Anti-Theft Website

If you live in the UK and have been a victim of theft, list your stolen items at It's Been NICKED. All items listed must have been reported stolen to the Police as, for your safety, the only contact details allowed are a Police incident number and Police contact phone number.

Scam Victims

If you have been a victim of a scam, send me your story and I will add it to the Scam Victims page. I won't include any personally identifiable information.

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE USING THIS BLOG.

ALL of the lotteries, draws, compensation schemes, inheritances, payment agent jobs, mystery shopper jobs and business proposals involving large sums of money that you receive by email ARE SCAMS. NO ORGANISATION ANYWHERE EVER holds random email draws. They are ALL SCAMS. You CANNOT WIN a lottery or prize draw that you HAVE NOT ENTERED.
Please don't post comments asking me if the scams you have received are real. I can't answer them all and you KNOW they are scams!

A reader forwarded me this scam.  Why would the “British Lottery Council” award you a prize in “United States Dollars”.  We do have our own currency!

This is just the usual rubbish from a scammer whose only interest is in getting hold of your money.  This scammer will just start trying to charge you fees if you make the mistake of replying.

BRITISH LOTTERY COUNCIL UK HEAD OFFICE SUITE 23-30, LION TOWERS [Continue reading ]

June 11th, 2010 | Category: UK National Lottery, scam lotteries and draws | Leave a comment

CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE

“Richard Adams” writes to tell me I have won £1m from Microsoft.  How kind of them – not.  All I need to do is give him a few personal details and phone him on his mobile.  Does that sounds like the behaviour of a legitimate prize draw organisation?  Of course it doesn’t.  As I always say – you cannot win a lottery or draw unless you’ve entered. This is a scammer – who wants [Continue reading CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE]

February 2nd, 2010 | Category: UK National Lottery | Leave a comment