"AOL Lottery Inc 2018" Scam

AOL Lottery Inc 2018 Scam

The "AOL Lottery Inc 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 "AOL Lottery Inc 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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Sep 15, 2019 at 1:32 AM by
"AOL Lottery Inc 2018" Scam
PaulTasker from: Irlam, England, United Kingdom

How do they take your money?

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Sep 15, 2019 at 6:56 AM by
"AOL Lottery Inc 2018" Scam
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They will ask you to send money, which they will claim is for taxes and fees, in order to collect your so-called lottery prize.
If the money is sent, the scammers will take it and disappear, and the victims will not get the prize they were promised.

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May 12, 2019 at 7:24 AM by
"AOL Lottery Inc 2018" Scam
an anonymous user from: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania

Seems they've found another approach to it though same scheme:
"Dear American / Ivorian Online Lottery lucky winner,
American/Ivorian Online Lottery (AIOL) is pleased to inform you that your electronic email address has won the sum of One Hundred United State Dollars ($100,000.00 USD) in this 2019 batch Award.
American/Ivorian Online Lottery (AIOL) is also using this opportunity to say thank you for using the internet daily and more.
This American/Ivorian Online Lottery (AIOL) draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from Facebook list of 129,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by Tim Armstrong (AIOL CEO).
However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
Sequel to the last meeting of the American/Ivorian Online Lottery (AIOL) board of directors, all winners will be paid according to the Mode of Payment preferred by our paying bank.
To achieve this aim, you have to send the following information below to the American/Ivorian Online Lottery (AIOL) Claims Agent assigned for winners in Africa Rev. Father Jonathan by email for guidelines.
Beneficiary's Full Name:
Beneficiary's Country:
Beneficiary's Phone:
Beneficiary's Age:
Your winning verification number: AOL009US/AWP-LAX1182/018
Contact Person: Mr. YayI Koneh
Regional Claims Agent. (RCA)
City / Country: New York, United State of America
Contact E-mail: lottoclaimsagentdept@yahoo.fr
Tel: 225 4652 2281
Note : Keep your winning information very confidential until you have received your prize.
Signed.
CEO: Tim Armstrong.
NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, we (AIOL) urge you to treat it genuinely. This message is brought to you by the American Online Foundation 2019 Copyright."

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Aug 23, 2018 at 6:58 AM by
"AOL Lottery Inc 2018" Scam
an anonymous user from: Kingstree, South Carolina, United States

How can these scammers be stopped. They really make the aol lottery seem authentic. Persons will really fall for it if they don't check it out.

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Aug 6, 2018 at 8:59 PM by
"AOL Lottery Inc 2018" Scam
an anonymous user from: Santo Domingo, Nacional, Dominican Republic

They should stop these nets of malicious, deceiving persons who make damage to humanity.

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