Have you received an email from "Carol Sweet" at "AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME, Sweepstakes International Program" telling you that "your
email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to
contact "Mr. Felix Hansel" to collect your winnings? "Felix" must be a
slippery cat: he has 4 email addresses, all of them free, non-business accounts,
including one from Russia, another in India, and oddly, none at what you would
expect: "@AustralianLotto.com"
And can you imagine? They select "winners using their
e-mail addresses form Some site."
By now we hope you realize that this is a scam from some
uneducated scammer criminal in Nigeria 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 LOTTO PROGRAMME, Sweepstakes International Program".
COOL STREET
PAULGREENVULLE Ax34587,
AUSTRALIA.
Ref: 435062725
Batch: 7050490902/189
Winning no: GB8101/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on
the 4th of April. 2008, from the Australian Lotto incorporated program. This is
a bonus to promote lotto in Australia which is fully
based on an electronic selection of
winners using their e-mail addresses
form Some site.
Your email address was attached to ticket number;
4700172507056490102 serial number 7741134002 This batch draws the lucky numbers
as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number17,which consequently won the lotto in the
second category.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$750,000.00 (SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTHY THOUSAND
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/09 from
the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All
participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form 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 Lotto was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate
of some 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$750,000.00 will be released to you from this
regional branch office in UNITED KINGDOM AND
NIGERIA RESPECTIVELY. We hope with
part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for
US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially
agent, Mr. Felix Hansel E-mail address:
Felixhansel@yahoo.com
Felix_hansel004@aol.in
Felixhansel@gala.net
Felix_hansel007@mail.ru
Phone: +447045752535.
To file for your claim. Contact him Monday to Friday.
By filling this form below and send it to him to file
for your claim .
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH.........................................
ADDRESS...................................................
SEX..........................................................
AGE........................................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
AMOUNT WON............................................
OCCUPATION............................................
TELEPHONE.............................................
EMAIL.....................................................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED
FOR PAYMENT.
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
from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.
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 by the 4th of May
2008; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated
to charity Organizations.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!! Best
Regards Carol Sweet (co ordinator) CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMIDIATELY TO
CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS
WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Yours faithfully,
Carol Sweet
Online coordinator for AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
Sweepstakes International Program.
* 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.
