Example of the Australian International Lottery Email Scam

Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC


CONGRATULATIONS
Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 11 February 2004 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses Your name was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of
US$8,000,000.00 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 Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities 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 this regional branch office in Amsterdam.
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 fiducial agent,Mr. James Mash at jmash2004@yahoo.co.uk, Tel:31(0)620 173 889 to file for your claim .
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 programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 31th of Mash 2004; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
Carol Smith(co-ordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT:jmash@yahoo.co.uk ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF
THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.