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lottery scam Following our post in december regarding the spread of lottery scams, we have received dozens of emails forwarding the scam emails they’ve received. The most common one I’ve pasted below. Beware if you receive this email it is not from theLotter, it is a scam, delete it imediately.
There are a number of email scams being distributed which claim that the recipient has won a substantial monetary prize. When “winners” contact the lottery company to claim their prize they invariably are asked to pay a handling fee or hand over their bank account details.
A typical example of such a scam follows:
ATT: WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE
Sir/MadamWe are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International program held on the 14th December 2008,organised by the above named body.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2051146-6 with serial
number: 472-9717 drew lucky number; 8-66-97-22-4, which consequently won in
the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay- out
of: US$ 250,000.00 (Two Hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Also note that due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information very confidential till your claim has been processed and your
prize/money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer hi-tech ballot software drawn from over 20,000,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual e-mail addresses from all over the world.
This promotional program is sponsored by 450 non-governmental foundations,350
religious organisations and 420 solicited companies all over the world. Be reminded that a minimum of 10% of your prize must go to a registered and reputable charity
organisation in your locality.
To file for your claim, please contact our/your fiducial agent;
Congratulations once more!
Sincerely Yours’
NOTE:that all claims not processed before the 30th of January,2009 stands forfeited!!!
A customer from theLotter explained how they received a snail mail letter claming they won a lottery jackpot prize, bvut without participating. Is it a scam?
We now for sure the letter you have received is a scam. How do we know this? We never send out this kind of notification by snail mail. In general though, during our years as the global lottery service we have come across almost every possible scam and con in the business. Specifically it is a pretty safe bet that if you did not participate then you did not win. In all our years we’ve never heard of a winning anything that was not first entered.
A note from our CEO:
We are familiar with several scam lotteries, and are introduced to new ones
almost every day. We have also encountered scam lotteries in the past,
presenting themselves as the Official lottery. We do our best to warn our
customers not to get involved with these type of operations.
Unfortunately, scammers are even using our site’s name and e-mail
address in order to gain their victims confidence, letting them believe they
are associated to, or even employed by, our organization.
Learn more about theLotter policies and lottery gaming pracices here.
