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The "Lottery Winners International" scam is just another obvious example of a fake lottery. It is obviously a scam since no lottery notifies its winners, and the scam claims you won simply because you have an email address!
Don't be fooled: There is no such thing as a "computer ballot system" and NO legitimate lottery that will notify you by email; especially when you didn't buy a ticket from them!
If you still think this might be legit, see the highlighted passages in the email below, that draw attention to the other, additional signs of a scam; such as keep confidential, selected by a random computer lottery of email addresses, no website of their own, use of free hotmail/yahoo email accounts, numerous misspellings, poor grammar and punctuation, etc.
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Also see these variations of the Lottery Winners International scam; version 1 and version 3
Attn: Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 26th of Febuary, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 653164251591-6011 with serial number 7321410,batch number 151085135,lottery ref number 6376527711 and drew lucky numbers 4-9-17-36-44-78 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1.500,000.00 Euros (One Million,Five Hundred Thousand Euros). =====================================================
ALLAN WOUTERS,
Remittance Department Director,
Tel: +31 633 727 616
FAX: +31 847 580 469
Email: infopayout.2007promo@yahoo.com.hk
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THIS FORM SHOULD BE FILED BY THE LOTTERTY WINNER:
FULL NAME:....................................................
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:..........................................
OCCUPATION:...................................................
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:......................................
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:.........................................
TEL NO:.......................................................
EMAIL:........................................................
TICKET NUMBER:................................................
BATCH NUMBER:.................................................
AMOUNT WON:...................................................
OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS:...........................................
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Yours faithfully,
Coordinator
Mrs. Maryann Klose.
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