Lottery Scams

Lottery Scams are a type of Advance Fee Scam where the potential victim has supposedly won a lottery worth millions despite never having entered. The email or messages often say that the email ID or phone number has been 'chosen' for the prize and ask for personal details. The entire story is a farce and the goal is simply to get money out of victims in the form of multiple 'fees' before they realize that they haven't really won anything.

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“Congratulations, you have just been selected to win $10,000! All you have to do is send a small payment to cover shipping and processing and we’ll...
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Scam emails usually arrive in text form, but this one was sent as an image. It arrived from a random email ID and tries to impersonate the letterhead...
We received a message from Nenita who lives in the Philippines. She got an email from the ID ua646730@gmail.com informing her that she has qualified...

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