One of the very few official anti-scam initiatives, and by far the best when it comes to simplicity and down-to-earth advice, comes from the government of Western Australia. It is called ScamNet, and is run by the departement of Consumer and Employment protection.

The site is packed full with good advice around anti-scam. An excellent resource that I think it should serve as an example to consumer protection in every country of the world.

www.docep.wa.gov.au/ConsumerProtection/ScamNet 

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This lotto award notification that just arrived in my GMail inbox looks new. At leas, I’d say that the Turkish footer is completely new to me, as the lack of reasonable contact info. Maybe a sign of a newcomer in the lottery scamming business? The names are all wrong, the email address could have been picked with better judgement, and the mail itself is too much of a cut and paste.

A scam and fraud attempt for sure. If you get one, don’t bother with it. Just throw it away.

from thomaswinifred <thomaswinifred@mynet.com>
to undisclosed-recipients <>
date Jun 13, 2007 3:08 PM
subject *****SPAM***** INFORMATION

EU AWARD LOTTO
Madrid-Spain
Ref: BW/068/07
DRAW RESULTS NOTIFICATION
Dear Beneficiary,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of our computer ballot selection draw for the free Lotto EU programme 776/99 of Monday 11th June,2007.Your email address attached to ticket number 4 6 8 9 6 drew the lucky star number which which consequently won the draw in the second category. You have been approved for the star prize of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros (1,500,000.00 Euros).
You are advised to keep this winnining personal/private until you receive your lump prize in your account.This is a protective measure to avoid double claiming by people you may tell.
Now, contact your payment Agent to claim your prize money:Just send your winning ticket number and your reference number to DR KEVIN MARTINS at his email address (kevinmartins@mail.md) Phone+34-677-726-326 for the processing of your claim. You are required to forward your telephone and fax number to this office to enable us contact you.
All prizes must be claimed within two weeks.

Yours faithfully,
Ms.Jose Maria Thomas
EU AWARD LOTTO
Madrid Spain

____________________________________________________________________________
Zeynep Tokuş,Tan Sağtürk,Kargo…..ve daha birçok ünlü Mynet email kullanıyor! Ya sen?

The line of turkish is a Mynet advertisement. If anyone would care to translate it for me, I would appreciate it.

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Many thanks to John Jones who sent me this ‘award notification’ from the Honda Car international promotion program. Yet another scam played at newcomers on the web who are led to believe that they have won one and a half million Brittish pounds in cash.

If you receive a mail or letter like this, just throw it away and forget about it. Honda aren’t giving away 1,5 million pounds. They don’t run a lottery with collected e-mail addresses. Nobody does. Not Honda, not Microsoft, not Dayzers. Nobody except online scammers that is.

AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the HONDA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on 8th
April, 2007. You were entered as dependent clients with Reference Number:
DZ/BC7765468/WW14 and Batch Number: NM/896161/WOP
, Serial Number:
S/N-00168. Your email address attached to the Ticket Number: 20-01-2005-02MSW
with draw Number 887-13-865-37-10-83, which consequently won the Lottery in the
1st category, in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of
£1,500, 000. 00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pound Sterlings) in cash . This is from a total cash prize
of Ten Million Euros shared among all our International Winners in all
categories.

Congratulations!!!
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as
part of our international promotion program. Due to mix up of some
names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your
claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is a part
of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted
participants or impostors, taking advantage of the situation. You are to
contact your/our-accredited agent for your claim now.

Mr. James Keller
DAYZERS AWARD CLAIMS AGENT.
Email: keller_fiduciary@excite.com

NOTE: You are not to reply to this mail, all correspondents must be
sent to our claims officer (Mr. James Keller) along side with your
following information:

Full Legal Name:
Complete Mailing Address:
Country Of Residence:
Sex:
Marital Status:
Age:
Occupation:
Tel:
Fax:
Reference Number:
Batch Number:
Serial numbers:
Amount Won:
Winning Email:
Next of Kin:

Best Regards
Marvel Goebel
Dayzers Award Notification Officer
C.E.O DAYZERS AWARD OFFICE

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