Hello, I am Miss Young. I received the following email. It is about a fraud lottery. The lottery claims that I won, but the reality is that they want MY money.

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LOTTO NL
 
PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
 
REF Number: OBC/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: EAPA/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-99
 
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
 
Sir, Madam
 
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 14th JULY 2006. Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-99, which co nsequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approv ed for a lump sum payout of US$ 1,000,000.00 (On e Million United States Dolla rs). This is from a total cash prize of USD$10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A + (Plus).
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
This lottery is a promotional program by LOTTO NL, (Biggest lottery Organization in the Netherlands) to advertise to the world its existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which we intend to conduct several times a year.
 
Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account with 24 hours of completion of the au thentication.
 
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous i ndividuals filing a double claim, we suggest that you keep this award stric tly confidential until your claim has bee n processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & the Netherlands Gaming Control Board.
 
This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants. All winnings must be claimed not later than 30th JULY 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
 
Mr. M. de Bruijne.
Email:bvlottonl@netscape.net
Tel:+31 649 304 315
Fax:+31 847 539 161
 
NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be ob tained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the clai ms process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal repre sentation, so winners will be referred to an i ndependent lawyer acting as a referee to assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the notarization of the claims form and the acquisition of the certificate of award not Lotto nl.
 
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the following when replying:
 
Name:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Tel number:
 
Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to quote your reference number number in all correspondence. Finally, we call on you to make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in thistransaction due to laxity on yo ur part.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
 
Yours truly,
Wendy Witkamp.

Lotto nl. 
 
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