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Amsterdam Lottery Scam?
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Aug 24, 2004
 I was sent an e-mail reading I had won $550,000.00
Euro/Us $.I had to send them my name,address,and country I live in.They also said that they had compiled a sum of 300,000 e-mail address's and then it was down to 15,000 then out of that there were 5 grand prize winners mine included that had won 550,000 dollars.I also had to send them 450.00 US$ for a processing fee.Yeah right,like I would do that.I wrote this guy,Steve Morrison and told him that I would come to Amsterdam to personally deliver the processing fee and he wrote me right back and said that I could not come to this address without an appointment.LMAO!!!Have any of you all come across this guy?I have read 4 differant names so far.Mr. Abbey Martins,Steve Morrison,Mrs.Van Der Veen,and Mrs.Betty Van Hammer.I really think this is a scam,what do you all think?You can write me personally at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Pete S
in Australia
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 | 08:06 PM
HI all,

I also started recieving notifications like the one below (looks like it is being generated from somewhere in UK) telling me I had won the lottery.......however I never had (or will) entered anything that would of included me a draw of any kind....check this out.....

The Camelot Group,:
operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

WINNING NOTIFICATION
The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the
results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by
Great
Britain held on the of 13th January 2007. Your mail account have been
picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one
thousand,nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds
Tim F.
in Netherlands
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 | 12:01 PM
I've had this mail too and was almost fooled, thanks for the heads up! Remember:if it looks too good to be true....it isn't.
Farhad
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 | 04:17 PM
I received a letter stating that I had won 1.5 Million Euros; sure! my lucky day. Now they want $1,000 to process the paperwork. I asked them to subtract the $1,000 from my 2 Million!!

Don't fall for it!
maria
in slovakia
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 | 03:29 AM
Hi, I have got this e mail yesterday into my spam
box and because I could not believe in it to winn
so much money I start to look for informations on net and how good for it for all of you.thanks
an now have a look on this changed names in my message:
FROM HEINEKEN.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS.

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draws
of THE HEINEKEN LOTTO PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner
under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were being
officially announced on the 21st of December, 2006.Participants were selected through
a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies
from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East and Oceania as part of our International
Promotions Program.

Your e- mail address, attached to Coupon numbers 8860049 consequently won in the First
Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 500,00000eur (Five hundred
thousand euros), which is the winning payout for Category A winners. This is from a total
cash prize of 5,000,000.00 Million Euros shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners
in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.In your best interest to avoid mix up
of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your
award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been
completed, and your funds remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this
program.

Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your
prize money to a designated bank account of your choice. You are advised to contact the
agents by email,phone or fax. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.NOTE: For
easy reference and identification, remember to quote your Coupon numbers in your correspondence
with your claims agent.

To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary agent with your Coupon numbers,tel/fax
numbers and full names.
***********************************************
MR. FRANK UKREL.
AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS.
TEL: +31-626-415-585
FAX:+31-847-355-196.
REPLY EMAIL:frankukrel@iwon.com

***********************************************
All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process; winners will be referred
to a Foreign Transfer Manager,to have their winnings notarized.

Congratulations once again from all our staff.

Sincerely Yours,

MRS. VICTORIA MANALESIA.
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR

This scam is already in Slovakia. Be careful, pease!
Anil
in Florida
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 | 01:23 AM
Hello I also received the same email Pete S from australia received. I figured, woudln't they have their own email address at the camelot.co.uk website. so i emailed back the claims department at a hotmail address, saying hey is this real or what, and i get an email back from a yahoo address tellin me to fill the form out. then i took the phone number for that shearer guy and posted it on google and found this site. thank god i did bcuz i was hoping that maybe this would actually like magically be real and i would be so happy but now i don't have to have false hopes
Connie
in Regina Saskatchewan
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 | 11:51 AM
I got this scam email this morning in Canada

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




Mr.James Moore
Online coordinator


ELEKTRONIK LOTTO PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Connie,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual Final draws Of A Lotto International A Netherlands programs held on the 21ST of March 2007, and results were released on 13th of May 2007.

The online cyber lotto draws was Conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 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 the two lucky winners in the category "A" with the following:

Ref Number: PC 9590 ES 9414
Batch Number: 573881545-LNG/2007
Ticket Number: PCP 3502 /8707

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 fund is now secured and insured in your name. Due to mix up of Some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public Notice until your claims has been processed and the money remitted to Your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming of Unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants as it Has happened in the past. All participants were selected through a Computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa as Part of our International Promotions Program.

We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the Subsequent programs.

To begin your lottery claims, please contact your Claims agent below:

DR. GOODLUCK BENJAMIN (GB)
DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS
DIMA CONFIANZA CONSULTORIA
Claim Agent,
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

You are advised to provide him with the following information
corax
in romania
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 | 12:23 PM
i just get an email from them today...what a scam!!!!now i realised that everything is a mess. DO NOT BELIVE IT!!
I vouldn't belive that i won 1.000.000 Euro!!
looool
who belive these??

De Lotto (Electronic Lotreij)
Postbox 3074
2280 GB Rijswijk
The Netherlands
Ref: NL/8161/99
Batch: NL/BE12-11
www.lotto.nl

Congratulation,

This is to officially notify you that you are amongst the 10 lucky winners of this year netherland annual Lottery promotion held on the 14Th May 2007. All the 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails, your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category B winner in this year Lotto.nl game draw consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 1,000,000.00 EUR (One Million Euros). In order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications remember to quote your Ref and Batch number, Ref: 637409467-Nll / Batch 9484-9006-0076 to the fiduciary agent.Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe. In view of this, your 1,000,000.00 EUR (One Million Euros) will be released to you by our payment offices in United Kingdom.

For a Dutch understanding winner, you can confirm your winning by Login to the lottery Website: www.lotto.nl. 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 need to claim your prize, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Please be warned. Remember, all winnings must be claim not later than 15 June 2007, after this date, unclaimed funds will be returned to the Netherlands Promotional Headquater as an unclaimed prize, contact the promotional officer with the details below for further advice.

Mr. Pedro Anthony.
Netherlands lottery Promotional Officer (UK)
Email:meritagency_uk@yahoo.es
Tel;+447045720317
---------------------------------------------
Congratulations once more on your winning award.

Accordingly.
Mrs. Maria Van Boer
Online Coordinator.
Netherlands Promo.

thanks everyone who wrote in this site, you open my mind and my eyes...about this...
Rusty
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 | 06:23 PM
You are all idiots.
kaloua
in Quebec Canada
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 | 08:39 PM
Bon je demeure au Quebec, Canada et je viens de recevoir ce email deux fois.
Quelle loi peut nous prot
Tunor
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 | 09:04 PM
pls why do u think tha the nederland promo is a scam, please re-correct ur self.

Harmony
Adnan Abbasi
in Oman
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 | 04:08 AM
-----One more Lottery Email Received------

I got really confused first time, but that was natural coz i needed some money and when suddenly i received a message on my Email address which i had registered on yahoo just before a year or so. That message says I had won a Lottery Draw and the amount was 2,500,000 USD for maximum use of internet services with through my email ID. I was happy for days untill i received the last message i read, that i have to open an account in their (Lottery Firm) paying bank with three different mode of payment Regular account was the lowest with 1,500 Euro as an initial payment for opening an account.
I called this person Mr. Harry Smith ( Claims Officer ) of .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to clarify the reality into this. So i would request if there is anyone who can track down the person in Amsterdam, Netherland by following up his personal information like Telephone number which can be very helpful to prove this lottery is it real or a scam as it always is.

If anyone recognize this Name (Mr. Harry Smith)or this telephone number +31617683918 (Amsterdam, Netherlands),

Please try to contact Amsterdam, Netherland Police Dept. and just forward them this telephone number and send me the web address/ telephone number of the law firm who can help us all to send these persons behind bars.

Thanks to all who aniticipated int this matter and hope we can come through some solution for this Lottery scams if we work with unity.

Adnan Farooq Abbasi
My Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
My contact (GSM): +968 92112226
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Connie
in Regina Saskatchewan
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 | 01:37 PM
You guessed it: they take the money and run.

The lottery scams are orchestrated by Nigerians operating from boiler rooms in Amsterdam suburbs. They don't target Dutch victims, but foreigners who do not know that companies such as Fortune Trust Finance & Securities could never be housed at Burdenstreet or Alfonstraat in Amsterdam, addresses mentioned in numerous emails. The phone numbers, however, are real; some will even connect to a satellite phone.

The Dutch fraud squad last year estimated that at least seven Nigerian syndicates - a group of at least a hundred people - are engaged with 419 frauds from Amsterdam; making it one the most important scam hubs of the European continent. Recently five Nigerian men were sentenced for e-mail crimes, including lottery fraud.

Nigerian lottery scams from the Netherlands are on the rise. Several lotteries recently began to put up bogus websites, some of them with pictures of bustling computer rooms or impressive office fronts, claiming to be working for Lee Towers Holdings, after a well-known Dutch Frank Sinatra impersonator, or Johannes Cruyff, the soccer star.

Others will let you believe they are accredited by the Dutch Council for Accreditation, prompting this organisation to issue warnings. Germany-based Waruno Mahdi is keeping an eye on several Dutch and UK scam lottery companies at his website. Even The London Metropolitan Police has issued warnings.

It is unknown how many people fall prey to these scams. The Dutch Council for Accreditation was approached by a Japanese victim who apparently lost
benji
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 | 05:56 PM
I got the same crap other day, its an obvious scam, but a very annoying tease all the same.

These people should be strung up by their balls and given a serious slap.

This scam email is so poor, but still plays on peoples hopes and dreams.

The reply address seems to come from Hong Kong, they used a Yahoo hong kong address.

I
gherbi cherif
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 | 06:33 PM
I got this scam email one morning of Thursday Jun 21,2007. Please obseve, it is the same email sent to Mrs Connie in Regina Saskatchewan one Monday May 14,2007.

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

Mr.James Moore
Online coordinator

ELEKTRONIK LOTTO PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Cherif,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual Final draws Of A Lotto International A Netherlands programs held on the 21ST of May 2007, and results were released on 20th of June 2007.

The online cyber lotto draws was Conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 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 the two lucky winners in the category "A" with the following:

Ref Number: PC 9590 ES 9414
Batch Number: 573881545-LNG/2007
Ticket Number: PCP 3502 /8707

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 fund is now secured and insured in your name. Due to mix up of Some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public Notice until your claims has been processed and the money remitted to Your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming of Unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants as it Has happened in the past. All participants were selected through a Computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand , Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa as Part of our International Promotions Program.

We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the Subsequent programs.

To begin your lottery claims, please contact your Claims agent below:

DR. GOODLUCK BENJAMIN (GB)
DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS
DIMA CONFIANZA CONSULTORIA
Claim Agent,
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

You are advised to provide him with the following information
Carla
in London
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 | 08:20 AM
I was notified today that I have won $1,500,000.00 and was told to:

To file for your claim, please contact our paying officer:
Contact Person
Mr.Leonaert Bramer
Fax:+31-847-368-137
Tel:+31-616-719-230
Email:cliamsdept_officer200@yahoo.com.hk

The email claims to be from:
DR BENJAMIN VAN PRIJS.
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM (NL)

I did call though I didn't trust it and he said he would send me a confirmation form and give me details about the bank in holland to contact.

Anyone recognise these details?Sound like a scam-they haven't asked me for anything yet and I said I would not be sending my bank details of be paying any fee. He still asked me to wait for him to call me....hmmm
Carla
in London
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 | 08:35 AM
This was next emailed to me

Attn: Carla Downes,

We wish to congratulate you and formally inform you that you have won the sum of US$1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars). in the last email-lottery draw, organized by ELECTRONIK LOTTERY. We have confirmed the above winning.

You should note that your email address in addition to millions of company and individual email were extracted with a software and the addresses were scrutinized with a ballot system and after the processes, 30 email addresses were selected and they were shared into 3 categories respectively and which you are a winner in the 1st category of US$1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars).

The said sum is now deposited in our suspense account in your favor waiting for the immediate remittance into your nominated bank account.

Be informed that your winning prize has a hard cover insurance policy that makes it impossible to make any deduction of any kind, until the sum is finally credited into your designated account.

However, our client (ELECTRONIK LOTTERY) has been notified of this development and the status of your claim.

Below are the steps you will be following:

1. Fill the attached form in this email message, scan and send back to us for identification purpose.

2. You will activate an account with our accredited payment center which varies because of the initial deposit of the different accounts and their features as they are stated below:

a. Regular Account, the initial deposit is
sanddreamer
in USA
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 | 05:05 PM
Whooa I guess we all visited the same website and got scammed with emails!!!!! What a shame cant even enjoy getting mail without this trash in it!! Yeah I wanted to call the number too and then thought why waste the time.



MR. Campbell Shearer
Tel: +44 701-112-8995
Fax: +44 870-478-9649
Official Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance of your prize money.
Note below your winning details:
Ticket N
Sharon
in Texas
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 | 01:12 PM
I received this in my e-mail. I know this has to be a scam.


The Camelot Group,:
Operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD

WINNING NOTIFICATION
The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on the 28th of July 2007. Your mail account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninety-one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds
EFVG
in Costa rica
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 | 03:11 PM
Hi all im from Costa Rica< I recive early this day a email that goes:
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EFVG
in Costa rica
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 | 03:14 PM
CAMCAMELOT PRIME PROMOTIONS
Head Office and Regional Centre Camelot Group plc,
Tolpits Lane, England.

Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of Camelot Promotions Lottery programs held today on the 2nd of August 2007. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 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 winning information:REF No:CAM/2007A 173, BATCH No:0705MJL-01,SERIAL No:S/N-00168.
You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize
of ?50,000 (Five Hundred and Fifty thousand pounds sterling) 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 Finance Director for category "A" winners Please call or contact the Finance Director with the informations below
Camelot's Lottery Group
The Finance Director
Dr. Nigel Railton
E-mail : .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Telephone : +44 70457 24642
Note: You must contact your claims officer not later than 2(two) weeks and remember to quote your reference number CAM/2007A 173.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.

Copyright 1994-2007 The UK Camelot NationalLottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines
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Yeah right, so i respond

Like 5 minutes later another mail comes:

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National Lottery
Camelot's Prime Promo
Head Office and Regional Centre Camelot Group LC,
Pulpits Lane, England .


ATTN : Winner,

On behalf of the the organisation & the Entire Member of Staff Of Camelot's Prime Promo...., Details Of Beneficiary Required.

Full Names: (Surname First):--------------------------

Full Contact Address:--------------------------

Nationality: --------------------------

Country:--------------------------

Telephone/ Mobile line: --------------------------

Gender: --------------------------

Age: --------------------------

Occupation: --------------------------

Scanned Copy Of Drivers License For Identification (Optional):--------------

How will you like to receive your winnings :-----------------------


Thanks very much for kind patience and understanding . In the meantime if you have any questions please do not hesitate to call us.



Camelot's Prime Business
The Finance Director
Dr. Nigel Rail ton
Telephone : +44 70457 24642
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After that, i call to a real number in england, some guy responds "hi" (yeah right, like if they answer like that in a nonlucrative big corporation), so this guy with a big/horrible english ascent tells me taht im a lucky winner and stars to give me congrats, then i ask how im going to get the price, he respond in a bank account =) jajajaja, or im my house, ok seems right =/, then he tells me that i need to pay a fee for THEY TO COME ( again, this is a million-dollar-nonlucrative-big-corporation asking me, a 19 yearold, bussiness student a FEE) at that point i realize (jajajaja, long time ago) this was a scam, so dont even respond this kind of mail.
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