Have you received an email from "NATIONAL ONLINE
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC." telling you that "You have won a
consolation cash prize" or something similar? It is a scam. No legitimate, legal lottery notifies winners via email (see footnote) You might find it odd that it is a
National Online International lotery. Logic would dictate that something
is either national or international, but cannot simultaneously be described as
both! Scammers may be excellent conmen, but they're not very bright.
Below is another example of a fake lottery; this email claims to
be from the "NATIONAL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.".
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Email address ballot: There is no such thing as a
"computer ballot system" or "computer email draw". No one, not even
Microsoft has a database of email addresses of the type or magnitude they
suggest.
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Terrible spelling, punctuation, syntax and grammar - Scammers
apparently don't know how to use spell checkers. We assume they
dropped out of school before that class. They use almost random
CapItaLiZAtion and often can't even spell "February" or know that "22th" ought to
be "22nd". Real lotteries proofread their emails and use people
who can write above the 3rd grade level.
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Using free email account: The scammer is writing to
you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.). Don't you think a real organization
would use its own email, its own domain and website?
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Keep Confidential - Real lotteries THRIVE on
publicity - they don't want you to keep anything secret - the publicity
causes people to buy more tickets. there is NO risk of "double claiming"
because they can validate where the ticket numbers were sold. The scammer
want you to keep quiet because they don't want the police or
ConsumerFraudreporting to hear about them!
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Email notification: NO REAL LOTTERY SENDS AN EMAIL TO
NOTIFY WINNERS. Period. Full-stop. End of story. There mere fact
ALONE that you received an email saying you won a lottery is proof that it
is a scam.
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NATIONAL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
Kruslann 205, 1098 SJ,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Date:February 15th,2007
Ref Number: NOSL/ CN/ 3565/ C06
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE
British and American private international e-games organizers and
co-sponsors, NATIONAL ONLINESWEEP LOTTO Group International, officially
bring to your notice the final draw and the result of the February
9th,2007.We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of
your
emailcoupon number. Your email ID was included among the 50,000
different email addresses submitted by our partner international email
provider
companies.
You have won a consolation cash prize of; US$2,500,000.00 (Two million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
For due processing of your winning claims, do contact
Mr MARK
COUGHLIN Agent National Online sweep lottery has been assigned to assist
you with
the following details.
CONTACT INFO:
Name: Mr.MARK COUGHLIN
Email: info_nationalonlinedept@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +44-7011136459
Fax: +44-8701213851
1.FULL NAMES:....................................
2.ADDRESS:.......................................
3.SEX:...........................................
4.E-MAIL ADDRESS:................................
5.TELEPHONE NUMBER:..............................
6.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:..........................
Once again congratulations from the management of the National Online
Sweep International Lottery on your consolation prize winning.
Regards,
MR.PAUL GIRLING
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