There seems to be a new spat of “advanced fee lottery scams” arriving via email (or snail mail). Don’t fall for these scams.

Any mail that seems to advise you that you have won the Lottery is a scam. Don’t every respond to any such email.

If you do, you will find that you will have to advance some money in order to “process your winnings” or some such excuse.

This is illegal! If you advance any money to these clever scammers, you will never see your money again, and you will never receive any winnings. Period.

Click on the thumbnails to see two recent examples of “You won the Lottery scams” (after viewing, use your ‘Back’ button to return to this page).

Again, these “You won the Lottery emails (or letters)” are all totally bogus scams. Every last one of them. Don’t fall for them. Unfortunately, each year, these scams snag thousand of victims, who loose millions of dollars.

For a real case example, refer to the following link:
http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/consumer/a2004-12-09-cantwin.html