Fraud Alert

To stay safe, make sure you always use official and certified lottery providers and services and don't trust those emails who appear to be "too good to be true". If you receive a suspicious or fraudulent email of such kind it's best to delete or simply ignore it.

Useful reading regarding Lottery Scam letters and Fraud:

PART 1: http://www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/

PART 2: http://www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/identify_lottery_scam_letter.htm

Extract: "How can I be sure I've received a Lottery Scam Letter? Any letter you receive stating that you have won hundreds of thousands or millions of Dollars or Euros in a lottery you never heard of, an online lottery, free lottery, or Sweepstakes for which you never registered your contact information is a scam."

What to avoid?

Latest lottery Scam Example:

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS. WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY \"A\" WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: ELEKTRONIK LOTTO PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Lotto International Netherlands programs.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category \"A\" with the following:

Ref Number: PC 390 ES 214
Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2005
Ticket Number: PCP 002 871

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of 1,500,000.00. (ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) each from the total payout.Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category \"A\" winners with the information below:

Mr. Van Bell,
Remittance Department Director,
Tel: +31 617 186 560
E-mail: vanbell2005@web-mail.com.ar

You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days. After this dateall unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Lynn Rowlands,
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
Lotto International Netherlands
www.lotto.nl

This email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the use of the
individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient,be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited.If you have received this electronic transmission in error,please notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer.

Example 2:

FROM: THE DIRECTOR
EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF:EL3/9318/04
line BATCH:8/163/EL.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 30/12/2004. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number :EL-23133 with serial number: EL-123542,batch number: EL-35,lottery ref number: EL-9318 and drew lucky numbers 7-1-8-36-4-22 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you 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 by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by group of successful electronic
dealers.we hope with part of your winning,you will take part in our next year US$20 million international lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our paying officer:

Contact Person:Mr Frank Andries(Lottery Director)
Tel: +31-613-697-118
Fax;+31-847-516-025
Email:frankandries_inquiries_ads@yahoo.com.au

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30th Of may 2005.After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the
next stake.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 our agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note:Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Queensley Rhoda,
For Management