Gala Bingo Lottery Winner Scam

I received an email today claiming to be from GalaBingo.com stating that my email address has been chosen in a random drawing as a part of their 20th anniversary celebration.

The email went on to say that from a prize fund of £1.8million I have won a cash prize to the value of £600.000.

I receive at least one email everyday from one lottery or another in my Gmail spam folder claiming that I have won a lot of money, and most of them are from scammers trying to get me to give them my bank details so that they can clean me out.

This email was slightly different because instead of going straight to my spam folder in Gmail it came straight to my inbox.

Being dubious about this email Instead of contacting the email address contained in the email, I went to the Galabingo website and contacted them on this link http://help.galabingo.com/help/contact_us/ Stating that I had received the email and that i thought it was a scam and that they should be made aware of it.

I received an email back from GalaBingo.com thanking me for contacting them and telling me that they do know about this scam email and that they are in no way associated with the email lottery. If you receive any email like this one in the future you should delete it without opening it.

 FREE GALA BINGO E-MAIL LOTTERY PROMO
The Square Redford
Nottingham shire
DN22 6DB United Kingdom.
Tel: +44.703.596.8287
International +44.703.596.8287
Fax Num: +44.070.0594.2028
Office Hours Monday To Saturdays:
Ref: GACSL/988/05

Dear Esteem Winner,

Over the years the prestigious GALA BINGO lottery has set out and successfully organized sweepstakes on a daily, weekly, and annual basis. We have equally maintained a standard unrivaled in the industry as it concerns the pay out of winnings to successful participants.

In line with the commemorating event marking our 20th year anniversary we rolled out over £1,800.000.00 (One million, Eight hundred thousands British Pounds) for our 20th year Anniversary Draws.

Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which enjoy our patronage. The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to Ticket Number 3895209 with serial numbers GL337498 and drew the lucky numbers (54)-(21)-(25)-(39)-(40)-(98) with a bonus number (20) which subsequently won you £600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) as one of the 3 jackpot winners in this draw.

You have therefore been approved the entire winning sum of £600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) in cash credited to File Ref GACSL/9080768-2009/09. The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Hampshire, United Kingdom on the 19th, May 2009. This lottery Draws is commemorative and as such special.

Please be informed by this Winning Notification to make contact with your designated corresponding claim official uk who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your winnings.

To file for your claim Please Contact your claims agent.

Contact information below:
Clearance Agent: Mr Kennedy Imamyar
Email: mrkdagent@lottogallabingo.com
Tel: +44.703.596.8287
International: +44.703.596.8287
Fax Num: +44.070.0594.2028