Ian Sutton advised me that I had won a Lottery of $2.5 million in their programme ripoff London England Internet

On July 15, 2006, I received an Email from one Mr. Ian Sutton who stated in his email that he was was the Coordinator (Email Lottery Programme) at the British Gaming Board advising me that I was a lucky winner in their Email Lottery Programme held recently. The amount I won was US$2.5million. He asked me to get in touch with a Dr. Raymond James Mehta. I did and Dr. Mehta replied advising me that the money was lying in their Suspense Account at ING Bank, Amsterdam.

Dr. Mehta is the Managing Partner of Standard Life International and the mailing address he stated in his email was Upper Floor, 124th Close, Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Mehta advised me further that in order to allow him to transfer the money I will be required to open an Account at ING Bank, Amsterdam.

He provided me with the contact person at the Bank and his email address. I wrote to the person at the bank. He replied that the Bank requires Euros 3800 to open a Private Account. I did not have the money.

I wrote to Dr. Mehta suggesting I open an Account at a British Bank as I desired to keep my money in the UK. I also asked him to transfer $200000 to my Bank Account in my home country and provided him with the deatils of my Account.

Dr. Mehta disappeared. The email address through which correspondence between the two of us was going on (slifymanager@yahoo.com) stopped receiving my mails. Later, through efforts I found out his other email address which is dr_rjmehta@yahoo.co.uk.

I have written to him at this address and the emails go through. He has not responded so far. I have been left with the questions "Was the money there?" and did Dr. Mehta and his associates divide it amongst themselves? "How is it possible to know the truth or was it just a Scam?" The questions arose because in one of his last emails to me Dr. Mehta requested me to transfer the money to him, which ofcourse, I did not do.

Ismail
Karachi
Pakistan