text: i'm winner of australian  international lottery and i need information abaut that because i don't know to do my name is daniel zaldivar i recived a letter the last week of bonanza 2000 australian  international lotto certificate of award. ref wsct 4567801g023 winner id:9008654 my ticket number es 60087-6045 with serial number 012-00115 and the lucky numberss is 21-27-8-15-34 please write me when you can thank you sorry to say but this is an increasingly common scam.  please do yourself a favor and do a web search on "australian international lottery"  here's what the department of consumer and employment protection of the government of western australia has to say about the "australian international lottery"    from: http://www.docep.wa.gov.au/consumerprotection/scamnet/scams/australian_internati.html  australian international lottery advance fee fraud  wouldn’t it be nice to be told you have won $200,000? not if the email is from the australian international lottery program.  the only money you’ll see is the money you waste sending it to these scammers.  western australia’s government lottery commission, lotterywest, is receiving numerous emails from overseas consumers asking whether australian international lottery program is legitimate. it’s not.  lotterywest have posted a warning on its website http://www.lotterywest.wa.go.au about these types of lotteries.  australian international lottery claims your email was selected from a computer balloting system drawn from 900,000 email addresses from around the world.  it claims the lottery is promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multi-national companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have an operational base.  your email details falls within the european representative office in amsterdam, holland, and your money will be released from the regional branch in nigeria.  consumers take note: nigeria is the home of the advance fee fraud.  but be warned that the scammers often change slight details in these emails including the amounts, their office locations and where to send money.  if you respond to this email, you will be asked to send $500 through western union to release your prize. the $500 is supposedly needed to swear an affidavit on your behalf at the federal high court of justice so the money can be transferred out of the country.  the scammers (under the guise of a bank) request your bank account details, address, birth date, driver’s licence or passport, and your signature. ask yourself: do you really want these people to have your details?