Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
VENIX LOTTO, Amsterdam (2005)
This is one of a collection of fraudulent lottery announcements. We are not the source of these messages and we don’t send them! We just collect the ones we receive as junk mail and document them here for the benefit of others. We are not able to respond to inquiries about them. Information about legitimate online lottery services is available elsewhere on the Internet.
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From: Director Bruce rbruce@lotto.nl
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:19:38
Subject: Congratulations: The Venix Lotto award winner !!!
VENIX LOTTO
23 RIJNWEGSTRAAT, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM
Good day,
This is to congratulate you over your success in our computer
balloting sweepstake held on 4th October,2005 in which your email
address attached to ticket number LNT456780909893 and drew the lucky
numbers 4-10-12-55-25-87, batch number 4978/NL, serial number
IL/PLW/18-C0547671754 and consequently won the sum of U.S $1million
dollars from the total prize money of $15,800,000 shared among the
seventeen international winners. This is a millennium scientific
computer game in which email addresses were used and it is a
promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users;so you do not
need to buy a ticket to enter for our online lotto program. Note that
this program was sponsored by a group of Millionaire philanthropist,
and headed by the Netherlands government. This email is not one of
those numerous lotto email scams you might have received in the past
which always require you to sign out a blank cheque or give out your
bank information in order to perpetrate their illicit lotto scams.
Please note that this winning is very real and legitimate and your
exercising good faith in this our lottery program will enable us remit
your winning funds to you in your preferred mode of payment without
any further delay. Therefore, to confirm the legitimacy of our lottery
program, the below website is one of the websites we are running over
the internet concerning our lottery programs in the Netherlands.
http://www.lotto.nl/lotto/execute/intro?node=lottointros&
default=lottorootnode&ad=0
However, to begin your claim,being non-netherlands resident or
citizen, you are required within five days to officially notarize your
winning claim at the Dutch Court of Justice in the Netherlands to sign
the Release Order and the clearance papers that will enable the paying
Alleph Consulting Agency release your winning funds to you. But in
case you cannot come to the Netherlands within the stipulated two
days, do inform your claim officer to make proper arrangement
regarding your claim notarization. Once your claim is fully notarized
and a copy of the Notary receipt from the court is forwarded to us,we
will provide you with your Award winning Certificate. Please for more
information concerning the claim of your winning funds, we advise you
to forward a confirmation email to your claim officer at the paying
Alleph Consulting Agency and as well follow their claim instructions.
Below is the contact details of your claim officer:
MR.CURTIS LUCAS
(PAYMENT DIRECTOR)
ALLEPH CONSULTING AGENCY
AMSTERDAM,NL
TELEPHONE: +31-622851045
EMAIL: allephconsultingagency@fsmail.net
Conclusively, Venix Lotto is not a scam organization therefore this
mail should not be treated as a scam scheme or be taken for granted,we
are backed up by the appropriate lottery law in the Netherlands and
only the successful winners in this our online lotto program receive
this congratulation mail and because you won that is why this mail is
being directed to you. Remember that all prize money must be claimed
not later than 7 working days. After the last day, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed. Congratulations once again from our team of
staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Sincerely,
Director Rita Bruce
(Lottery Coordinator)
