Alert - Staatsloterij Netherlands Lottery eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not being contacted to because you won a Netherlands lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

This scam is particularly dangerous because it uses the name of a real lottery, the Netherlands State Lottery, and even includes a link to a legitimate lottery website. This could lead recipients to trust the email even though it is 100% fake.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: peter wong [mailto:peter_wongs1@yahoo.com.hk]
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: ATTENTION !!!.

ATTENTION !!!.

REF : MDF/BB971849/DY19
BATCH No : JYT/187691/044
LUCKY No : Z-71620-G07/B1

We are pleased to inform you that your e-mail address has won the
Staatsloterij (1,000,000.00) One Million Euros Lottery program held
on 26th December 2007,released today 28th December 2007.

To file for your claims,you are to contact Mr Jonas Smith on
Email:staatssloteinfo@aim.com and Tel/Fax numbers stated below with
the following information.
Full Name :
Tel/Fax # :
Ref,Batch and Lucky Numbers in the email received :
country origin :
Amount Won :
Age :
Occupation :
_____________________________________________
Tel : +31-619-703-474
Fax : +31-847-445-425
Email : staatssloteinfo@aim.com
: staatsloteinfo@yahoo.de

Yours Faithfully,

Ms Diana Hamrock
( Lottery co-ordinator international )
www.staatsloterij.nl

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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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