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There is no Office 365 Lottery or or O365 Lotto

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There is no Office 365 Lottery or or O365 Lotto

Online users, there is no Office 365 lottery or O365 lotto that is paying out or giving away thousands or millions of dollars in prize. Therefore, recipients of email messages claiming they have won the Office 365 / O365 lottery or lotto, should delete them. Below is a sample of the lottery scamming email messages being sent by lottery scammers, to trick their potential victims into sending them money, they claim are fees or taxes for a promotion or lottery that doesn’t exist.

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An Office 365 or O365 Lottery Scamming Email Sample

From: O365 Lottery

Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 5:02 PM

To: O365 Lottery

Subject: Hello Winner!

Hello, You are a winner in the ongoing OFFICE 365 LOTTERY.

Please send your e-mail to our below e-mail.

e-mail: info@365lotto.info

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL O365 Lottery

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Jan 4, 2017 at 2:28 AM by
There is no Office 365 Lottery or or O365 Lotto
an anonymous user from: Portland, Oregon, United States

Have we determine the source of this scam? Do we have known public IP or domain name that we can block on our end?

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Jan 4, 2017 at 7:59 AM by
There is no Office 365 Lottery or or O365 Lotto
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This scam doesn't have links to websites, instead, it asks the recipients to respond with their personal information.

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