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Security and Lottery Scams
Email scams that claim you have won a Lottery prize
Lottery scam emails are increasing at an alarming rate. These scams work in two ways:
Method 1: Persuade the victim to part with personal information to allow the scammers to carry out Identity Theft.
Method 2: Persuade the victim to part with money as an up front payment in order to release a winning Lottery prize which does not exist.
Signs of a fraudulent email:
There may be a sense of urgency, eg 'respond within X days or your Account will be closed'.
There may be embedded links (links within the body of the email) that look legitimate because they contain all or part of a real company's name. These links may take you to spoof sites which ask you to update personal information, or may download key-logging software onto your PC.
Spoof websites can be difficult to spot. To make sure you're on our site, type www.aalotto.com into your browser and see if you arrive at the same place.
click here to see an example of a lottery scam email..
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Spoof websites (known as 'phishing')
Fraudsters create false or 'spoof' websites that look identical to the real site, their aim is to persuade users to enter personal information such as passwords and memorable information. They then re-use this information to access your Account. Customers get emails claiming to be from official websites asking them to click on a link within the email to the 'spoof' site.
A. A. Lotto would never ask you to email us with confidential information.
In order to protect yourself from such scams, we advise the following:
Don't click on links in unsolicited emails
Never send any up-front fees required in order to 'claim your lottery prize'
Never disclose personal information or financial information via email or a 'claims' or 'verification' form
If you wish to visit a particular website, always key in the address directly rather than using an embedded link
Always remember, where you wish to discuss your Account with us, we will always verify your identity by asking specific security questions disclosed to us when you set up your Account. Our Interactive Customer Care team do not have access to your full password
If in doubt, you can check with our lottery team at help@aalotto.com Remember, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is!
For details of other websites that carry useful information on Internet security and current scams, see our useful websites page. |
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