419 scam: Australia Lottery Office<lbzcbx@good> CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE WON $500,000.00 USD

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "paymentdivision012@cantv.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "paymentdivision012@cantv.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "paymentdivision012@cantv.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: Australia Lottery Office<lbzcbx@good>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 01:58:36 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE WON $500,000.00 USD

FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIA SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY CO-OPORATION;

Date: July 2010

(1)Reference Number: 5687SPL876
(2)Batch Number: 7056490902/188
(3)Wining Number: GB8701/LPRC

We are happy to inform you that your email address has won the sum of $500,000.00USD today 4th July 2010 through Electronic selection of Emails from Australia Lottery International 2010.

Name; DR QUEST RALPH Claims Agent du Benin République West Africa.
Email: paymentdivision012@cantv.net

Your winning information falls in du Benin République West Africa therefore should contact our Regional Claims Agent who is representing us in du Benin République West Africa through his email address for transferring your winning prize money.

How to Claim Prize; simply contact our regional claims Agent in du Benin République West Africa,
Name; DR QUEST RALPH
Email address; paymentdivision012@cantv.net

To file for your claim, Please quote your Reference, Batch and Winning number which can be found on the top of this notification;

You should send your personal information to your claims agent as follows;

1. Full Name…
2. Address…
3. Nationality…
4. Age...Date of Birth...SEX.............
5. Occupation...
6. Home Tel... Mobile Tel...Fax...
7. State of Origin...Country...
8. And a Scanned copy of you passport

E-mail your claims agent immediately
DR QUEST RALPH Claims Agent in du Benin République West Africa.
Email: paymentdivision012@cantv.net

Note, all winnings must be claimed before 27th July 2010; otherwise all funds will be returned back as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organization.

Mrs. Lisa Moore
Australia Lottery Co-coordinator.
(Announcer).
Mrs. Rose Scoth
Online Co-coordinator Secretary

LOTTERY SPONSOR
AUSTRALIA LOTTERY PROMOTION

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam