You fool! Don't celebrate...it's an email lottery scam
Identifying Email Lottery Scams
Disregard emails which notify you of your winning ticket in an international lottery; it’s just one of the many email lottery scams targeted towards unsuspecting internet users. The email was sent by con artists who make their money by operating fake lottery scams online. Most seasoned email users won’t fall for email lottery scams because they’re used to the junk mail piling up in their email accounts. However, there are a few users that are more susceptible to falling prey to email lottery scams.
Questions to Ask About Email Lottery Scams
The email users that are more susceptible to email lottery scams are fairly inexperienced email users. The elderly and young teens particularly fall into this pool. Having a high spam guard in place is one of the main ways to prevent receiving email lottery scams in your inbox. The fake lottery scams will simply land in your Spam or Junk mail inbox. But, if you do happen to open up a few email lottery scams, all you need is a bit of common sense to decipher that the “lottery” is indeed a fake lottery scam.
The questions you must ask yourself in order to decipher whether it is indeed an email lottery scam are as follows. Did I sign up for this lottery? Am I even eligible for an international lottery? How did they get my contact information if I didn’t willingly sign up for this lottery? Why don’t they know my name? If this is legitimate, why would they not contact me by phone, snail mail or schedule an in-person meeting? By simply taking three minutes of your time to analyze the answers to these questions, you’ll quickly realize that it is indeed an email lottery scam. Don’t just sit back and do nothing when you receive email lottery scams in your inbox; report email lottery scams to Fraudwatchinternational.com
