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Lottery Scam - "Two million Pounds Sterling from MasterCard Promotion United Kingdom"

Updated: November 26, 2015 2015-11-26T09:07:07 -
Posted: November 26, 2015 2015-11-26T08:59:49
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The email message below, which claims the recipients have won two million Pound Sterling in the MasterCard United Kingdom promotion, is a lottery scam. The recipients of the fraudulent email message should not respond to it with their personal information. Also, there is no MasterCard lottery or promotion giving away thousands or millions of dollars . Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their personal information and money.

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The Fraudulent Email Message

MASTERCARD PROMOTION

Congratulations!!Your email I.D was selected, you have won the sum of Two million Pounds Sterling from MasterCard Promotion United Kingdom 2015 edition. Contact the Agent email below for further instructions.

Email: masters-cards@hotmail.com , Tel: 447024041059

Thank you.

Sincerely,
SIR Ronnie Garrette
MasterCard zonal coordinator .

Copyright © MasterCard. All rights reserved

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Apr 23, 2016 at 4:11 AM by gruntik from Horni Terlicko, Moravskoslezsky kraj, Czechia
Thanks a LOT!! I have obtained this email 1 week ago and I was preparing to send them money but after reading this, I won't amswer them anymore. Again thank you a lot! :)
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