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£825.000.00

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lindiann Tue 27-Oct-20 11:56:30

I have had a fake letter to say I have won £825.000.00 and to contact to claim prize hmm smile

Callistemon Tue 27-Oct-20 12:04:47

How exciting!!
And I take it you didn't even buy a ticket.
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Nannan2 Tue 27-Oct-20 12:07:14

Report as a scam!

vampirequeen Tue 27-Oct-20 12:10:29

Oooh lucky you. How much do you have to send to release the payment?

Cfaz49 Tue 27-Oct-20 12:12:14

Oh dear, what a shame! You should have claimed 2 weeks from the date of the letter!grin

ninathenana Tue 27-Oct-20 12:13:14

Just what I was thinking Vampire ?

yggdrasil Tue 27-Oct-20 12:13:32

Forward it on to 10 Downing Street. They need a lot of money not to pay for free meals for kids

Jane10 Tue 27-Oct-20 12:16:55

Wow! What luck!

lindiann Tue 27-Oct-20 12:23:08

The letter in picture was lifted from google, exact same wording on mine even the same lucky numbers smile

"YORK’S ‘World Cup Lottery’ winner Simon Proctor has received a copy of a cheque for £725,000 - along with an apparent request for him to pay £7,250 before he can receive the real thing."

petra Tue 27-Oct-20 12:25:01

I've still got my email from Christine Lagarde, no less informing me that while the IMF were investing irregularities at a Nigerian bank my name came up.
I don't know what surprised me most: that Christine Lagarde was writing to me or that they'd found irregularities at a Nigerian bank.?

Sarnia Tue 27-Oct-20 12:28:25

Amazing what you can win when you haven't entered.

Fuchsiarose Wed 28-Oct-20 22:21:19

I had one once. Send 9.00 pounds to release the money. I sent the letter back with a note. Send the winnings. I will donate 9.00 pounds to charity

Brahumbug Thu 29-Oct-20 05:58:21

Sending you an actual physical letter, how quaintly old fashioned. grin

BlueBelle Thu 29-Oct-20 06:19:00

Well done you enjoy your windfall ....there go the pink pigs
Have you been hibernating for the the last ten years ?

Grannybags Thu 29-Oct-20 09:21:08

Fuchsiarose

I had one once. Send 9.00 pounds to release the money. I sent the letter back with a note. Send the winnings. I will donate 9.00 pounds to charity

My mil had one of those once and she told them to take it out of her winnings and send her the balance!