Woooopeeeeee !

[mick2me 3,033]

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT,

Date: 17/08/2005,

Ref: 475061725,

Batch: 7056490902/188,

Winning No: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS Sir / Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 3rd September

2005 from the Australian International Lottery program.

Your name and your e-mail was attached to ticket number; 47061725

07056490902 serial number 7741137002. 03/09/2005. 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 lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED

THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total

cash prize of US10,000,000.00 shared amongst the lucky winners, based on

their category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn

from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States,

Asia, Europe, Middle East, North and Southern America, Africa and Oceanic as

part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as

part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where

they have operational base.

Further more your name falls within our Africa representative office in

Johannesburg, South Africa. As indicated in your play coupon and your prize

of US$500,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in

Johannesburg. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our

end of year high stakes for US$13 Million international draw.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;

Name: MR. MARTIN KANGAZA

Email: junostakerslottery@yahoo.com

Moblle: + 27-73-8025571.

Office Address: Mutualpark

Jan Smuts Drive

Pinelands

7405

South Africa

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 names and

address 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 dual

claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant

or unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed with a specified date; otherwise all

funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!

Best Regards

MR. FRED THABO

(Co-ordinator)

N.B. Anybody under the age of 18 cannot participate in this programme and

any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to

disqualification

Please Contact your claim agent.

Name: MR. MARTIN KANGAZA

Email: junostakerslottery@yahoo.com

Moblle: + 27-73-8025571.

_________________________________________________________________

[mick2me 3,033]

See the emoticons picked up the yah00 in Mr.Kangaza's email address then!

[ilkolad 9]

I too had one of these, I merely had to send off a cheque for £1000 to cover admin costs etc.

Mr. Kangaza has assured me as soon as it's cleared the big prize will be wending my way!

boy!! ..do I feel lucky! crazy

[Tutanic 8]

Which branch of the Reader's Digest is this, then?

A crazy crazy

[mick2me 3,033]

Australian Lottery...Based in South Africa? I don't think so.

Ahhh the old Nigerian 419 scam

The Nigerian Scam Defined

A Five Billion US$ (as of 1996, much more now) worldwide Scam which has run since the early 1980's under Successive Governments of Nigeria. It is also referred to as "Advance Fee Fraud", "419 Fraud" (Four-One-Nine) after the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, and "The Nigerian Connection" (mostly in Europe). However, it is usually called plain old "419" even by the Nigerians themselves.

The Scam operates as follows: the target receives an unsolicited fax, email, or letter often concerning Nigeria or another African nation containing either a money laundering or other illegal proposal OR you may receive a Legal and Legitimate business proposal by normal means. Common variations on the Scam include "overinvoiced" or "double invoiced" oil or other supply and service contracts where your Bad Guys want to get the overage out of Nigeria (Classic 419); crude oil and other commodity deals (a form of Goods and Services 419); a "bequest" left you in a will (Will Scam 419); "money cleaning" where your Bad Guy has a lot of currency that needs to be "chemically cleaned" before it can be used and he needs the cost of the chemicals (Black Currency 419) ; "spoof banks" where there is supposedly money in your name already on deposit; "paying" for a purchase with a check larger than the amount required and asking for change to be advanced (Cashier's Check and Money Order 419); fake lottery 419; chat room and romance 419 (usually coupled with one of the other forms of 419); employment 419; and ordering items and commodities off "trading" and "auction" sites on the web and then cheating the seller. The variations of Advance Fee Fraud (419) are very creative and virtually endless, so do not consider the above as an all-inclusive list!

At some point, the victim is asked to pay up front an Advance Fee of some sort, be it an "Advance Fee", "Transfer Tax", "Performance Bond", or to extend credit, grant COD privileges, send back "change" on an overage cashier's check or money order, whatever. If the victim pays the Fee, there are often many "Complications" which require still more advance payments until the victim either quits, runs out of money, or both. If the victim extends credit on a given transaction etc. he may also pay such fees ("nerfund" etc.), and also stiffed for the Goods or Service with NO Effective Recourse.

The Nigerian Scam is, according to published reports, the Third to Fifth largest industry in Nigeria. It is the 419 Coalition view that, in effect, the elites from which successive Governments of Nigeria have been drawn ARE the Scammers - therefore, victims have little recourse in this matter. Monies stolen by 419 operations are almost Never Recovered from Nigeria.

Most 419 letters and emails originate from or are traceable back to Nigeria. However, some originate from other nations, mostly also West African nations such as Ghana, Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast ( Cote D'Ivoire ) etc. In most cases 419 emails from other nations are also Nigerian in that the "Home Office" of the 419ers involved is Nigeria regardless of the source of the contact materials. But there are occasionally some "local" copycats trying to emulate the success of the Nigerians. These folks tend not to last too long actually operating out of nations other than Nigeria, but they do try.

[mick2me 3,033]

I did find this

Here a job Den might like Baiting the Scammers!

[radfordred 6,284]

I couldn't believe my luck the other day when I received an envelope on which were printed the words 'Check Inside. You Could Already Have Won Half A Million Pounds.' And sure enough, there inside the envelope was half a million pounds in crisp new £50 notes.

[Caz 25]

B******T Red LOL....................

[Beefsteak 305]

I actually had one similar on saturday (First one ever) This one told me THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN TRANSFERED TO YOUR ACCOUNT press the link to continue ,needless to say I didn't press .Did I miss out on something????????? LOL !rotfl!

[Caz 25]

Nope you didn't miss out, though my long lost "cousin" from Uganda might disagree!!!!!