See below for string of emails. initial email was to advise i'd won money, once responded to that email i was told to contact a freight company. then i received an invoice for in excess of 450 pound for freight services of my prize money cheque.

DELIVERY PARCEL INVOICE‏‏‏
From: Air Freight Courier ([email protected])
Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2008 10:03:46 PM
To: siera51 ([email protected])


Unit 9 Brunel Centre,Newton Road
Crawley, West Sussex RH10 2TU.
London, United Kingdom

CPEL/OWN/9876
Date: 18-02-2008

Dear: Esteemed Customer,
Compliments of the day to you. Thank you for choosing AIR FREIGHT COURIER AND DIPLOMATIC COMPANY for your parcel delivery service. This is to inform you that we are in possession of the following items to be couriered to you You have the following documents ready for delivery. You are to 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 or valid office address.

1. A Notarized Check worth Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds
2. Original copy of your winning certificate from UK National Lottery
3. Covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally)
4. Certificates of Origin of Funds.

Please save this document as it contains important information about your parcel at AIR FREIGHT COURIER AND DIPLOMATIC COMPANY.
Your order number is CLB4560017. Attached to your parcel is 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 UK National Lottery along side your cheque. This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the UK National Lottery.

Here are the details of your package awaiting dispatch:

REFERENCE NUMBER: IE/FAST-D/SA/REG/23/34/25
PACKAGE WEIGHT: 0.52kg
PACKAGE COLOUR: Brown
REG NUMBER: CVL/TW/US/254.

To begin the final step of the claims process, which are the shipments of your winning prize to you, here are details Air Freight Courier & Diplomatic Company has provided for all UK National Lottery winners. Below this mail is your parcel delivery invoice which stipulates the mandatory administrative charges that you are required to pay to enable us courier your certified bank cheque, winning certificate and other documents. Also attached to this mail is our Delivery Information Request Form (COURIER HLP-FORM). Appropriate completion of this form ensures that your package is not delivered to the wrong person.

FILL THE DELIVERY INFORMATION REQUEST FORM
Delivery Information Request Form (COURIER HLP-FORM)
Full Name:
Full Residential Contact Address:
Sex:
Alternative Address:
Official Age:
Marital Status:
Occupation/Professional Status:
Have You a Passport or License:
Telephone:
Nationality:
Delivery Option: {Choose From Below}


PARCEL DELIVERY INVOICE
1. Courier Express 2. Courier Regular 3. Courier Economy

DELIVERY DURATION 24 Hrs Next Day 3 Business days 6 Business days
COURIER CHARGES £ 115 £ 50 £ 25
ADMINISTRATIVE £ 210 £ 170 £ 120
INSURANCE (CCI) £ 375 £ 305 £ 245
VALUED ADDED TAX £ 105 £ 74 £ 51
TOTAL COST (GBP) £ 805 £ 599 £ 441
TOTAL COST (EURO) €1,157 €861 €633


Immediately after payment of charges and completion of form, we'll send your package. It should be pejorative in taught that payment should be completed first afterwhich we'll pay your Insurance and Notarization fee before Delivery. This is to avoid interception on Express because we are sending a check with a lump sum of amount. This firm is sentient of British Taxes which must be cleared after confirmation of your payment, Air Freight Courier & Diplomatic Company is giving you guarantee that such parcel like yours takes such procedures.

Note:The charges are a little high because of the insurance cover we have undertaken incase of loss, damage or theft of your highly sensitive consignment content. We assume all responsibilities incase of any eventualities. Air Freight Courier & Diplomatic Company do not allow Cash on delivery(C.O.D) as all payment must be made in this office before shipment can commence.

This company declined reverse payment for these charges, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the check 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 check since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing. With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out.

Be informed that the winning cheque can only be cleared by you with the provision of your I.D (Driving license/passport). Air Freight Courier & Diplomatic Company do not have the authority to cash your check or send your funds via bank-to-bank account. Please take note.

I hope all of this is clearly understood? As soon as I get your response including your completed Delivery Information Request Form I'll give you payment instruction. Send a copy of your Driving license or Passport via express mail or as an attachment via e-mail or Fax.

Have your ID card in hand. This will be required by the delivery officer on arrival in your country before handing you your Winning Package. Hope you understand this email and its contents. Please feel free to contact me for any queries/clarification(s).

Confirm your Documents via TeleFax. Call +448706260180 dial PIN: 7006 Wait for the option to choose 1 or 2. Dial 1 to confirm your document ready for pick up.

Send your response to indicate your collection within the next 24hrs, because you only have 10 working days to claim this check BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED TIME BEFORE FUNDS LIQUIDATION and after this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition as informed from your Lottery Promoter.


Mr Desmond Caldwell {Customer Service}
Please do call customer service line for confirmation.
Tel: +44 (7)-045-723-842
+44 (7)-045-723-839
Fax: +44 - (7)-7515-3871


ATTENTION‏
From: richard dawson ([email protected])
Sent: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 8:03:05 AM
To: Sean Sierakowski ([email protected])





UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS

Dear Winner,

Congratulations once again from all the staff here on your selection for the prize in UK National Lottery Online Programme in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by computerised balloting, powered by the Internet.

In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes. All participants for this online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money is remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to receive your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Attached here is a copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings. Be informed that the full names that will appear on this form will be used in reciept of the check and also your address will be used in the shipment of your cheque. Once again congratulations from all the staff.

This form is valid for only those who have won the UK National Lottery. Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes.
NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU ATTACH THE FORM OR SIMPLY CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:______________________________

2. HOME ADDRESS:__________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________

5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9. WINNERS COUNTRY________________________________

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.

Warm Regards,
Mr. Richard Dawson
Tel:+44 (7)-045-725-402

> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:31:32 +0200
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: The U.K. National Lottery/Reference Number: UK/940X2/68
>
>
>
> The U.K. National Lottery/Reference Number: UK/940X2/68
> We are happy to announce to you that your email address has won you the
> sum of £750,000.00 Great British Pounds on our draw(Category B) of 20th of
> January 2008, credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. The draw was done
> electronically with several email addresses provided to this office by
> Microsoft to enhance the utilization of the internet.To claim your
> prize,you are to contact the claims department through your assigned
> claims agent with your refrence number and the listed details (1)Full
> Name: (2)Nationality: (3) Refrence Number
>
> Prize Remittance Department Contact Person:Richard Dawson
> (Email:[email protected]) Tel:+44 (7)-045-725-402
>
> Yours Truly
> Prof Kristen Eddy(Online Coordinator)