Fraudsters are targeting Nottinghamshire with a new ‘Postcode Lottery’ letter scam.
Notts Police are asking people to look out for the mail after it was sent to a Sutton-in-Ashfield man.
Officers believe many more families will have been targeted and are asking people not to be tempted to fall for the letter’s request to call a ‘foreign service manager’ to claim their ‘prize’ of £825,000.
The letter claims to have come from from the People’s Postcode Lottery ‘Award International Program’. The letter states the householder should call the manager “for the processing and remittance of your money”.
A spokesman for Notts Police said: “In the message, it states that you should ring the Foreign Service manager of UK Security Solutions to claim your prize.
“There is no such thing as the People’s Postcode Lottery 2015 Award International Programs. It is a scam to get your bank account details.”
Picture: Notts Police have released an image of the letter people have been receiving
“Please be reminded that you will never be asked over the phone by your bank or the police to provide your PIN number or bank account details.”
Anyone who gets a letteror has any information about the scam is asked to contact police on 101 or contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.
