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There is NO GMail Lottery - Beware of Scammers Sending Out Fake Emails and Texts

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There is NO GMail Lottery - Beware of Scammers Sending Out Fake Emails and Texts

Online users, beware of Gmail lottery scams that are being sent via email and text messages to potential victims by lottery scammers. It is important that everyone to knows that there is no Gmail lottery, and there has never been one. So, recipients of email messages claiming that they are winners of a Gmail or Google lottery should delete the email messages, and should never follow the instructions in them.

Also, it is important to know that Google, the owner of Gmail, and other legitimate companies will never ask their users or customers to send them their personal information via an email or text message. So, if you are asked to do so, more than likely, someone is attempting to scam you.

Sample of a Gmail Lottery Scam

Gmail Lottery (440) 796-9136: You have been announced WINNER of $500,000 with Apple Laptop By Gmail Inc,C0NTACT mcrsftwl@gmail.com with your mailing address

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Dec 14, 2018 at 12:06 PM by
There is NO GMail Lottery - Beware of Scammers Sending Out Fake Emails and Texts
an anonymous user from: Algiers, Algeria

evnmgm-gmail.com is one of them.

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Jan 19, 2018 at 10:02 AM by
There is NO GMail Lottery - Beware of Scammers Sending Out Fake Emails and Texts
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Here is another scam:

"Gmail Lottery (918) 269-5181: You have announced WINNER of $500,000 with Apple Laptop By Gmail Inc, C0NTACT claims-gmaillotto.com with your name, mailing address"

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Jan 11, 2018 at 4:46 PM by
There is NO GMail Lottery - Beware of Scammers Sending Out Fake Emails and Texts
an anonymous user from: West Allis, Wisconsin, United States

I got one of these notices Dec. 7 on my phone by text -- the one saying I won $500,000 and an Apple laptop and asking for my mailing address. It has the exact same reply phone number as in your example -- 440-796-9136. They also list lotto-gmaillotto.com as a contact address, but that is not a valid Website. I was surprised they didn't fake the Website. Maybe it was shut down.

They must have gotten my phone number from an application I filled out or gotten it because I have a Tracphone, which is associated with Gmail.

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Jan 6, 2018 at 2:28 AM by
There is NO GMail Lottery - Beware of Scammers Sending Out Fake Emails and Texts
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Here is another scam:

"Gmail Lottery (580)649-7177: You ave announced winner of $500,000 with Apple Laptop By Gmail Inc, Contact llto-gmaillotto.com with your jame, mailing address."

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Dec 20, 2017 at 11:20 PM by
There is NO GMail Lottery - Beware of Scammers Sending Out Fake Emails and Texts
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Here is another scam:

"Gmail Lottery (972) 505-1200: You have announced WINNER of $500,000 with Apple Laptop By Gmail Inc,C0NTACT llto-gmaillotto.com with your name,mailing address."

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Dec 17, 2017 at 1:21 PM by
There is NO GMail Lottery - Beware of Scammers Sending Out Fake Emails and Texts
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Here is another scam:

"Gmail Lottery (440) 796-9136: You have announced WINNER of $500,000 with Apple Laptop By Gmail Inc,C0NTACT llto-gmaillotto.com with your name,mailing address"

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