Complaint Review: Janet Freiburg Tony Wale NEW HOPE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL - AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS

Nothing here yet in the Rip-Off reports, but a search on Google (NEW HOPE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL) finds 207 hits and although I didn't look at anything more than the first page of hits, this is an identity theft process according to those on the first page. Janet Freiburg apparently uses different email addresses too as seen in those pages. Below is a copy of the email I received:

FROM:

NEW HOPE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

NIEUWE ZIJDS VOORBURGWAL, NL- 1009 CEH

AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS

REF NUMBER: NHL/653/029/03/SA

BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT LOTTERY

DRAWS HELD on the 14th, February 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 27511465896-6410 with Serial number 4204-777 drew lucky numbers 5-21-23-34-61-72 which consequently won in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 2,500,000 (EUROS)(Two MILLION, Five hundred thousand EUROS)

Note that all participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web

sites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc and other corporate organizations. This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

For security purposes and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning Information confidential until your claims have been processed and your Money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid

double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward to your active participation in our next year USD50 million slot.

You are requested to contact your claims clearance officer as named below, to assist you with the processing of your winnings and subsequent payments. All winnings must be claimed not later than one month after the date of

this notice.

Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch number in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent As soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our Promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 21 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Janet Freiburg,

(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

CLAIMS AGENT:

Mr. Tony Wale

Standard Securities and Vault Services.

[email protected]

STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY

The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments may contain confidential or privileged information intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient,

please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachments. In accordance with Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521.

I recieved a similar email a little over a month ago but from a purported Las Vegas place that was along the same lines ... supposedly won a lottery I never entered for the really big bucks. Genuine lottery winnings of this size would come with a lot more than a simple email.

Steven

Deer Island, Oregon
U.S.A.