Have you received an email from "Dr Steven Eloho" at "Australian International Lottery" telling you that "your
email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to
contact "s.elohoo600@yahoo.com" to collect your winnings? 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 "Australian International Lottery".
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES
LOTTER CORPORATION.
Date: 19/2/2008
Ref: GB8701/LPRC
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning Numbers: 11 23 26 34 44 48
AWARD NOTIFICATION:FINAL NOTICE
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result
winners of Australian International Lottery Program held on the 19th of February
2008 from the Australian International Lottery program. Which is fully
based on an electronic selection of
winners using their e-mail addresses. Your name was attached to ticket
number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number 67749137002. This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows 2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14, which consequently won
the lottery in the second category. You are here by having been approved a lump
sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in cash credit file
ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky
winners in this category.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names,
you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your
money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants where selected through
a computer/mail 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 which is conducted
annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies and also the Australian Government 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 AFRICAN representative office
in NIGERIA , as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to you from our
regional branch office in NIGERIA
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent:
Name: Dr Steven Eloho
Email:
s.elohoo600@yahoo.com
Tel: +234-8064-0833-82
To file for your claim. Please, fill the
informations below and contact
the regional claims agent with the filled informations:
(1)FULL NAMES :
.........................................................
(2)AGE...............................................................................
(3)SEX...............................................................................
(4)RELIGION....................................................................
(5)ADDRESS..................................................................
(6)STATE.........................................................................
(7)COUNTRY....................................................................
(8)PHONE
NUMBER.......................................................
(9)FAX
-NUMBER............................................................
(10)MARITAL
STATUS..................................................
(11)OCCUPATION..........................................................
(12)REF:NUMBER...........................................................
(13)BATCH:NUMBER.....................................................
(14)AMOUNT
WON.........................................................
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CLAIMS PROCESS AND CLEARANCE
PROCEDURES MUST BE DULY COMPLETED EARLY TO AVOID IMPERSONATION ARISING TO THE
ISSUE OF DOUBLE CLAIMS.
Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number, Batch
Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this
message while contacting your claims agent to help locate your file easily. For
security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential
from the public until your claim is processed and your prize has been released
to you and also to the public. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th of
February 2008 ; otherwise all funds will be forfeited. Congratulations once
again on your winning!
Best Regards,
Dr Steven Eloho
(Lottery Coordinator)
+234-8064-0833-82
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT AT:
s.elohoo600@yahoo.com
NOTE: ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
* Re: emails of winnings. We know of only ONE exception in the world to this rule
- and if you bought a ticket from them, you would know it, and would used their
safegaurds.
* Re: emails of winnings. We know of only ONE exception in the world to this rule
- and if you bought a ticket from them, you would know it, and would not be
questioning it.
