Because I got fed up with them.......!

I received this:

British Lottery Headquarter6/49
P O Box 1010, 3b Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park,Aintree,
Liverpool , L30 1RD
2009 BRITISH EMAIL LOTTERY WINNER
We are notifying you on our Online Draw held on 25th/Apr/2009, where your
Email emerged one of the Five lucky winners who won the first prize of a total
sum of £1,263,58400 from a total payout prize pool of £8,075,997.00 in our
Online Lottery Draw.
Your e-mail was attached to Ticket no:025-1146-1992-750, Serial no:2113-
05,Lucky no:08-11-17-30-32-41bonus no:47,REFNO:BRLFGP2551256/02,You have been Selected for a cash prize of £1,263,584.00(One Million Two Hundred and Sixty-
three Thousand, Five Hundred and Eighty-four Pounds Sterling). The Selection
process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email
selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses Drawn
from which you were selected.
THE BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY is approved by the British Gaming Board. To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact the payment Bank (ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND) for more information as regards procedures to claim your prize.You are to contact the Royal Bank Of Scotland with details given below and also
fill the payment processing form:
Name: Mr. Hamilton Reeds
Email: (ukclaimsdepartment01@gmail.com) Office Tel: (44) 0702 4075871 (You can
confirm your winning with a telephone call to the office of Mr. Hamilton Reeds).

SO - fed up with the nonsense of becoming a millionaire every day, I had a quick search - and this is what I found (again):

(click on the title to see the whole story)

UK National Lottery Scams:
Example:
British National Lottery British Gaming Board
"Mr Hamilton Reeds", "Mr. Kings Robert",

"Sir Steven Smith"

Have you received an email from "Mr Hamilton Reeds" at the "British National Lottery - British Gaming Board" telling you that you won the a prize and to contact "Sir Steven Smith" or "Mr. Richard James"? It is a scam.

There are only two legal large lotteries in Britain, the National Lottery and the Monday Lottery, anyway, and they do NOT use email to notify winners. Below is a scam email actually received.

DO NOT reply to any emails you receive that claim you have won a lottery that you did not enter. They are frauds. You will lose your money. There is no "free lunch"; don't be foolish and believe a scam! We can not say it any more plainly: YOU WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL BY ANY LEGITIMATE LOTTERY THAT YOU WON A PRIZE. If you do receive such an email, it IS a fraud, do not reply to it! If you DID reply to one, see this page to find out what happens next!

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