Lottery Scam emails

I didn't enter a lottery. The biggest warning sign for me is that the prizes are so vast. They throw around lots of reference and tickets numbers, which is a nice touch. The phone number is British, the email is German, the surname is Asian and there's no bricks and mortar address. Steer clear.

UNITED KINGDOM/FRANCE FOUNDATION
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: NBM44125677
BATCH NO: 31/107/AY.

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement on the 27TH OF AUGUST 2007,of winners of the UNITED KINGDOM/FRANCE FOUNDATION LOTTERY WIN/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on 19TH March 2007 as part of our yearly bonanza. You or your company, attached to

Ticket number: 1416-4612-750
Serial number: 3187-17
Lucky numbers: 31-17-8-28-55

and consequently won the lottery in the "A" category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Ј500,000.00 British Pound Sterlings in cash credited to file REF NO. REF: NBM44125677. This is from the total prize money of 15,000,000.00 British Pounds Sterlings shared among the Thirty (30) international winners in this category. All selected persons were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from 250,000 names/email addresses from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. Note, no tickets were sold but all names/email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized names/email addresses selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email names/email addresses drawn from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North Am
erica and Oceania.

CONGRATULATIONS! To begin your claim, confirm receipt of this mail to the lotto co-ordinator Mr. Wilson Bruce Zheng, for due processing and remittance of your prize money.

Mr. Mr. Wilson Bruce Zheng
Tel: +44 703 195 9418
E-mail: wilsonz1hengclaimsofficer@well known mail server

Congratulations once again from all our staff.

Sincerely,
Ms. Gloria Dillion
Secretary.
UNITED KINGDOM/FRANCE FOUNDATION.