419 scam: AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC <lewisstanwood@cheerful.com> AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- "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)
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!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- lewisstanwood_dir.ops@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC <lewisstanwood@cheerful.com>
Reply-To: lewisstanwood_dir.ops@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:01:06 -0500
Subject: AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.

--
AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AUSTRALIA.
Date 13/04/2012
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
Dear Sir/Madam,

THE LUCKY WINNER!

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 13TH April,
2012 from the Australian International Lottery programme, which is fully
based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.
Your name is attached to ticket No. Ref: 47061725 and Batch No:
07056490902/188 with Serial Number 7741137002. You hereby have been
approved a lump sum pay of US$600,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS) in cash price, ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 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. As indicated
in your coupon, your prize of US$600,000.00 will be released to you from
the Asia regional branch office in Malaysia. We hope with part of your
prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3
Billion international draw.

TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: SIMPLY CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT, MR. LEWIS STANWOOD
AT ( lewisstanwood_dir.ops@hotmail.com) WITH THE REQUIRED DETAILS AS
INDICATED HEREUNDER:

FILL THIS FORM AND SEND IT TO YOUR AGENT MR. LEWIS STANWOOD.

1)FULL NAME:......................
2)ADDRESS:.....................
3)DATE OF BIRTH..................
4)SEX:.......................
5)AGE:.........................
6)NATIONALITY:.................
7)OCCUPATION:.................
8)TELEPHONE NUMBER:............
9)ACCOUNT INFORMATION:........
10)EMAIL ADDRESS:................
11) DATE:........................
12)WINNER NUMBER:................
13)REF NUMBER:...................
14)BATCH NUMBER:................

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 and process 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
claim, and non-participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage
of this programme.

NOTE:
All winnings MUST be claimed on or before the 30Th of April, 2012.
Otherwise, all funds will be returned into the treasury as unclaimed.

Congratulations Once Again On Your Winnings!

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam