• Email notification: NO REAL LOTTERY SENDS AN EMAIL TO NOTIFY WINNERS. Period. Full-stop. End of story. There mere fact ALONE that you received an email saying you won a lottery is proof that it is a scam.

  • Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification.

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    Actual scam email (One example - the scammers constantly change names, dates and addresses!):

    Date: March 20, 2007 6:42:36 PM PDT
    Subject: doe, john Your Immediate Attention Requested - Reply by 3/23/07
    Dear john doe,
    You are receiving this message because you joined FreeLotto on 2006-10-06 15:28:59, from IP Address 208.131.161.153. When you registered you agreed to receive messages from FreeLotto. FreeLotto NEVER sends JUNK or SPAM messages. We never send mail to anyone unless they requested it when they registered. If you somehow didn't understand that you were agreeing to receive messages from us at the time you joined PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BE PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM OUR LIST. In doing so you will also cancel your FreeLotto membership and you will no longer be eligible to play FreeLotto or receive up to $11,000,000.00 in daily prizes. We regret any inconvenience.
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    03/20/07
    john doe
    20 manor park drive
    kingston, Caribbean, 8000
    John
    john doe of kingston
    86569265 john doe 20 manor park drive
    $1,000,000.00 PENDING
    86569265 john doe 20 manor park drive
    $300.00 PENDING
    john
    john doe and only john doe
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