Uk Lottery Scam?

Please dear N/landers, I recieved this mail in my email box, though I never applied for uk lottery, so I want u to read through and know if it is a scam or not. Thanks for your opinion.


WINNING NOTIFICATION!!

UK National Lottery.
8 LOWER MALL, HAMMER SMITH.
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS MESSAGE IS  FROM  THE PROMOTION MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Dear Lucky Winner!!


This Message is from the Uk National Lottery Promotional Manager, We are here to announce to you that your Email is among the 10 International Lucky Winners of the Uk National Lottery 2007,Second Category Draw.
All Participants of the Uk National Lottery were selected through a computer ballot  system drawn from (£2.500,000) email addresses of individuals and companies  from all part of the world as part of our  electronic business Promotions lottery  held here   in Uk London (ENGLAND).

Note: that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of you visiting  various websites we are running the E-business promotions for You/Your Company email address.
We therefore approved you a lump sum pay out of £250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners.
This is from the total of £2.500,000 pounds sterlings shared among the (10) international lucky  winners who won on the 27th October  2007, your ticket number is attached to it, Please be informed that your fund of  £250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) is  insured in the email address that  won this prize, therefore you  should contact  your claims agent and make available to him your full  names and Informations so that they will re-insure your WINNERS  CERTIFICATE  under your full names. you have to hurry up and contact Him immediately. 
                                                                     
To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent (Mr.Frank F. Moore).
FINAL PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION.

Further more your details (winning numbers) falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated Your play coupon, your email payment center  falls within  our regional  head branch office in(WEST AFRICA).
your prize of £250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) WILL BE released to you through our regional  head branch office in (WEST AFRICA) where your email payment center falls  in. This is as part of our international promotions draws according to the second category winners of this lottery promotion.
NOTE: Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank which you will make available to the Deposited Paying Center. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program  by  some participants.

All participants where selected through a computer/mail balloting system drawn from (6.500,000) EMAIL addresses from Canada, Australia, United  States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational/International companies and also the united kingdom Government.                 

DATE OF WINNING : 27th OCTOBER 2007.

I also received something like this, and that was after posting my e-mail address on nairaland.

Just be careful

yes ,for sure some people come here for  such dubious purposes, but i tell you ,it wont work for any one with such devilish mind towards workers and job seekers who seek to get brighter future.

Complete Scam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my girl, that is scam also, runnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
for this kain time, na him jobman wan job you. that person wey wan double money for you make him first do for himself ok