"Linkedin Online Lottery Reward" Lotto Scam
The email message below, which claims that the recipients are lottery winners of the Linkedin Online Lottery Reward, is a lottery scam. There is no such lottery. Every month, thousands of those email messages are sent out by lottery scammers to trick their potential victims into sending them their personal information and money, to collect so-called lottery prizes. Also, never respond to an email message that claims that you are a lottery winner with your personal or financial information. Legitimate lottery companies do not request personal or financial information via an email message, and will never ask winners to send money or financial information in order to collect their prizes.
The "Linkedin Online Lottery Reward" Lotto Scam
From: Linkedin Online Lottery Reward - linkedin-reward20@samba-bank.co.uk
Date: September 20, 2017 at 02:54:57 GMT+2
Subject: EXT: Congratulations!
LINKEDIN CORPORATION
LinkedIn Membership Reward
REFERENCE NO: LKD/IN-475061725/19
CONGRATULATIONS!
LINKEDIN CORPORATION IS PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE THE 19th WINNER IN OUR ANNUAL LINKEDIN UNIVERSAL LOTTERY (INUL) 2017.
YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE EMAIL WAS SELECTED AMONG THE 25 LINKEDIN UNIVERSAL WINNERS IN THE FIRST CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED TO RECIEVE A SUM OF £1.000.000 (ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS). THIS IS FROM THE TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF £25.000.000 SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY WINNERS WORLDWIDE.
WINNERS WERE SELECTED FROM REGISTERED AND VERIFIED LINKEDIN MEMBERS FROM EACH CONTINENT (ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, AND MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA & OCEANIA) TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF LINKEDIN WORLDWIDE.
YOUR (REWARD CHEQUE) HAS BEEN INSURED WITH REF NO: LKD/IN475061725/19 AND WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU DIRECTLY BY POST.
CONTACT YOUR AGENT THROUGH THE BELOW STATED E-MAIL TO APPLY FOR CLAIM YOUR CHEQUE.
Contact Email: - (Linkedin-Reward.Agent@email.com)
NOTE: -YOU ARE TO KEEP ALL WINNIG DETAILS AND CONTACT INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL.
LINKEDIN CORPORATION © 2017 INCUL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Linkedin Corporation © 2017 LinkedIn.
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