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An Email with the Subject "Congratulations your email has won ($500.000.00usd)" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:35:43 -0700 and has been classified as a Lotto/Lottery Scam Email. The sender shows as Australian Lottery <petrabarthus@aol.com>.
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.
Office Of Australian International Lottery Promo Dominions House Lime Kiln Close Stoke Gifford Bristol BS34 8SR Date:20-08-2008 WINNING INFORMATION -------------------------------------- REF:................. 575061/03 BATCH:...................8056490902/188 WINNING NOTIFICATION --------------------------------------- WE ARE DELIGHTED TO INFORM YOU OF YOUR PRIZE RELEASE ON THE 20/08/2008 FROM THE Australian International Lottery Programs,your email won $500,000 in cash credit file . The lottery was conducted by Microsoft with their email electronic ballot system .Your email address was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 and serial number 7741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of $500,000.00 (Five ) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.LOTTERY
WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU BY YOUR CLAIMS AGENT . This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have an operational base. Furthermore, your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $500,000 will be released to you from this regional branch office in London. HOW TO CLAIM PRIZE: CONTACT YOUR ASSIGNED FIDUCIARY CLAIMS AGENT WITH THE INFORMATIONS BELOW: NAME: MR HARRY WALKER E-MAIL:mrharrywalker@yahoo.co.uk Please contact him with the informations stated below , you should also quote the date of draw and your winning numbers found on the left corner of this email FULL NAME:................... SEX:................... ADDRESS:.................... COUNTRY:.................. FAX:.................. PHONE NUMBER:................... OCCUPATION:................... AGE:.................. REF.......................... BEST REGARDS ROSE ADAMS (MRS) (LOTTERY COORDINATOR)