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Sweepstakes and Prize Scams - How to
Protect Yourself
Directory of Sample
Sweepstakes
Scam Emails
This page identifies and provides links to many actual examples of
sweepstake scam emails. real sweepstakes are done to promote a product or
service, and cost the company, so the prizes are usually not huge.
Remember, just because you don't see an exact copy of the email you receive
in the samples list below or it isn't in
this list of scam lottery and
sweepstakes names
does not make it legitimate. The scammers constantly change the names and
the content of the letters. However, if the letter you received is similar
to one below, you will know it IS a scam!
Here are some of the more common clues that you will see
in scams:
-
The return email addresses are free Yahoo, Excite or Hotmail email accounts
- Real sweepstakes have their own domains and websites (However, scammers
sometimes make fake websites, so having a website does NOT make it
legitimate!)
-
The recipient "won" without entering a sweepstakes. No real
sweepstakes uses "random computer email draws" or anything like that.
-
"For security reasons" you're not allowed to talk to anyone
about it (especially the police or consumerfraudreporting.org!) - which ought to
be odd since sweepstakes exist to create publicity!
-
NO company, not Microsoft, Dell or any other conducts ANY sweepstakes to
"promote use of the internet" or computers, or promote "general good will and
peace". Sweepstakes promote a specific product or specific service
that is tied to
the company that sponsors and operates the sweepstakes.
-
The emails contain poor grammar, punctuation and loads of misspellings. Real
sweepstakes staff know how to use a spellchecker and write at a college level.
Directory of Sample Sweepstakes Scams -
Sample Emails and Explanations
- Letters
in the mail with a check: Unclaimed Sweeps Advisory
- British Internatonal
E-Lottery Promotion Sweepstakes
- British Sweepstake Lottery Program
- "Miss Gilmore Gluck", "Dr. Garrison Lutuka"
- EURO
MILLION LOTERIAS on-line Sweepstakes
- Euro Million Loteria Award
- Euromillions WINNING
EMAIL SWEEPSTAKE AWARD
- EUROPEAN SWEEPSTAKES
PROMOTION version 1
- EUROPEAN
SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION,
Mr Wim van den Assem, Mr Harry Henderson
- EUROPEAN SWEEPSTAKES
PROMOTION - "Dr.Wolfgang G. Crusen", "Mr.Harry Henderson"
- EURO LOTTO STAKES ESPANOL S.L, A DIVISION OF THE ELGORDO MAS GORDO INTERNATIONAL
LOTTOERY PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME,
"Snr Antonio Rodriguez"
- Euro Million Lottery Sweepstakes - Experimental Bonanza
"David Jose", "Mrs.Eva Pedro"
- EuroMillion Balloting Sweepstakes
- "Mrs. Emily Simon,
Mr. Cliff Branssen, Madrid, Spain"
- The Free Lotto Sweepstakes
-
"DAVID JOSE", "DAVID LINGTOWN"
- Grand Bonanza International Program
- HONDA AWARD COMPANY - Luck Dip Sweepstakes
-
"Mr. Robert Johnston", "Mrs. Linda Markwood or Barrister Williams Morgan"
- HOT LOTTO
-
"MR. WALTER MORGAN", "Mr Matthew Chuck"
- KRASLOTEN LOTTOI NTERNATIONAL
/ Heineken - Susan Henk, MR.JAS VAN ROODE
- KRASLOTEN LOTTOI NTERNATIONAL
- version 2
- Microsoft Award Team Sweepstakes
- Microsoft and AOL
- Microsoft Award Team Sweepstakes
- version 2 - "Microsoft and AOL" from
Dr. Rose A. Allen, Mr George Simmons or other names
- MICROSOFT GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY - INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
-
"Mark Van Dijk", "David Brown" or "David
Brawn"
- MICROSOFT GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY - INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
-
"Dr.Sharles Stan", "MR.REUBEN KHUMALO"
- Microsoft Corporations,"Ricky Williams", "Steve Creek"
- MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM MICROSOFT (and AOL),
"Miss.Rose DE-Lauren", "Dr.BRIGHT TAHIRA"
- MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT
LOTTO - Dr. Fogan Sossah, Mrs. Julie Cruz
-
POWER BALL LOTTERY
E-WHEEL E-GAME
- Publishers Clearing House
International Promotions,
"Horin Elizabeth", "Mr. Harry Johnson"
-
Publishing Clearing House or Publisher's Clearinghouse
- SPONSOR
LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL or
Euro Million
Lotto or
the "Foundation for the Promotion of Software Products (F.P.S.) - "Mrs
Ruth Fraiser", "Peter Hands"
- UK National/PRIZE
AWARD DEPT or the National Lottery - Becky Owen, David Nelson
Also see these pages:
For a listing of scam sweepstakes company names that start with _,
click on the letter:
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J-K
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Q-R
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U-V
W-X-Y-Z
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
Click here for the huge list of the names of the currently identified
lottery
scams companies
How to report a sweepstake scam
Click here for page 3; to find
out how to report a sweepstake scam
Names of Scam / Fake / Fraud Lottery
Click here for the huge list of the names of the currently identified
lottery
and sweepstakes scams companies
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