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An EXCELLENT blog on this by a reputable blogger and scam investigator:

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In this blog it tells where you can report a lot of them you get in emails:

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I get many but usually don't post them but I figure I would add to this thread while I clean out my spam box

Congratulation. You have just won
Sunday, December 9, 2012 9:10 PM
From: "Patnode, Christine M" <[e-mail]>
X-Originating-IP: [216.69.120.61]

CONGRATULATION: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON THE SUM OF 1,500,000 POUNDS IN THE FREELOTO PROMOTION UK.FOR CLAIMS SEND EMAIL(NAME AND NUMBER) TO: [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>

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WINNING NOTIFICATION
Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:29 AM
From: "INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION" <[e-mail]>

2012/2013 INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF Number : QVK/564-LIGE6420/B6
BATCH Number : SADW/55/960/PHTK
TICKET Number : 65327664565-9841
SERIAL Number : 743-745930
LUCKY Number : 9-55-89-11-56-65

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 18th of August 2012 Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 65327664565-9841 with Serial number 743-745930 drew lucky numbers 9-55-89-11-56-65 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 1,700,000.00 (One Million ,Seveen Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).This is from a total cash prize of USD$17,000,000.00 Million shared among Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A ( Plus )+ . CONGRATULATIONS!!.

Be informed that your documents have to being pass to our authority to obtain a clearance, which shall be attached to your Document in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account with 24 hours of completion of the authentication. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information very confidential until your claims have been processed as the Beneficiary Certificate Ownership Winning Notification, Stamp duties and re-activation of Account of your prize /money remitted in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated Bank Account is completed

This is in conformity with the latest transfer regulations signed by the Organization / Netherlands Government since this is part of our Security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000,000 Companies and 300,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world, through the aid of our insurance Company.

This promotional program takes place annually. We hope you will take part in our next year USD$45 Million International lottery. To file for your claim, please contact our /your fiducial agent MRS ANGELICA WILLIS the DOLLAR ACCREDITED PAYMENT AGENT at [e-mail] with the information stated bellow.

Full Name:
Contact Address:
Sex:
Occupation:
Contact Number:
Age:

NOTE: That all winnings must be claimed not later than 30th of Jan 2013. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 15 is automatically disqualified.

Finally, we call on you to make sure that you note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part. So you are to expedite action in claiming of your funds, for delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and mistakes, Kindly remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours truly
Mr Huphman Hall
Lottery Coordinator.

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Another I got:

Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
X-Originating-IP: [118.70.209.37]
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:45:24 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: (no subject)
From: "BMW LOTTERY" <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

We are happy to inform you that your email address have just emerged you a
Winner in the Olympic 2012/BMW Promo,you won a BMW Car and 450,000pounds.
To
file your claim, Dunance Clems and provide the following details,

Name:
Age:
Contact address:
Telephone:
Occupation:
Present Country:

Mr. Dunance Clems at:
Email; [e-mail]


Congratulations!!
BMW

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You have won £1,500.000.00 from ESPN & ICC Cricket UK 2013

THIS IS A SCAM

Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:14:48 -0500
From: "ESPN & ICC Cricket Center." <[e-mail]>
Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: Private mail.
Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
Mail-Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
X-Sender: [e-mail]
User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.8.5
X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dragon.dnsseguras.com
X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: dragon.dnsseguras.com: authenticated_id: itblu/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed
X-YahooFilteredBulk: 69.64.33.15
X-Originating-IP: [69.64.33.15]

-- Greetings,

You have won £1,500.000.00 from ESPN & ICC Cricket UK 2013.

To claim your wining, send this information .
Your full name.............Home Address............Telephone
Number................

Forward them to this email address([e-mail])
Or
call me on telephone [phone]

Thanks.

Dr. Franklin Jim.

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Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
X-Originating-IP: [89.144.129.18]
Subject: !!PCH LOTTO WINNER**
To: Recipients <[e-mail]>
From: "PCHSearch.com" <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:00:17 -0700

We are please to announce to you that your email address emerged along
side 4 others as a category 2 winner in this New year weekly Publisher®'s
Clearing House Consequently. You have won One million dollars and therefore been approved for a total pay out of One million dollars($1,000,000.00USD) The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

winning numbers : 1680
email, ticket number:ETN9091176

PLEASE CONTACT THE UNDERLINED CLAIME OFFICER WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW

AGENT: MRS. Margaret Crossan
EMAIL: [e-mail]

Winner you are to send the details below to process the immediate payment of your prize

1. Name in full:
2. Address:
3. Sex:
4. Nationality:
5. Age:
6. Present Country:

!!!Once Again Congratulations!!!

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Dave Sayer
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.

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Been awhile but lately a friend is getting scam messages on their cell phone as text from email addresses. Here is the one they just got minutes ago:



Sender: [e-mail]
Sent: 9am Jan 27th 2017

Congrats! This is to inform you that phone number has won $675,000 from the Monday Lottery 2017 SMS promo, Contact Mr.Freeman only on [e-mail] for claim.

Cannnot find other posts that are the same so this one is new but the same style as any unexpected lottery spam sent to your cell phone or email:

www.hoax-slayer.net/phone-text-message-lottery-scams/

If you haven’t entered a lottery, raffle, sweepstake or other competition, then you cannot win it!

No legitimate lottery will randomly select email addresses or mobile phone numbers to win prizes.

Mobile Telephone Scams

Many people are familiar with landline telephone scams, but mobile scams vary slightly. You could receive a text message stating that you are the winner of a cash prize draw, mobile raffle, mobile lottery game or similar, and that your number has been chosen to win a cash prize. However, if you call the number provided you can expect hefty call fees, plus you may even get your phone hacked if you do respond.

If you reply in any way, you are enabling the scammers to access the information on your phone, SIM card or even data from websites you have visited - which, in the days of mobile banking, could be catastrophic for you.

Read about Lotto Scams from Lotto.net

The letter (or email or text) is addressed to a "reader" or a "winner" and does not call you by your real name.

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A forum where people post about lotto scams they have come across:

www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12