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Janet

In article >,
says...
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> On 2/20/2013 6:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >
> > "graham" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>
> >> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> There are a lot of worthy charities to which I contribute but it
> >>> seems that the requests for money tend to come earlier and earlier
> >>> each year. This amounts to a sneaky attempt to get a larger annual
> >>> contribution. I wonder if they realize that if I put the requests
> >>> aside I will probably forget them completely.
> >>>
> >> What annoys me is that once I give to a charity, it then pesters me to
> >> give every few weeks after that. I gave to one charity last year, and
> >> it e-mailed me *the following day* asking me to give again.
> >
> > Yes it is really aggressive here. A few years ago we had a bit of luck
> > on the lottery and gave a substantial amount to a charity. They have
> > been on our backs ever since. We do give now but we do so anonymously.
>
> Would that be the same UK lottery I never entered yet for a couple of
> years was informed (via email) I'd won?

No, yours is a fake scam. Too bad :-)

UK National Lottery is genuine, a cheapo taxfree gamble providing big
funding for UK charities and local groups

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...ted_Kingdom%29

http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards

Janet