Lottery Scam Email:
National Australian Lottery
"REV. ANTHONY EGBU"
The good Reverend Anthony Egbu, your claim officer for the National Australian Lottery, with "incorporated" misspelled, is here to give you your winnings... or scam you! Of course, it is the latter. Here is yet another typical scam lottery winning notification. This email is also very similar to another scam also called the National Australian Lottery.
Note the obvious mistakes and clues to the scam that we have highlighted in the email below. And if you need further proof, just contact the Australian officials yourself: Australian Lottery Games, Powerball
Also see this page for a sample in the UK.
Below is another example of a fake lottery.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.REF N�: EGS/475061725BATCH N�:7056490900/188RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICECONGRATULATIONS!National Australian Lottery Incorprated wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Australia held on 10th May 2006. Your email account have been picked as a winner of $200,000.00} TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY.
This results is now released to you on 12th February, 2007. and your email address attached in the A Category. All email addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners. Your lucky number is:-.and bonus ball number
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Be adviced to keep your winning information confidential {VERY SECRET} until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by fraudulent and scammers.
All winning must be claimed not later than 20th February, 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to australia as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
You are therefore advised to contact your claim OFFICER in our regional branch in ATHENS GREECE @:
REV. ANTHONY EGBUFor the processing of your winning immediately please fill the form below and subimit to your claims agent :rev_anthony_egbu1@yahoo.com
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME......................................................................................
BIRTH DATE...................................................................................ADDRESS........................................................................................
SEX...................................................................................................
AGE..................................................................................................NATIONALITY....................................................................................
OCCUPATION......................................................................................
TELEPHONE........................................................................................EMAIL................................................................................................
DATE.....................................................................................................
SIGNATURE..........................................................................................
WINNER Ref Batch NO......................................................................................................
APPROVED FOR PAYMENTCongratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.
Yours in service,
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Alice Henry
Executive(australian Lottery Inc).
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.Kenkidman Weijden (Head Of promotion), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).AVICE PRESIDENT
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