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Thread ID: 55921 2005-03-22 23:50:00 Fresh twist on Lottery scam Billy T (70) PC World Chat
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336931 2005-03-22 23:50:00 They seem to have taken note of the scam-watch comments and have attempted to cover some of the usual flaws. The english & grammar are OK, punctuation is good and they have attempted to explain away the " how could I win if I didn't buy a ticket" problem.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)

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

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE:BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded annual final draws of De Lotto Netherlands
International Lottery programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an
exclusive list of 100,000 e-mail addresses of
individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet from
various continents of the world. No tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail
address emerged as one of two winners in the category
\"B\" with the following:

Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI

Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2005

Ticket Number: 54866235

You as well as the other winners are therefore to
receive a cash prize of 500,000.00.(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS)
each from the total payout of 1,500,000.00 Euro in category "B".

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 \"B\" winners with the

information below:

Mr.Jan Van Dalen

Financial Director,

Netherlands Development Finance Company,

1104 kE Poort Bijlmerplein

Amsterdam,Netherlands.

E-mail:janvandalen@financesource.com

Tel:31-617-582-414

Fax:31-205-248-664

NOTE:All winnings must be claimed not later than 30
days. After this date all 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).

Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the
affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to
participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Mildred Hugo

Games/Lottery Coordinator.

De Lotto Netherlands International [URL deleted] 		Billy T (70)
336932 2005-03-23 00:30:00 I got an almost identical one today from Spain, except that I won more money than Billy T !! TonyF (246)
336933 2005-03-23 02:18:00 Wow. The same old scam. So they reworded it a bit. Who cares?

Do you think you're the only person that gets these or something? 		ninja (1671)
336934 2005-03-23 04:50:00 Better odds than Lotto. ;) Here's two of you who have won, without even buying a ticket.

IT'S NOT FAIR. :mad: :( :angry :badpc: 		Graham L (2)
336935 2005-03-23 05:17:00 Wow. The same old scam. So they reworded it a bit. Who cares?

Do you think you're the only person that gets these or something?
There were two people who said they had recieved a letter,to which were you referring?I noticed you wrote in the singular. 		Cicero (40)
336936 2005-03-23 05:25:00 I got an almost identical one today from Spain, except that I won more money than Billy T !!You LUCKY LUCKY BUGGER! personthingy (1670)
336937 2005-03-24 12:57:00 There were two people who said they had recieved a letter,to which were you referring?I noticed you wrote in the singular.The second person didn't see the need to create a song and thread about it. ninja (1671)
336938 2005-03-24 13:13:00 The second person didn't see the need to create a song and thread about it.
:lol: :lol: :lol: Gold. 		E|im (87)
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