Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers 75 ADVANCED FEE FRAUD (Lottery Emails) Lottery emails arrive in your email advising you that you have hit the jackpot. Sample Lottery Email Frauds are clearly illegal acts. Fraud occurs when a con artist uses deception tomake a profit or to take your money. They pretend to be someone they are not or say they will do something they don’t do. What You Need To Know Lottery companies do not: • notify winners by email; • randomly select email addresses to award prizes; • use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) to communicatewith you; • tell you to call a mobile phone number; • tell you to keep your winnings secret; • ask a winner to pay any fees up front (like taxes or a security deposit) to receive a prize, lottery, or sweepstake. You cannot win without first buying a lottery ticket. What You Can Do About Lottery Emails Delete the email. Report the lottery email to PhoneBusters. If you are a victim, contact the local police (if applicable) or the local detachment of the RCMP. Fraud Cent$ Toolkit for Seniors Helping Seniors Avoid Fraud From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: January-09-10 1:09 PM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: ANNUAL PRIZE 2010!!! Annual Prize 2010 This mail is to notify you that your Email Address attached to a Reference Number: EG/069713160012 and a Serialnr: 2443-05 has won an Award Sum of €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro Only). In an Email Sweepstakes program held in our company – FREELOTTO International Promotion, NEW YEAR BONANZA 2010. Please contact the claim officer through the below given contact information. Contact Person: Mr. Michael Van Holmes TEL: +31-624-573-634 Direct Email: [email protected] Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Larrau Giorgio Sandi Public Relation Officer
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