Have you received an email from "DR. Samuel Robertson" at "AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC." telling you that "your
email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to
contact "the (PAYMENT DEPARTMENT) OF AUSTRALIAN LOTTO,for your fund to be transfered to your account. (
reeveschambers1@yahoo.com )" to collect your winnings?
Do you see the obvious problem? Why would the Australian Lottery have you reply
by email to a common, free, Yahoo account? Don't you think they have their
own domain and email address?
It is a
scam. No legitimate, legal lottery notifies winners via email (see footnote) The scammers may
change the names and details, but it is still a scam!
Below is the example of the fake lottery scam claiming to
be from the "AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.".
AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Center
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000,
South Australia.
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are delighted to inform you of the result of the
E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the Australian cash-out lotto
international pro gramme,which took place on the (8th of January 2007).This is a
computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws.
This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic
selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web-sites.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 47061725 07056490902 with Serial
number 7741137002 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION U.S DOLLARS) in
cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.
This is from the total cash prize of TEN Million
Dollars,shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All
participant were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program me which is conducted annually.This Lottery is
being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as
part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where
they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within
our European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland, as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from our
regional branch office in Nigeria .We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international
draw.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds as soon as you contact the paying bank
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact the (PAYMENT DEPARTMENT) OF AUSTRALIAN
LOTTO,for your fund to be transfered to your account. (reeveschambers1@yahoo.com)
by filling this form below and sending it to the agent
for your claim and also for the documentation of your fund.
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULL
NAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................
AGE..................................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
Please quote your reference,batch and winning number
which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your
full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential(VERY SECRET) from the public until your claim is
processed and your prize money remitted/released to you.This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this pro
gramme by some unscrupulous elements,equally to guard against non participant or
unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this program me. Note that, all
winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE THE 21 days)
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed
into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Yours in service,
Sincerely,
DR. Samuel Robertson
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO INC.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION GUARANTEE
Fast and Efficient Processing Prompt Confirmation of
Entry Winning Results Checked Automatically Entry is 100% Confidential You must
be 16 or over to play or claim a prize
