An Email with the Subject "CONGRATULATIONS" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:42:44 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as AUSTRALIA NATIONAL LOTTERY <darlenesteiler@adelphia.net>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
AUSTRALIA NATIONAL LOTTERY FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION. CONGRATULATIONS: This lottery is a promotional program by LOTTO, NL (Biggest lottery Organization in the Australia) to advertise to the world its existence. All participants were selected through a Computer ballot system drawn which is fully based on an electronic selection from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses of all the Yahoo Mail/Hotmail?Aol etc Subscribers from all over the world which conquently won you the huge sum of US$500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), as part of our international promotions program, which we intend to conduct several times a year. Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account within 48 hours of completion of the authentication. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our LONDON Regional booklet representative office in UNITED KINDOM as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) will be released to you by the approved Payment Financial Institution Regional offices . YOU ARE ADIVICE TO FILL THE FIDUCIARY AGENT DETAILS. Mr. John W. Bulton FIDUCIARY CLAIMS AGENT AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INC. Email: bulton.hill_agent@yahoo.co.uk TEL: +4470 457 080 16 In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, You are been requested to fill the Winners Application Form for payment below and send to your regional claims agent together with your winning information:- 1.Name: ........................... 2.Address:................................................................. 3.Phone..................................................................... 4.Occupation............................................................. 5.Country(Nationality):.............................................. 6. Age....................................................................... Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. Finally, you make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.