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Yahoo Lottery,
Incoperation,
Baley House, Har Road.
Sutton, Greater London,
SM1 4te.
United Kingdom.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND British Pounds ( £300,000) for the month of MARCH 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO, collects all the email addresses of the people that are online on Yahoo email addresses, among the millions that subscribe to Yahoo we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for being one of the people selected.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

You are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

These are your identification numbers:
Batch number…………………YM 09102XN
Reff number…………………..YM35447XN
Winning number……………….YM09788

You are requested to contact the agent Dr JOHNSON BROWN and send your winning identification numbers to him, via his email:

Name: Dr JOHNSON BROWN

E-mail: johnsonbrowns@myway.com

phone: +447024022078

You are therefore advise to send the following information to the Cliams Agent to facilitate them and process the transfer of your fund.

1.Full name………………………..
2.Country………………………… .
3.Contact Address…………………..
4.Telephone Number………………….
5.Marital Status……………………
6.Occupation……………………….
7.Age……………………………..

Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,

MRS. Linda Moore

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From: “euro.millionn@terra.es” <euro.millionn@terra.es>
To:
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 17:10:44 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!

CONGRATULATION!!!
Euro Million lottery Award 2007.

Attn:Sir/Madam

The recent euro million lottery held on 10th of May 2007, your e-mail address have won the draw, with the following digit

(!) Batch. No: EULO/2907/444/908/06
(!!) Ticket No: WRNM/SMI/5990
(!!!)Lucky No: 10-23-44-72-80
(iv) Serial No: MUOTI/82536
(v) Ref. No: ESM/WIN/008/05/10/MA

which consequently YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WON THIS YEAR EURO MILLION LOTTERY.in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 760,000.00. (Seven Hundred And Sixty Thousand Euros. PAYABLE IN CASH.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary agent.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.Be informed that the deadline to claim your winning prize money is 28th of May 2007.

For immidiate realease of your winning fund, contact our registered claim agent in address below:
******************************************************
EUROPE LOTTERY PAYMENT AND RELEASE ORDER DEPARTMENT,
Mr.Martin John,
ONWARD SECUROS S.L,
C/HONDURAS,
102 25105 MADRID SPAIN,
Email: info_martinjoh@yahoo.es

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.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs.Rosa Benito
Lottery Co-ordinator

MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro – Afro
Asian Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on
the 23rd of April 2007 in LONDON ENGLAND.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: EAASL-130876
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd cate
gory.You have herefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £500.000.00 (Five Hundred housand pounds sterling)

This is from a total cash prize of £8,000,000 ,shared
amongst the first ten(16) lucky winners in this category.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
europe booklet representative in LONDON, ENGLAND as indicated
in your play coupon.

In view of this, your £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand
pounds sterling)cheque would be released to you by our
fudiciary agent in LONDON,ENGLAND.Our Fudiciary agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your check as soon as you contact him. All participants
were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites and guestbooks
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
individuals and companies.This promotion takes place annually
and it is sponsored by Sultan of Brunei , Bill Gates of
Microsoft and his associates to encourage the use of internet
and computers world wide.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
informations confidential till your claims is processed and
your cheque delivered to your nominated address through an
approved delivering officer appointed specially for this program.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be warned

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
European booklet representative office in London . In view of
this, your £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand pounds sterling)
would be released to you by our affiliate bank in Europe< /SPAN>.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact
with him.

To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited
agent assigned to you

Mr. Gordon Moore,
EURO AFRO-ASIAN LOTTERY
Information and Payment Bureau:
1290 LONDON Representative Office.
Phone: +44-70457-11696 or Tel: +447024098225
Fax: +44-870-479-7119
E-mail: microsoft.claimsdepartment@yahoo.co.uk
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to
contact Mr. Gordon Moore with the followings details below:

=============================
CLAIMS DOCUMENTATION FORM.
=============================
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.COMPANY NAME
8.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
9.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
10.STATE:
11.COUNTRY:
12.NEXT OF KIN:
13.HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A WINNER:
14.AMOUNT WON:

2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us
or our designated agent.Winners under 18 years of age will be
authomatically disqualified.
Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery
program. Our special thanks and gratitude to Sultan of Brunei,
Bill Gates of microsoft and all his associates. Our winners
are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where
they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest
level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to
circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This
is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any lottery double
claim dedected by our monitoring committee will lead to the
Euro – Afro Asian Sweepstake lottery cacelling the winnings.
making a loss for both the real winner, and the fake (intended)
claimer. You are required to contact your Fudiciary Agent to
claim your winnings.

Sincerely,
From: Sir Nolan Philips,
EURO AFRO-ASIAN ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR.

> The National Lottery
> P O Box 1010
> Liverpool, L70 1NL
> UNITED KINGDOM
> (Customer Services)
>
>
> WINNING NOTIFICATION
>
> We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the UK NATIONAL
> LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International programme held on April 16th
> 2007. This Draw is part of our New Year Bonus to all internet users World
> Wide. Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number:56475600545 188
> with Serial number 5368/02drew the lucky numbers:
> 14-18-29-33-37-39-47(bonus no.)which subsequently won you the lottery in
> the 2nd category i match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to
> claim a total sum of (Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and
> seventy eight) /921,201(Nine hundred and twenty one thousand two hundred
> and one )in cash/check credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
>
> This is from a total cash prize of 3,100,673.00 shared amongst the first
> six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e Prize for six balls.All
> articipants for the online version were selected randomly from aWorld Wide
> Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
> unions, associations, and corporate bodies that arelisted online. This
> promotion takes place Periodically.Please note that your lucky winning
> number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe
> as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 516,778 (Five
> hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight ) would be
> released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our Agent will
> immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
> assoon as you contact him.
>
> For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
> confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you
> in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our
> precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
> this program. Please be warned.To file for your claim, please kindly
> provide the following informations and send it to our Fiduciary Agent
> (WALTER ATKINSON) who shall clear you as a winner.
>
> 1.Full Name:…………………………………………………….
> 2.Address:………………………………………………………
> 3.Nationality:…………………………………………………..
> 4.Age:…………………….Date of Birth:……………………….
> 5.Occupation:……………………………………………………
> 6.Phone:……………Phone 2:……………….Fax:……………….
> 7.State of Origin:………………….Country:…………………….
>
> CLAIMS AGENT: MR.WALTER ATKINSON
> Email: online_claimsagent151@yahoo.com.hk
> Phone Number:+44 704 571 4036
>
> Upon receipt of the duly requested that as,he shall send to you the
> contact information of the paying Office so you can proceed with effecting
> the release of your funds.Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
> NATIONAL LOTTERY.
>
> Yours faithfully,
> STEVEN BURTLER
> Online coordinator
> UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
> Sweepstakes International Program.
> Open 7 days
>
>
>
> The National Lottery
> P O Box 1010
> Liverpool, L70 1NL
> UNITED KINGDOM
> (Customer Services)
>
>
> WINNING NOTIFICATION
>
> We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the UK NATIONAL
> LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International programme held on April 16th
> 2007. This Draw is part of our New Year Bonus to all internet users World
> Wide. Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number:56475600545 188
> with Serial number 5368/02drew the lucky numbers:
> 14-18-29-33-37-39-47(bonus no.)which subsequently won you the lottery in
> the 2nd category i match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to
> claim a total sum of (Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and
> seventy eight) /921,201(Nine hundred and twenty one thousand two hundred
> and one )in cash/check credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
>
> This is from a total cash prize of 3,100,673.00 shared amongst the first
> six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e Prize for six balls.All
> articipants for the online version were selected randomly from aWorld Wide
> Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
> unions, associations, and corporate bodies that arelisted online. This
> promotion takes place Periodically.Please note that your lucky winning
> number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe
> as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 516,778 (Five
> hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight ) would be
> released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our Agent will
> immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
> assoon as you contact him.
>
> For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
> confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you
> in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our
> precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
> this program. Please be warned.To file for your claim, please kindly
> provide the following informations and send it to our Fiduciary Agent
> (WALTER ATKINSON) who shall clear you as a winner.
>
> 1.Full Name:…………………………………………………….
> 2.Address:………………………………………………………
> 3.Nationality:…………………………………………………..
> 4.Age:…………………….Date of Birth:……………………….
> 5.Occupation:……………………………………………………
> 6.Phone:……………Phone 2:……………….Fax:……………….
> 7.State of Origin:………………….Country:…………………….
>
> CLAIMS AGENT: MR.WALTER ATKINSON
> Email: online_claimsagent151@yahoo.com.hk
> Phone Number:+44 704 571 4036
>
> Upon receipt of the duly requested that as,he shall send to you the
> contact information of the paying Office so you can proceed with effecting
> the release of your funds.Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
> NATIONAL LOTTERY.
>
> Yours faithfully,
> STEVEN BURTLER
> Online coordinator
> UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
> Sweepstakes International Program.
> Open 7 days

Editors Comment: How many more people are getting fooled by these? If you didn’t buy a lottery ticket, how can you have won? If you could win a lottery by not entering, no-one would ever enter! And can you imagine a lottery running from a free Yahoo or Hotmail address?

Lotto frauds are becoming prevalent in the UK with promises of huge winnings arriving in the form of unsolicited e-mail or letters to UK residents.

Invariably the communication will purport to come from an overseas lottery and claim that the recipient has been allocated winning numbers.

The recipient will contact the organisers, whether directly through telephone, by post or e-mail and will be invited to send money in to assist in the administration for the release of the winnings.

These winnings do not exist. This is merely a scam and attempt to illicit money from unsuspecting victims. As the winnings on offer are substantial, so too can be the advance fees required to release the funds.

The real cruel part of this scam is that suspects will build up a rapport with victims through telephone contact in order to continue the flow of money.

Who are the victims?

In the case of e-mail anyone can be a victim. These spam e-mails are sent en-bloc and anyone can become a potential victim.

With letters the criminals can be a little more specific and in many cases the elderly are most at risk. Suspects pay good money for mailing lists and they do target those lists that deal with the elderly.

Hard copy letters complete with certificates of winnings will be sent to the unsuspecting victim. On the face of it these look genuine.

The victim may respond and after sending a fee to the fraudsters may have telephone contact. The fraudsters will gain the confidence of the victim, hence where the elderly are most at risk.

Communications are often sent to drop or P.O. Box addresses. These are then collected by couriers or third parties and sent on to the fraudsters, in most cases overseas.

Payments are made through cheques, credit / debit card transactions or through sending cash via money transfer services.

Cheques can be cleared through international clearing services and the money will go through a series of further transactions before finally arriving in the pockets of the fraudsters.

Who are behind these scams?

Invariably highly organised gangs based overseas are behind these frauds. It is widely acknowledged that there area large number of Canadian syndicates involved, specifically targeting the USA and UK.

The Canadian authorities are taking the threat very seriously and have put major resources into tackling the problem. Criminal networks taken down in the past have uncovered huge lists of victims, showing how much they have paid, when they were last contacted and when they are due to be contacted again.

Case Scenario

An elderly couple in London, both in their nineties, went into their bank and wished to draw out in excess of £20,000. When asked why they told the bank they had won money in an overseas lottery and were paying some fees to release the money.

The bank advised them that this was a fraud and tried to deter them from drawing out the money. The couple demanded that unless the bank allowed them to draw the money, they would close their account and take their business elsewhere.

The bank contacted the fraud squad and a manager from the bank together with a detective from the fraud squad visited the couple to convince them that this was a scam.

The couple were adamant that their luck had changed and that this was a genuine lottery. Had they not eventually been deterred, the loss of their life savings would have been a severe blow.

What to do in the event of receiving an unsolicited communication

If you receive these communications do not answer it.

You can report these communications to the Enquiries Unit at the Office of Fair Trading.

Enforcement teams within the Office of Fair Trading work with the Canadian Authorities to collect evidence. The Canadian Authorities can use this evidence to prosecute the fraudsters.

Although the OFT cannot take up cases on behalf of individuals or give individual advice, anybody who has received a phone call and/or sent money to the Canadian lottery can report it to OFT and help put a stop to the scam.

The number is: 08457 224499.

ATTENTION: SKALA GABRIELLA-Ref/ WWPL/UK/ 61-812087
S/NO: 35/751346

This is confirming receipt of your correspondence and
assuring you that in line with our principles of
efficiency, transparency and customer satisfaction,
you shall be treated with the best possible service
within the abilities of this office and in line with
company policies.

You have been confirmed as a Category A winner of the
Worldwide Premier Lotto computer balloting draws. Your
claims file has been duly forwarded to this office
with specific instructions that we shall be handling
the transfer of your prize of £ 7,500,000 to your
nominated account.

Immediately provide all necessary information as will
aid the transfer of your prize by filling your
transfer order/verification form. Please find bland
verification form below and fill accordingly. You are
to send back filled form by email and/or fax.

To meet costs of processing your winnings, which
include all account opening, handling, insurance,
transfer and mailing charges, you are immediately
required to pay a fee of £4961 (Four Thousand Nine
Hundred and Sixty One Great Britain Pounds).

You are required to respond and act promptly to all
instructions provided above. Contact me immediately if
you encounter any problems processing your claims or
wish to ask questions on issues not understood. I
await your response.

You shall receive a mail giving you instructions on
how to remit the fees shortly after you submit the
verification form.

Regards,

Mr. Simon Perchard
Finance Director
Link Finance and Trust Ltd.
20 – 24 St. Leonard’s Road
Windsor SL4 3BB, United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) 709 204 , Fax: (+44) 709 203
Foreign Service Number: 88216 2122 1440
www.linkfinanceandtrustltd.com

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VERIFICATION FORM

REFERENCE NO: _____________ TICKET NO: _______________

FULL NAME: …………………………………..

COMPANY NME: …………………………………

FULL ADDRESS: ……………………………….
……………………………………………

TEL: …………….. FAX: ……………………

EMAIL: ……………………………………..

ACCOUNT COORDINATES:
(Details of the account where you want your funds
transferred)
……………………………………………
……………………………………………
……………………………………………
……………………………………………

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:
……………………………………………
……………………………………………
……………………………………………
……………………………………………

________________ __________________
Signature Date

Carefully fill out this form and send back either by
fax or by email.

LINK FINANCE AND TRUST LTD.
20 – 24 St. Leonard’s Road
Windsor SL4 3BB, United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) 709 204 , Fax: (+44) 709 203
www.linkfinanceandtrustltd.com

E.A.A.S Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
580 N. Tenth Street
Sacramento, CA 85914

Euro – Afro American Sweepstake Lottery
an Affiliate of Foundmoney International
Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque
I.P.P Award Dept.
Dakar, Senegal.

Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02
Batch: 12/25/DC34
Date: 03-02-21

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro – Afro American Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 21st of February 2003 in Dakar Senegal. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 49/54/26/17/35, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US $ 25 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your US$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our bank.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Dr. Felix Fisher
Foundmoney Int.
Tel: ++31-627-431-
Fax: ++31-641-898-
Email: felixfisher20@netscape

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 10th May

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Mr. Davis Williams
Dakar, Senegal Zonal Coordinator

UK Queen’s Sweep Lotto

RE/ WINNING /AWARD NOTIFICATION FOR 2003 DRAW

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of today, 1st of Sept,2003. Winners of the UK QUEEN’S SWEEP LOTTERY PROMO/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 21ST OF August, 2003.

Your name, attached to ticket number , with serial number drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of #800,000.00 British Pound sterling in cash credited to file REF NO. QLP /25512560888/26.

This is from total prize of BPS#20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 15 million names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and North America and Africa as part of International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a company insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account or your cheque send to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes BPS#1.3 billion International Lottery.

Notify us immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize to a designated account of your choice or send down your cheque to any contact address of yours. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th October, 2003. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your Certificate number in your correspondence to the regional payment center.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your claim’s agent as soon as possible.You can get back to me through our altanative E-mail address (queenslottery@hotmail.com ) Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

yours faithfully,

MRS Caroline Brooks.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
UK QUEEN’S SWEEP LOTTERY PROMO.
QUEENS PALACE
MANCHESTER
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. xxxxxxxxxxxx