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Sample Lottery Scam Email:
Sachsen Lotto-GmbH

Again, scammers are getting into the German Sachsen Lotto-GmbH" lottery scam act.  But they really seem to like the last name "Flo" this is the "Mrs.Susan Flo" scam; there is a "Mrs.Julia Flo" scam, too. Both scams like the name "Mr.Gray Armstrong", too, although the scammer still hasn't learned how to spell the name of the second month of the year. Below is another actual scam email.  Note some of the obvious clues that is is a scam, highlighted below, that it is a scam:

• No lottery EVER contacts winners: winners MUST contact the lottery first.

• the return email addresses are free Yahoo email accounts, not a lottery company email address.

• The recipient "won" without buying a ticket (by definition, no legal lottery operates this way)

• the winner was selected from a "computer ballot system" (there is no such thing)

• The money is part of a promotion, but no one's ever heard of it.  It must be the world's worst promotion.

• "For security reasons" you're not allowed to talk to anyone about it (especially the police or consumerfraudreporting.org!) - which ought to be odd since lotteries thrive on publicity!

• Notice all the misspellings, poor punctuation and grammar - not very professional.

• No consistency: of contact information, multiple names, and email addresses

• There is no such thing as "hardcover insurance" policies.

Also see these pages:

• Directory of sample / example scam emails
• Also see this example and this example.
• Explanation of lottery scams
• What to do if you think you have been the victim of a scam
• How to report a scam

Sachsen Lotto-GmbH wrote:

Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 19:24:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GRANT!!!
From: Sachsen Lotto-GmbH <sachsenlotto_result@yahoo.de>

Sachsen Lotto-GmbH
Central Office
Management and Central Services:
Sachsen-Strasse 52,DE-13370 Postdam
Germany.
Reference Number: SL/06-GmbH/4009
Batch: SL/06- GmbH/3434

Congratulations!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Sachsen Lotto-GmbH Program.

Sachsen Lotto-GmbH 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 ballot search from the internet as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every year. No
tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address attached to serial number 06-3434 drew the lucky numbers 7-17-21-26-37-42 which consequently emerged you as one of first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of ?1,000,000.00 (One Million EURO) in cash credited to file SL/06-GmbH/4009. This is from a total cash prize of ?50 Million Euro shared amongst the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for Sachsen Lotto-GmbH. The estimated ?50 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in Europe history. The biggest was the ?363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a Febuary 2000 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions' predecessor.

Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover insurance. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank account as this is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in London. In view of this, your  ?1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in Europe. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.

To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you:

Mr.Gray Armstrong
Sachsen Lotto-GmbH
Information and Payment Bureau:
London Representative Office.
Phone: +44-702-402-0585
Fax: +44-870-068-8245
E-mail: gray_sanchsen@hotmail.com 

Your claims agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated bank account.

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 3 weeks. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference Number:SL/06-GmbH/4009 and Batch numbers:SL/06-GmbH/3434 in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotions program.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Susan Flo
Promotions Manager. <