Internet Lottery Scams
Toto Krasloten Loterij (2007)
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From: “TOTO KRASLOTEN LOTERIJ”
Subject: TOTO KRASLOTEN LOTERIJ JACKPOT.
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:59:47 -0900
TOTO KRASLOTEN LOTERIJ
Laan Van Hoorrnwijck 55
2289 DG RIJSWIJK
Netherlands
www.lotto.nl
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Toto Krasloten Loterij Million Euro Online Promotions held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on 2nd of June 2007.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 200,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies selected by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold. The selected e-mail addresses were attached to tickets numbers which were spinned by our ballot machine. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address attached to ticket number 0001680003381 emerged as one of five winners in the category “A” with the following winning information :
REFERENCE N0 :CHOL07|000031907.
BATCH N0: BC-348|0700731
You have been approved for a payment therefore of THOUSAND EURO) cash prize which will be paid to you upon authorization by The Netherlands Games Board. Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
You should contact our accredited agent that will assist you to obtain the authorization of payment from the Netherlands games board on the information below:
Contact person: Nobert Young
Koeman & Young Advocaten
Remember to quote your winning information, that is your reference|batch number and your personal information as stated below:
1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Phone|Fax
NOTE: All winning must be claimed not later than 15 working days from this notification.
Congratulations!!!
Yours Faithfully,
Ms.Marian Gelder
Games|Lottery Coordinator.