I s the following a legitimate name, business and address?

Mr. Simon Perchard
Finance Director
Link Finance and Trust Ltd.
20 - 24 St. Leonard's Road
Windsor SL4 3BB, United Kingdom
Great Britain
Tel: (+44) 8452 807546
Fax: (+44) 7092 039288
Email:sperchard7@linkfinandtrustltd.net

They ask I contact them regarding a winning LOTTO ticket which I have
never purchased. Thanks

Hello

I have found nothing to suggest this company is legitimate.

All English companies must be registered at Companies House in London,
but there is no "Link Finance and Trust Ltd." in the directory on
their website, which you can search here:
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/info/ 

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I called the number you gave and found the phone is answered with a
message in an American accent, saying "This number is not in use".

(This was calling from within the UK, so the exact number I dialled
was 08452 807546.)

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The website 'linkfinandtrustltd.net' was registered a few days ago by:

"Frank Lobster
38 Ralston Rd
Atherton, CA 94027

....

Creation date: 10/22/03 "


There are further contact details available if you search at:

WhoIs
http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml

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You may also be interested to know that this lottery would only be
legal if its profits were going to a good cause:

"There should be no commercial, for-profit lotteries," according to a
UK government webpage.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/publications/archive_2003/law_prize_com_statement.htm


I hope this will help you make a decision about your "winning lotto
ticket".

Best wishes - Leli


Searches:

As well as using the Companies House website and doing a domain name
registration search, I looked in a UK phone book:
http://www.bt.com/directory-enquiries/

Google searches for the name, address etc. only turned up near misses!

This is a great answer, well worth my money, and exactly what I was
hoping for. Many thanks to Google and its researcher for a job
superbly done. Shlomo P. Neuman, Regents' Professor, University of
Arizona, Tucson

It's probably a part of the famous lottery scam, you can read about this here:
https://www.cudenver.com/LotteryScam.html

and here
http://hoaxinfo.com/lotto.htm

Dear Professor Neuman

Many thanks for your generous remarks and tip.
I'm very glad you found the answer helpful.

Leli