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5 January 2006, 13:58
ACKNOWLEDGE
FROM THE DESK OF THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, FREE LOTTO B.V INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS.

INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL
LOTTO PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
BATCH NO: 15027-BV-
43
REF. No: 232/633/4519

We are pleased to announce you as one of the lucky winners in the Free Lotto end of year promotion held today the 31st of December 2005.

All winning Email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.Your email address emerged as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros (850,000 Euros)

In
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence with your claims officer.

1. BATCH:15027-BV-43
2.The file Ref number:
232/633/4519
3.lucky numbers 8- 16-18-23-31-45

Please contact the
underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

MR Van Wilbert
CLAIMS OFFICER
FREE LOTTO B.V
freelottobv850@gmail.com
Tel:0031-647-250-097
Fax:31-205- 241-255

for
processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of your choice.

You are required to contact Mr Van Wilbert about the claimant procedures, send your fax and telephone to Mr Van Wilbert, this will enable his office to send the claims application form to you the Beneficiary.

Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform the Claims Officer Mr Van Wilbert as soon as possible as he is responsible for the processing of your approved file for payment.

Congratulations Once again on behalf of all our staff.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

Mrs Lissette Kersbeeck
(Lottery
Coordinator)

Please make sure you keep your winning confidential till you have received your payment.This is to avoid double claims.

Their follow-up after I sent my contact details (i.e. phone no. and fax no.)but no bank accounts and identity copies sent as yet:

FREE LOTTO B.V
Free Lotto Plaza,
Brestaat81 4D,ZAANDAM DISTRICT
1106 AE,AMSTERDAM CENTRUM
AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS
TEL:0031-647-250-097 FAX:0031-205-241-255
Email-freelottobv850@gmail.com

ATTN:[mod edit: John Fairheart - Removed Personal Details]

REF No: 232/633/4519
BATCH NO: 15027-BV-43


This is to acknowledge the receipt of your mail,we wish to notify you that your winning processing/verification has been directed to this office,congratulations.

Firstly you received the notification of winning due to a computer balloting sample carried out on research of internet users and a promotion ushering in a new package of software.

This is a give away promotion whereby e-mail users worldwide gets an equal opportunity of winning because email samples from all users worldwide are carried out and a computing system selects at random,email addresses,and each email address has been tagged with specific numbers and yours was picked and hence you were contacted to process and claim your won fund.

This is not like the everyday lottery you buy a ticket,its a give away promotion done once every year.

The said sum is now deposited in our suspense account in your favour waiting for the immediate remittance to you by the payment bank,be informed that your winning prize has a hard cover insurance bond that makes it difficult to deduct a cent until the sum is finally credited to your designated account.



At the moment what we require is that you have two options which are either you travel down to Amsterdam to sign the winning release documents or the winning is legalised and notarized on your behalf at the WORLD COURT IN THE HAGUE HERE IN NETHERLANDS and your winning transferred to you.

If you are not travelling over and your fund has to be legalised it then means you have to make payment for the Notarization and Legalisation charges which is Five Hundred and Fifty Euros Only( 550.00).Please be informed that this charge cannot be deducted from your winning because it has been insured to the full value and as a result of the insurance cover deduction is impossible.

Based on your decision which we are out to serve you if you are travelling over it means you have to send down to us your flight schedule so that our protocol officer will meet with you at the airport and bring you over to the office for the signing ceremony and subsequent transfer of your winning.However if you are not coming it means you have to make this payment so that the winning can be notarized and legalised in the world court and your fund transferred accordingly.You have to make the payment by WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER to the name of our accounts officer below in charge of western union payments.

NAME:MR RICHARD MICHEAL
AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS.

You can find western union agents in your city and it is a very fast way to send and receive money so that your winning can be notarized and legalised on your behalf if you are not travelling over.All you need to make a western union transfer is the name of the receiver and address which is the name of our accounts officer provided above and let them know it is a personal transfer for it to be done fast.

As soon as you have made your decision you have to let us know.If however you will be travelling down you do not need to make the payment.


We await your urgent response while we assure you of our professional assistance always.

Congratulations once again.

Customer Care Department


KINDLY FILL THE FORM BELOW IF YOU ARE NOT TRAVELLING OVER OR ALTERNATIVELY IF YOU ARE COMING OVER THEN YOU NEED TO FILL IT IN OUR OFFICE .



VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:...................................................... .............

2.ADDRESS:.................................................. .....................

............................................................ ..............

3.SEX:...................................................... ....... . . . .

4.AGE:...................................................... ...........

5.MARITAL STATUS:..................................................... ....................
6.OCCUPATION:............................................... ............................ . . . .

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:.................................................... .......................

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:..................................................... .................

9.REFERENCE NUMBER:..................................................... ................

10.BATCH NUMBER:..................................................... .....................

11.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL....................................

12.AMOUNT WON:........................................................ .....................

............................................................ .........................................

13. STATE:...................................................... .................................

14. COUNTRY..................................................... ...............................

15. MODE OF PAYMENT:COURIER/TRANFER..................................................... ...

16:BANK PARTICULARS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, we will immediately commence the verification and processing of your winning so that the payment bank can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.

Send back this form back along with a copy of your id (i.e International Passport or Drivers License )for authentification and verification

John Fairheart
5 January 2006, 15:11
Hello,

Thanks for posting this information. The email is a typical Fake Lottery.

There are some key points to remember about Lottery Winning Emails:-

(a) You cannot win a lottery that you have never purchased a ticket for. Some emails say that you do not have to, but a Lottery by definition is a commercial enterprise that REQUIRES people to buy tickets in order for there to be any prize money. In short, they are lying.

(b) A fraudulent lottery will ask for a fee to allow your 'winnings' to be sent to you. In all cases it is this fee that is the scam. If you pay the money, you loose it forever, and they may come back and ask for more.

(c) Genuine organizations who purport to handle vast sums of money do not use free webmail providers such as gmail, yahoo, msn, hotmail etc. It is one of the ways the fraudsters can remain anonymous and untraceable.

You can find lots of information right here on the site about fake lotteries.

A brief description of Lottery Fraud is here:-
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=255

A more in-depth view of a Lottery Fraud is here:-
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=229

We have some Lottery Fraud example emails here:-
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39

If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask.