There is no "UK News Mobile Award Lottery 2017." This fake lottery was created by scammers, which is being used to trick online users into believing they are winners in some so-called "UK News Mobile Award Lottery 2017." The lottery scammers behind the scam trick potential victims into sending them money and personal information, which they will claim are for taxes, delivery or other fees. But, remember, legitimate lottery companies do not ask their winners to send personal information or money.
Sample of the "UK News Mobile Award Lottery 2017" Scam
(Kind Reminder Meyer)Congratulations! You won 1.2M in our UK News Mobile Award Lottery 2017 with ref no UA77 for activation and claims it is strictly mandatory that you call your local agent Ms.Theresa Marlow on Tel +27789111201 9am-5pm for claims processing.
Once potential victims contact the lottery scammers, thinking they are contacting "UK News Mobile Award Lottery 2017," the scammers will ask them to send personal information, and subsequently ask them to send money in order to receive their so-called prizes, which the scammers will claim the money is for taxes or processing fees. They will then ask their potential victims to send the money via Western Union, MoneyGram or other money transfer services. Once the scammers have received their victims’ money, they will disappear, leaving the victim frustrated, depress, and a few hundreds or thousands of dollars broke.
The same lottery scammers may contact their victims and attempt to scam them again using the personal information the victims sent to them, or they may sell their victims’ information to other lottery scammers, who will also attempt to scam the victims.