Don’t Be Taken By Fake Lottery Or Powerball Tickets
You might be one of those people who received dozens of emails from a far away country, coming from an unknown company telling you that you won great sum money. I remember my first email lottery winning notification. The letter sounds convincing. It shows the detail of how I won, how much is it, and how can I claim my prize money. The instruction was detailed, looks believable except from the fact that I never joined online and offline lottery nor sweepstakes.
On one hand, the letter says that I won from a random email lottery and that my email address with an attached number was picked among billions of users. But wait, before you get too overwhelm with the thought of winning the lottery, you should take note that there is no such thing as random email lottery or sweepstakes. What’s makes it more suspicious is because you got it for free. Lotteries and sweepstakes are definitely not free; the winning prize comes from the accumulated sale of the lottery or sweepstakes tickets. These rotating emails are one of those internet frauds or online scams devised by people who want to earn easy money.
Sweepstakes and lottery are both known method of fund-raising. Although some people view these as painless methods of making a fortune, the exact thought is used by scammers to take advantage with those hopefuls. While some hope to hit the winning lottery numbers, others benefit for this great cause. Aside from tax which turned over in the government, part of the money goes to educational institutions, scholarships, medical assistance and more. And if the winning prize isn’t redeemed in the span of time, the sum of money will definitely be given a lot of charitable institutions and associated foundation.
Primarily, lottery and sweeps-takes drawings are done for a cause. Hopefully a good and respected cause of merit. These are effective methods to raise funds for charitable institutions and different foundations. The proceeds are bound to support various educational programs and medical assistance both locally and across the world.
Winning the lottery is like 1:1,000,000 chances. Although it’s possible that you could win, in reality the chance is so low. So be extra cautious in replying a suspicious email lottery winning notification; the information that you might provide maybe used against you or to future email scam victims.
