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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Alert - China Welfare Lottery eMail Scam

You may have received the following email. If so you unfortunately will not be receiving a lottery windfall, rather you are the target of an eMail Scam, commonly called a "Nigerian" or "419" scam. Learn more about Nigerian scams here.

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.

Protect yourself today with IDENTITY GUARD®

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----

From: CHINA WELFARE LOTTERY [mailto:chinawelfare.center@yahoo.ie]

Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 6:18 PM

To: articles@ryansreview.com

Subject: CWL/FAW3515/UK

China Welfare Lottery Issuing Centre
Zhongcai Mansion, South Str. No. 48,
Guang'anmen, Xuanwu District
Beijing 100054, China.

File #: CWL/FAW3515/UK

Congratulations, we are pleased to inform you of the result of the China
Welfare Lottery Award Winners. Your email address have been randomly selected
as a winner in the ongoing China Welfare Lottery Online program, the draw was
held on 1st September, 2007 using a computerized balloting system of
selection.
The China Welfare Lottery is aimed and focused at global development and
improvement of living standard across the world.

Free £77 Million Pounds won including *four* Ten Million Pounds Winners and
*fourteen* Millionaires plus thousands of other cash prizes. Winner from all
over the world, India, France, Singapore, USA, United Kingdom, Spain, South
America, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland and many
more.

We wish to express our sincere apologies for the late notification, this free
award online program is been conducted bi-quarterly. China Welfare
Lottery Free
Award draws was conducted at China Welfare Lottery Issuing Centre, you were
selected from an exclusive list of 1,000,000,000 e-mail addresses of internet
users from the following categories; consumers, professionals and corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the
internet 'NO TICKETS OR DRAFTS WERE SOLD'.

Your email address attached to Security File #: CWL/FAW3515/UK with Serial
number No: 002839 emerged as a winner of Six Hundred Thousand Pounds
(£600.000.00 GBP), therefore you are eligible to file claim for your prize as
one of our lucky winners for the payout of your total sum after a thorough
verification that will be conducted by our various credible financial
institutions.

This online program is precisely aimed at enabling all internet users across
the world benefit from the China Welfare Lottery, your email address falls
within the First Category Winner as such your file has been designated to our
European Center, where the complete verification and payout will be conducted
only if there are no exceptions during the claims process, to file your claim
for immediately please contact our Foreign Services Director Mr. Burk Wright
with the following information:

1. Name in full----------------------------------------
2. Phone/Fax-------------------------------------------

TO:

Contact Person: Mr. Burk Wright
Tel: +447024065192 (8am - 5pm GMT)
Fax: +447092894160
Email: burk.wright@europe.com

NOTE: In order to benefit from this program, you are advised in your own best
interest to file your claim not later than 7days days from the date of this
notification to avoid disqualification; anybody under the age of 18 is
automatically disqualified.

Please include this File #: CWL/FAW3515/UK in every of your
correspondence with
our foreign Service director Mr. Burk Wright. Solemn confidentiality should be
ensured until successful remittance of your prize to you to avoid undue taking
of advantage, unwarranted claim and abuse of program, any breach of
confidentiality on the part of the winner will result to automatic
disqualification.

Sincerely Yours,

Dr. Cheng Hui,
Publicity Director.

China Welfare Lottery Center.
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