Lottery Emails
Prizes and Lotteries
Western Australians must be a lucky lot judging by the mountains of emails landing in our inboxes proclaiming we have won the lottery or an international promotion.
The emails use various names and logos to hook you in. Some emails copy legitimate government lottery logos to add legitimacy to the scam.
Interestingly, WA ScamNet receives numerous inquiries from overseas consumers who have received emails using Australian lottery logos including our very own LotteryWest.
The emails inform you that you have won a set amount of money in a lottery. They provide ticket numbers, reference numbers and other details.
The emails often try to explain away the fact that you did not enter the lottery by saying your name or email address was provided by a promotions company.
You will be asked to contact a claims manager or someone similar via an email address or by telephone. The scammer will often try to instil a sense of urgency into the matter and ask you to keep your winnings a secret.
Many of these emails are advance fee frauds where the scammers will start asking for payment to process your claim. Learn more about advance fee frauds by clicking here.
These scams are so prolific and fleeting that it is impossible to name all of them. But here are some of the most common names:
- Overseas Lottery International
- Grand Universal Promo
- International Promotions
- Prize Award Department
- Pick Winner Online Inc
- Flash Fortune Lottery
- Lottery Winners International Program
- Buck-Mega Lotto
- Jurist Promo Lottery, UK
- Asia Pacific Lottery International
- British Lotto Plus
- Free Lotto
- Lotto International NL
- Lucky Strike
- Dascuela Lotto International
- Tibuton Casino and Lottery
- Coca Cola Serial Number Lottery
- London 2012 Olympics Promo
- Swiss Lotto
- Canadian International
- South African 2010 World Cup Lottery
- Lucky Day Lottery Netherlands
- Lotto Central America
- Staatsloterij Program NL
- Global Mega Lottery South Africa
- National Lottery Lagos Nigeria
- Microsoft Global Email Lottery
- Kings Lottery Games
- International E-Mail Lotto Promotions Award
- Apple Lottery Program
- DELOTTOBV
- Micro/Staat Promotions International
- Chelsea Football Club 101 Anniversary
- Software Incorporation
- Universal Stakes Lottery
- Dayzers.nl Lottery Promotion
- Lucky Euro Lottery
- Yahoo!Mail Lottery Promotion
- UK Rollover Jackpot
- E.U. Lottery Online
- Lotto Catalinya
- Royal Spanish Sweepstakes Lottery International
- The Netherlands National Lottery
- Lotto24 Mega Lottery
- E-Mail Lottery Ballot
- Irish Lottery Programme
- National Lotto Suite
Click here for more names under the Advance Fee Fraud and Prizes and Lotteries categories. Click here to fight back.
Scams of a similar type include:
For more scams of this type and others, visit the full list of scams by type page.
