United States Lottery Scam

Maybe the Euro, Netherlands, UK or Royal Casino Lottery emails you received were fake, but what about the United States Lottery? Maybe this one’s for real?

Don't call you boss and quit your job just yet. Unfortunately you did not really win the United States Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often referred to as a Lottery or Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

Following is the text of the scam email:
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From: Joseph Anderson [mailto:uslottoresults@bigmir.net]
Sent: 02/28/2008 11:07 AM
Subject: CONFIRMATION LETTER FROM THE UNITED STATES LOTTERY BOARD

DATE:28/02/2008
REF:575061725
BATCH:805649092/188 Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21

Dear Lucky Winner,

Your E-mail address Has Emerged as one of the winner's of this Month's United States Lottery held on 25th February 2008. You have won the sum of $800,000.00 USD (Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars) in cash credited to file with Reference number: ref: ILP/HW 46704/03

This program is conducted annually and you have emerged as one of our winner's for this Month of February 2008.

All winnings MUST be claimed before the 15th of March. 2008.

Your Lottery prize will be released to you from our Correspondence Bank in Uk,London.

To file for your claim, Contact our Judicial Claims Agent for more details and claim.

Contact Person: Mr Cane Shaws
Email: agentcane.uslotto1@yahoo.com

Congratulations once again from all our staff.Best Regards,

MR JOSEPH ANDERSON
(Coordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT:agentcane.uslotto1@yahoo.com
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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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