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WARNING: lottery scam alert
Lately,
we have received reports from several e-lottery Members that they
have received hoax emails claiming to be from e-lottery, saying
they had won a prize.
Some
of these emails request your personal and/or bank details, and several
of our Members have actually lost money because some of the hoaxers
ask you to send them money up front (as a tax, administration fee,
etc.) in order to release your prize winnings. The hoaxers intend
to get money out of you or steal your identity.
These
emails are not connected with our company in any way. We do not
give out your personal details or email address to any third party,
and our system is secure.
If your
e-lottery syndicate has a genuine win, we send you an email announcing
your win, but we do not ask you for any details or to send us anything.
We simply ask you to log into your Member's website to check the
amount of the win.
If you
receive a suspect email, we recommend that you delete the email
without replying, as a response will confirm your email address
as valid and may lead to it being added to other spam lists.
In addition,
you should not use links contained in such messages (click-through)
as they may direct you to fake company sites whose purpose is to
obtain personal information (address, login, account numbers etc.)
by appearing to be a legitimate business. Instead of clicking on
the links you can type the site name in the browser address window.
For more information on lottery scams visit the links below:
Common
Scams | The National Lottery
Metropolitan
Police Service - Fraud Alert
The
Office of Fair Trading: Scams
Ministry
of Consumer Affairs - Scamwatch - Prize and Lottery Scams
or type the words "lottery email hoax" (without quotes) in a search
engine.
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