHOW ME THE "CHARGES" (the amount they want to scam from em.) This is where they show you how big of a sucker they think you are.

AMTRAK COURIER EXPRESS
Depot: GLASGOW SOUTH
Address: 87 Hydepark Street
Finnieston Glasgow G3 8BW
Phone:++447031941436 (8a.m-5p.m G.MT on Monday to Friday)
facsimile; 44-709-287-2655
Handling Officer: DONALD JONES
EMAIL: amtrakparcel@amtrakparcel.force9.co.uk
amtrak_customer_services@yahoo.co.uk


Dear Customer,

Good day to you. This is to inform you that we are in possession of a certified cheque which is to be couriered to you. The check is for $150,000.00 USD each for ten deliveries. You are to please confirm your alternative mailing address to enable us dispatch your parcel immediately. Note that we also do not deliver to P.O.Box address or street corners but to your residence.


It is the usual practice of our organization to conduct a proper verification of all parcels that we are to deliver to ensure that they are valid. Be rest assured that your check has been confirmed valid and true and delivery will be made once you have met the necessary requirements.

We are a well established company offering courier and transport services 24 hour a day for priority delivery of letters, parcels and consignments to any destination by road, air or sea. We have a substantial team of couriers available for motorcycle dispatch plus van driver couriers in all size vehicles from small vans up to 7.5 tone and international couriers for dispatch by road, sea or air.


Your Order number is AMT576578.

Description of parcel to be delivered:
An original certificate of weight: -------------0.15kg
Bonded draft of weight: -------------0.17kg
Total weight of parcel: -------------0.32kg
Colour of Parcel: -------------White

Delivery Destination:
Stormy D. Taylor
Hehr International, Inc.
Attn: Stormy Taylor

(My address was here)
United States of America

Below are the mandatory administrative charges that you required to pay to enable us courier your certified bank check to you. You are allowed to choose one of our three specified delivery arrangements.

STATUS OF DELIVERY [PLEASE CHOOSE ONE]

Courier charges ................................75.00 Pounds
Administrative ...............................210.00 Pounds
Insurance ..................................420.00 Pounds
Length of days ...........................Same day delivery
Inland Revenue Tax......................45.00 pounds
TOTAL 750.00 Pounds---1,410.10 USD

Courier charges ................................75.00 Pounds
Administrative ...............................110.00 Pounds
Insurance ..................................420.00 Pounds
Length of days ...........................Two (2) to three (3) working days delivery
Inland Revenue Tax......................45.00 pounds
TOTAL 650.00 Pounds-----1,222.28 USD

Courier charges ................................75.00 Pounds
Administrative ...............................110.00 Pounds
Insurance ..................................320.00 Pounds
Length of days ...........................Four (4) to Seven (7) working days delivery
Inland Revenue Tax......................45.00 pounds
TOTAL 550.00 Pounds-----1,034.15 USD

The charges are a little high because of the insurance cover we have undertaken incase of loss, damage or theft of your highly sensitive document. We assume all responsibilities incase of any eventualities.


You are to make the payment through Western Union Wire Transfer prefarable so as to speed up the process of delivery. As we do not accept credit cards on cases like this. You are to locate the nearest Western Union Wire Transfer Agent to you and make the payment through the name of our accounts officer below:

Mr. Barry Gordon
177 BUCKINGHAM ROAD,
VICTORIA,LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM


Opening hours: 8.30am-6.00pm Monday to Friday. 8.30am-12.00 Noon Saturday and Sunday (London Time).

You are to fax this office a copy of the transfer slip. If you do not have a fax machine, just send the following information via email.
1. Name of sender
2. Sender's Address
3. Ref. Number
4. Amount sent

You are to send a copy of the evidence of payment to your handling agent as well for confirmation. A receipt of the above payment will be issued to you from our office along with your check.


As soon as we receive confirmation and evidence of payment of the above charges, we will dispatch your parcel immediately. The date and time of departure and expected date of delivery will be sent to you. You will be required to sign for the parcel and to do this, you will need either your international passport as identification or your driver's license.

All orders not delivered within fourteen (14) working days from this communication will be returned. Please ensure that you confirm your delivery address.

We are glad to be of service to you.

DONALD JONES
Customer Services
Amtrak Courier Express Services
Depot: GLASGOW SOUTH
Address: 87 Hydepark Street
Finnieston Glasgow G3 8BW
Phone: +44-7031941436(8a.m-5p.m G.MT on Monday to Friday)
Facsimile: +44-709-2872-2655
Handling Officer:MR DONALD JONES
EMAIL: amtrakparcel@amtrakparcel.force9.co.uk
PLEASE NOTE: DO CHOOSE ONE OF THE DELIVERIES (STATUS) THAT YOU WILL BE CONVENIENT AND AFFORDABLE FOR YOU.

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"AMTRAK COURIER EXPRESS" is a registered and copyright trade marks of: - AMTRAK COURIER INTERNATIONAL
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This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be legally privileged and are solely for the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete this message and any attachment files, or contact AMTRAK COURIER Worldwide Express. On Tel: +447031941436. All business is transacted under our Standard Trading Terms and Conditions a copy of which is available upon request. E. & .O. E. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

I WONDER IF THEY CAN GET INTO TROUBLE BY USING A VALID COURIER TO DO SCAMS WITH???? THEY EVEN USED THE COPY RIGHTED LOGO IN MY EMAIL, WHICH DISPLAYS THE TEXT ABOVE INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL LOGO HERE IN MY REPORT.

#5 - I TOLD THEM THAT I WHEN ONLINE TO WESTERN UNION AND WAS ADVISED NOT TO SEND MONEY FOR LOTTERIES AND FURTHER TOLD THEM THAT I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A SCAM. SEE HOW THEY PERSIST TO CONVINCE ME TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT. OF COURSE, I DIDN'T REPLY AFTER THIS EMAIL AND NEITHER DID THEY. THIS WAS THE END.

Dear customer,

Your mail was received and content clearly noted. I want you to know that the contents of your parcel includes your 1st installmental check of $150,000.This is an accross the counter check that could be cashed in any bank in the world.

Other content of the package includes your funds release documents and your winning certificate.The fund release document is a ten page folder that you are to effect your signature every month we come to make delivery to your address.

The courier charges you are to pay($1,222.28) cover for the ten(10) installmental deliveries to your destination.

You are expected to send a photocopy of your funds release documents to BRITISH TOBACCO PROMOTIONS for filing and documentation.This is after you have received your 1st installment. You will get your 1st installment 2-3 working days after we have confirmed payment from you.
I await your payment for speedy discharge of our duties.
Be advised that until we confirm payment from you we cannot commence delivery.
Jones,Donald

Dear customer,

Your mail was received and content clearly noted. I want you to know that the contents of your parcel includes your 1st installmental check of $150,000.This is an accross the counter check that could be cashed in any bank in the world.

Other content of the package includes your funds release documents and your winning certificate.The fund release document is a ten page folder that you are to effect your signature every month we come to make delivery to your address.

The courier charges you are to pay($1,222.28) cover for the ten(10) installmental deliveries to your destination.

You are expected to send a photocopy of your funds release documents to BRITISH TOBACCO PROMOTIONS for filing and documentation.This is after you have received your 1st installment. You will get your 1st installment 2-3 working days after we have confirmed payment from you.
I await your payment for speedy discharge of our duties.
Be advised that until we confirm payment from you we cannot commence delivery.
Jones,Donald

I could not fit all of my correspondences into the original report so my updates will include the copies of the emails that I received when trying to see just how far they will go to make me FEEL COMFORTABLE GETTING SCAMMED!! hhaha..of course I did not send them a dime. I just wasted their time for this sole purpose, to provide you with all the information on these folks.

See below, their reply to my response to the original email. Original email telling me of my supposed winnings in the first report.
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BRITISH TOBACCO
MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION
Old Bond Street,
Whitefield, Manchester M457SX U.K.
Registered Charity No.QE77BT
Lucky Winner;
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
TICKET NUMBER 9901-0148-790-691
SERIAL NUMBER 6109-17


ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD PROMOTION;
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners of the BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION held on the first quarter of 2007. Your email address attached to ticket number 9901-0148-790-691, with serial number 6109-17 drew the lucky numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83; the lottery was categorized into seven zonal stages (Africa,North America,South America, Central America, Europe, Oceania and Asia). Consequently, you have won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED)US dollars Credited to file REF NO:MELI-T/17-F044262312 Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Oceania, Central America, South America, Europe and North America. All participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual emails address from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program will take place every year until the Olympics games begin in Beijing China in 2008. However,winners are only eligible for claims once.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to your nominal bank account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email address and who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This promotion is void in all other countries and is also void where prohibited.

Principals and employees of the CAMELOT LOTTERY PROMOTION and its respective Parent subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our norm to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas winners.

To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your prize award winning.

Please contact the clearing and forwarding house
(through your claims agent only) the body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims;

CONTACT Details:
Mr. ALBERT GREGORY, 20 Lausanne Road London, SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K

MOBILE: +44 (0) 702 407 5373
LANDLINE:+44 70111 53079
Facsimile: +44(0)70 7570 7818
Email:forwarding_house@yahoo.co.uk

You are to provide the claims agent with the under listed information as soon as possible:

1. NAMES IN FULL:.....
2. ADDRESS:.........
3. NATIONALITY:........
4. AGE:...........
5. OCCUPATION:..........
6. PHONE/FACSIMILE:............
7. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE..........

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, failing so would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture. Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.

(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional agreement to an acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.

(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details very confidential,as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.

For processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated bank account of your choice.Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later two weeks from your notification.All funds not claimed on or before two weeks will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.

Sincerely,
BARONESS KAREN PETERSON.
Co-ordinator.

NB
Do not reply to this promotional email account.
Contact your claims agent, immediately.
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I REPLIED TO THE EMAIL ABOVE THAT I HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH FEDERAL EXPRESS THAT I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE PAYING FOR THE SHIPPING THROUGH, AND HERE WAS THEIR RESPONSE BELOW...
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ATTN:
I am pleased to inform you that your claims application has been approved, and your winnings is ready to be paid out pending when you sign your fund release documents which is included in the parcel to be sent to you. Congratulations!I believe a detailed explanation has been made available to you on your inclusion and eventual winning of the lottery.

We presently operate a partnership with AMTRAK PARCEL DELIVERY EXPRESS here in United Kingdom and they are our official courier service.The documentation process is complete all that is left is for you to sign the fund release document. After signing the documents you are to keep the original and have a photocopy sent back to BRITISH TOBACCO MEGA JACKPOT PROMOTION UNITED KINGDOM

Your package is presently with the courier firm for weighing so that you will have an idea of how much it will cost you to send it to your destination.

Contact details are:
Handling agent: Mr Donald Jones
AMTRAK PARCEL DELIVERY EXPRESS
Email:amtrakparcel@amtrakparcel.force9.co.uk
amtrak_customer_services@yahoo.co.uk
TELEPHONE:+447031941436(8a.m-5p.m Monday to Friday G.M.T)
FACSIMILE:+447092864759

Regards,
Mr. Albert Gregory

NB: Be sure to update this office on the proceedings between you and the courier company, and also every mail that you receive from the courier company should be sent to this email account for filing and documention

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WHAT A CROCK OF CHICKEN DROPPINGS!!! HOPE YOU DON'T GET SUCKERED INTO THIS. THEY GO FAR LENGTHS TO TRY TO CONVINCE YOU THAT THIS IS LEGAL AND SINCERE. IT IS NOT, THIS IS A STANDARD SCAM. AND NOTHING MORE!!!!!!!!