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

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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Remember, never send your personal information to anyone in an email message or send money to someone who contacted you via email message.

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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