The "America Online Lottery Award 2018" email below is a scam, therefore, recipients of the same email which claims that they are winners in such a lottery are asked to delete it, and should not follow the instructions in it. This is because there is no such lottery and the email scam is being sent by lottery scammers to trick their potential victims into sending them personal information and money, by claiming they need to do in order to collect their so-called lottery prize.
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The "America Online Lottery Award 2018" Scam
From: Anderson Klaus <andersonklaus@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 3:46 PM
Subject: You Are A Winner Of $3,000,000.00 Million USD! AOL Lottery Inc. ©2018.
Attention: AOL Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that your electronic Email address has won the sum of ($3,000,000.00 Million USD) from America Online Lottery Award ©2018. AOL is also using this opportunity to congratulate you and say thank you for using the internet daily. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
You are required to provide the following and submit to the AOL Admin office via the email address below for guide line and proper clarification.
Beneficiary's Surname:..........
Beneficiary's First Name:......
Beneficiary's Address:........
Beneficiary's Country...........
Beneficiary's Occupation ........
Beneficiary's Phone:................
Beneficiary's Age: ..............
Beneficiary's Gender: ............
Your Winning Verification Number: AOL009US/AWP-LAX1182/018
AOL Admin contact / emailto: andersonklaus@aol.com <mailto:andersonklaus@aol.com>
NOTE : Keep your winning information very confidential until you have received your prize.
#770 Broadway New York,
NY 10003 USA,
Signed.
CEO: Tim Armstrong.
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