Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
Lotto NL Winners International Program (2006)
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From: nl-lotto@zwallet.com
Date: Feb 9, 2006 7:42 AM
Subject: lotto-nl
LOTTO.NL
2391 Beds 152 Koningin Julianaplein 21,
Den Haag, the Netherlands.
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Susan Console (Lottery Coordinator)
Website: www.lotto.nl
ATTN:
YOU ARE ONE OF OUR WINNERS.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lotto NL Winners International programs held on the 29th January,2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket #: 00903228100 with prize # 778009/UK drew €1,000,000.00 which was third in the 2nd category of the draws. You are to receive €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your money (€1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank.This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of your cash prize - winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants. It’s important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through an internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted around the world through our internet based ballot system.The promotion is sponsored and promoted by Lotto-NL. We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws, the jackpot winning is €85million.
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us. Congratulations once again from all members of Lotto NL. Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our paying bank address below.
Send them the following informations:
(i) Your names.
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers.
(iii) Contact Address.
(iv) Your winning numbers.
(v) Quote amount won.
(vi) Notification date.
Contact person: Mr.John Kane
Email: chafinsecbank@netscape.net
Tel: 00 31 643 178 404.
Congratulations.
Yours in service,
Susan Console(Lottery Coordinator)
