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Lottery Scams - How Do They Work?
Lottery Scams - How Do They Work?
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The Lottery Scam consists of a message stating you have won a large sum of money in a foreign lottery and that you just need to claim your prize.

Once you contact the "organizers" of the lottery with your special code, they'll tell you that you have to pay a fee in order to transfer the money. Another tactic is to ask you for your bank information so they can deposit the money in your account. You get deeper and deeper into the scam as the money supposedly gets closer and closer to your bank account, but can't seem to quite get there without an increasing amount of money or information from you.

Obviously, you should just ignore any message like this. If you've been fooled and have sent personal information or money to the scammers, you can assume that your information has been compromised.
ere's what a typical message looks like: