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The basic question to this is: Where does the money come from?

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Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION: CONTACT SMITH FIRM (25-Okt-2005 17:45)
From: freelotto_office20@hotmail.com
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
FREE LOTTO COMPANY
HOLLAND HEAD OFFICE
SNELLERWAARDGRACHT 12,
1107 EJ GAASPERDAM, AMSTERDAM,
HOLLAND.
Winner- REF/SERIAL NUMBER: LP/26510460037/03
BATCH: 24/00319/IPE

Sir/Madam,

AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 25/10/05 of your selection as one of the ten winners of the promotional Free Lotto Sweepstakes held recently as part of our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00USD.(One Million Dollars.)

We in the Free Lottery Sweepstakes is by this program, Launching our model
computer balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing number of participants in our various lottery
programs. With funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all
winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails all participants were selected through a computer ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and South
America as part our International Promotions Program, which was conducted in
view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.

When this programme takes place, email addresses of unknown individuals(ghost participants) are drawn from all over the world. Their email addresses are attached to certain numbers. If by chance, a certain email address(with numbers attached) tallies with some lucky numbers, email confirmation is being sent to the owners of those addresses. The winnings addresses are selected with the help of a complicated electronic email balloting system as earlier stated.

Your funds are now deposited with the Bank and Security Service. You are to
contact our Legal adviser (to free lotto company) by email, phone call or
fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details
below:

SMITH LAW FIRM NL
Advocate Mr. Van Der Gooi
Advocate Mrs. G.F Saskia
Dr. Edward Makad

Advocate Brandy Daniels
Email: smithfirmlegal@netscape.net

Tel: Tel:+31-647-218-541 Fax: +31-847-556-223

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your claims agent

REF: LP/26510460037/03
BATCH: 24/00319/IPE

Zonal Draw No: HLA2-003
Ticket number 004-5117963-198,

Lucky numbers 05-07-11-12-13-27

1.Winners should send to claim officer account detailed address where they want their prize paid or sent.
2.Winners must send their names, address, telephone number and means of identification (international passport or drivers license)to claim officer, via email or fax, to process the immediate payment of your prize.

Congratulations once again.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Pamela Gumez
The Promotions Manager,