Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Lottery winner?

Perhaps you've received emails like this telling you your a winner of an international lottery....


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THE ROYAL DUTCH STAATSLOTERIJ
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF Number: STT/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: DH/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 79-2-15-24-34-40-11

THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT:
Mr. Steve Meijer
Tel: +31-647-230-404
Fax: +31-847-131-515
Email: theclaimsdepartm@aol.com
Website: www.staatsloterij.nl

Dear Winner,

THE ROYAL DUTCH STAATSLOTERIJ PRIZE AWARDS

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our Seasonal Lottery
Winners
International programs held on the 10th of October, 2007. Your E-mail
address attached to ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number
472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 79-2-15-24-34-40-11, which
consequently
won in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum
payout of €1.280.000. (One Million, Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand
Euro
Only).This is from a total cash prize of €6.400, 000 (Six Million,
Four
Hundred Thousand Euro) shared amongst Five Lucky Winners of the first
category. CONGRATULATIONS!! This is a promotional program by The Dutch
Authorities and this happens to be the biggest lottery program in the
Netherlands.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from
over 200,000 companies and 5,000,000 individual email addresses from
all
over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which
we
conduct several times a year.

Be informed that your documents must pass through the authorities to
obtain
a clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness for
the
subsequent onward transfer of your winnings into your nominated bank
account
within 48 hours of completion of the authentication. Due to the
possibility
of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we suggest that you
keep
this award strictly confidential until your claim has been processed
and
notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is in conformity
with
the lottery claim regulations and security protocol of the Netherlands
Gaming Control Board. All winnings must be claimed not later than 26th
of
October, 2007.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be channeled to the Dutch
Security
Vault as unclaimed funds. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified. All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award
must
be obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the
claims
process. For further information on this, please contact the above
mentioned
claims department.
Also ensure that you take proper note of every correspondence as we
will
not be held responsible should there be any complications in this
transaction due to laxity on your part. Congratulations once more from
the
Royal Dutchland.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Marie de Boer
Games/ Lottery Coordinator.
The Royal Dutch Staatsloterij (Staatsloterij is a registered program
lottery program of the Royal Dutch Authority.Est.1876, Kvk.699472.Act
120/99) All rights reserved.

NOTE: BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT
TO
IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION. (TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY)

Please be aware these are scams. They are looking for your personal info. Should you find something similiar in your inbox, delete immediately. They are harmless as long as you don't send them any info or money. For more info check out : http://www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/index.htm

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