The email message below which claims the recipients are approved for thousands of dollars in the fight against Ebola, is a lottery scam. There is no international lottery that does not require winners to buy tickets, and there is no international lottery with an annual free draw, created to specifically to help in the fight against Ebola. The fake email message should not be responded to, especially with personal or financial information. Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their personal information and sending money for fake lottery draws or sweepstakes prizes. Remember, never send your personal information to anyone in an email message or send money to someone who contacted you via email message.
The Lottery Scam Email Message
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Dear Winner,
I wish to announce you as one of our 3 lucky winners in this draw. Your email address emerged alongside 2 others as a 1st category winner. Consequently, you have been approved a total payout of US$94,000.00 (Ninety Four Thousand United States Dollars only) in the fight against Ebola. You do not require participating or buying a ticket in other to become a winner, as it is our annual free draw. Your email address was arbitrarily selected through our computer ballot system.
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order: (1) Serial Batch No: H4TD7 (II) Winning Number: 42, 21,3,1,2 Bonuses 21, 23. (III) Ref No: 737892
Forward the listed details below to email: lindiwe.mande@africamail.com for immediate commencement of your payment process: -
1, Your Full Name
2, Residential or working address
3, Winning and Reference numbers.
4, Telephone & Mobile number.
5. Age.
Johannesburg division, South Africa
Mrs Lindiwe Mande
Email: lindiwe.mande@africamail.com
Furthermore, for security measures, we strongly advice you keep this information confidential until payment has been received successfully. 67°2/IS—
Best Regards,
Mr. Nosipho Nkabinde.
(Chairman of 2015MPA)
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