Most of us have at some point of time or the other found emails in our inboxes with a subject line stating that we have won a huge amount of money in the UK lottery even without having bought any UK lottery tickets. These emails will ask that you quickly get in touch with the person sending the email so that your winnings can be sent to you. The truth of the fact is that these emails are fraudulent and are aimed at getting money out of you.

Real UK lottery operators never send these kinds of emails and people that actually go out and buy UK lottery tickets will already know and realize that the real operators will never send such emails to you. Therefore, before responding to any mail suggesting that you have won a huge amount of money in the UK lottery (or any other lottery), you need to learn how you can distinguish a genuine email from a spam one.

The best way of spotting spam and scam emails is by considering the fact that a person cannot win something that they have not entered. So, if you have not bought any UK lottery tickets, then the question of winning the UK lottery does not arise.

It is also possible to identify a scam email by being alert to the secrecy aspect that is a major part of every scam email. The real operators of the UK lottery are open about their dealings and so everything is spelt out in plain language; the scammers will be secretive and there is no transparency in their dealings. So, watch out for the secrecy element.

It is therefore necessary to stay clear of the secrecy filled emails as they can be used to ferret out your personal details which can then be used against you and in illegal ways as well.

Real UK lotteries never deal through any claims agent which is a fact that should help you steer clear of emails that ask you to do just that. And, when you do get in touch with these so called claims agents you will be asked to pay some money in order to have your winnings released. When the claims agent requests you to pay money it should put you off and you should realize that something is seriously wrong.

Lastly, be sure to look at the language used in the emails. Legitimate operators that for example sell UK lottery tickets will not use certain terms such as Winning Notification or Lottery Sweepstakes. If you see these terms then you must realize at the outset that this is a suspicious email.

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by PokerWriter on July 15th, 2010 | RSS | trackback