PLEASE BE AWARE, IN ALL CASES, YOU DID NOT WIN ANYTHING, THE EMAILS ARE DESIGNED TO SUCK YOU INTO PAYING OUT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS (Euros or any currency you have) IN ORDER TO SECURE PAYMENT OF NON EXISTENT WINNINGS!

EXAMPLES of FRAUDULENT EMAILS
(There are many others with similar themes)


Fecha: Mon, 2 May 2005 06:40:58 -0700 (PDT) De: "lot net" Añadir a Libreta de contactos Para: ingejoop@yahoo.com Asunto: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A WINNER

LOTTONET INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT. REFERENCE NUMBER: LLI/M19/2410/0204 BATCH NUMBER: 1214/02F/5005/JPMA/SL. RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 25th of April,2005. Your personal,EMAIL-ADDRESS attached to ticket number:520-81-63-114 with serial number VB184102.drew lucky numbers 70-13-35-79-14,w hich consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00 Euros. (ONE MILLION EUROS ONLY) already insured in your favour. This is to help encourage the rapid use of microsoft ware users and to enlighten and promote the wide spread usage of the internet within the global world,under the sponsorship of microsoft ware wizard http://www.quuxuum.org/~evan/bgnw.html (this is a bogus assocoation) and http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zeroes/Sultan_Brunei.htm (this is a dead address), together with the USA,AUSTRALIA&a few members of the EU states.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We strongly advise that due to mix up of some numbers and names,we ask that you strictly keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol and diversed new measures to avoid the duplicating and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants and unscrupulous personals/establishment. Meanwhile,to clearify your doubts on how come you were selected,please note that all participants email/names were selected through a computerized ballot machine system from the internet,randomly drawn from over 100,000.00 COMPANIES and 50,000,000.00(IND IVIDUALS PRIVATE/PERSONAL) Email Addresses and names from all over the world,where your own EMAIL ADDRESS happens to have been luckily selected under the second category to have attracted this winnings. This promotional program takes place every three years and it is been jointly organised by well meaningful personals in conjunction with international governmental policies under very strict regulatory laws within the world lottery association in the bid to elevate poverty rate and create chances for luckily selected individuals/companies to equally establish themselves and help create room for useful and gainful employment through the fund/prize you are been awarded. We hope that you will equally utilise your prize winnings fund in an innovation,support,promote,meaningfully and gainfully reputation scheme in your lifes,government and people. To file in and collect your claims for this prize winnings award, please quickly contact only and directly our nominated fiducial/accredited agent,who is to personally act as your TRUSTEES CLAIM AGENT: James Fleshman, Fleshman CONSULTANCY&SECURITIES. Tel: +31613-782-462 Email:lottonet00@netscape.net Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than (30th May,2005). After this date all unclaimed funds will be retrieved and included in the next stake on returned to the treasury. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence and ensure to comply with every directives from your claims agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff for having been a lucky winner in our international promotions program. Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified and please do reconfirm your contact email address for your claims agent once again (lottonet00@netscape.net). Sincerely yours, Gloria Kooij. Lottery Coordinator. http://www.lottonet.com.au/index.html CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail message is confidential and is intended only for the addressee of the email address holder who is to immediately report directly and only to the claims agent.Any unauthorized use or disclosure is strictly prohibited.Disclosur e of this e-mail to anyone other than the intended addressee does not constitute waiver of privilege. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and delete this. Thank you for your cooperation.


Or here is another type of fraudulent E-mail


CONGRATULATIONS--(WINNINGS--NOTIFICATION).. from LOTTONET INTEGRA-XP-01 on 2004-04-05 (ietf-charsets@w3.org from April to June 2004)

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CONGRATULATIONS--(WINNINGS--NOTIFICATION)..

From: LOTTONET INTEGRA-XP-01 <intlotts@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 18:13:49 +0200
Message-Id: <20040405161341.7B56214368@w3c2.w3.org>
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
LOTTONET INTERNATIONAL. 
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT. 
REF: LLI/7376908618/011 
BATCH: 47/9009/LPD /SL 
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE 
Sir/Madam 
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 30th of January 2004. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 415770147-081 with serial number JKL3872-44 drew lucky numbers1-70-56-81-13-47 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00 Euro. (One Million Euro) 
CONGRATULATIONS!!! 
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money 

Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. 
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system randomly drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three-years. We hope with part of your winnings you will  equally take part to help promote our November participation in the http://wla2004.com convention/tradeshow for a growth innovation and reputation scheme.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent:
MR ALEXANDER FRANK JOSE.(for) LOTTONET INTEGRA-XP- LOTTERY CONSULTANCY 
TEL: 649-146-729. 
Email: netlott2004@netscape.net OR lotto_net@terra.com 
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 10th April 2004. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. 
Congratulations once more from our members of staff for having been a lucky winner in our promotional program. 
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified. 
Sincerely yours, 
DAVID MARTINS(DR). 
Lottery Coordinator.
WARNING!!! This will be our last reminder to you if no coresspondence,after our last months notification sent out to you via,same email address.


Please R E T U R N to our website or E X I T and forget about Millions you did not win.