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What is it?

Victims are notified - mainly by email, but also by conventional mail or fax - that they have won a prize in a foreign lottery or sweepstakes. Email lottery scams can often be identified simply by the fact that the response email address is an obvious free email account (yahoo.com, netscape.net, hotmail.com etc).

If you receive a "prize notification" from a suspicious lottery:
		don't respond to the emails
		don't pay any money in advance to collect a prize
		don't reveal your full identity
		don't reveal your bank account number or credit card details

How does it work?

Almost all the recent cases brought to our notice have involved the advanced fee formula also favored by thousands of "Nigerian scam" schemes: Victims typically are notified they have won, yet have to transfer fees or provide proof of their identity and/or details of their bank accounts in order to access the "winnings". The names of the organizations running these operations change all the time, although many of the notifications use similar wording.

The World Lottery Association stresses the dangers of responding to this type of correspondence. Even if no money is transferred to these organizations, simply providing an ID or bank account details to an unknown party makes consumers vulnerable to identity theft and fraudulent use of their bank accounts.

All the members of the World Lottery Association are state-operated or state-licensed lottery organizations that only sell their lottery products within their respective jurisdictions. They never require winners to supply private banking information or pay fees of any kind to collect a prize.

Legitimate sweepstakes don't require prior payment or purchase to enter or improve the chances of winning. Nor do they require the payment of "taxes" or "shipping and handling charges" in advance to receive a prize. Sponsors of legitimate contests identify themselves prominently, while fraudulent promoters are more likely to downplay their identities. Legitimate promoters also provide an address or toll-free phone numbers where consumers can request that their names be removed from their mailing or calling list.

Offshore ticket agents

Other organizations offer to purchase tickets for bona fide lotteries operating in other jurisdictions. Although many of these agents advertise openly in reputable publications, the legality of their offers is highly dubious. Almost all state-regulated lotteries are legally bound to operate only in their own jurisdictions, and they do not endorse or condone cross-border sales of any description. Consumers deal with offshore ticket agents at their own risk and peril: There are no guarantees that bets will be placed or that any winnings will be paid.

Before responding to a "prize notification" or purchasing tickets from an offshore lottery agent, consumers should bear in mind that they will probably have no legal recourse if the operation turns out to be fraudulent.
 
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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reiterates its warning to Filipinos working overseas about “text” and e-mail scams that specifically target OFWs, wherein the victim receives either a text message or an e-mail informing him that he has won a large sum of money and instructs him to deposit or remit money to certain individuals to ensure that he can claim his “prize.”

Philippine Ambassador to The Hague, the Netherlands, Romeo A. Arguelles said the Embassy has issued an advisory to Filipinos in the Netherlands about a lottery scam that targets Filipinos.

Ambassador Arguelles related that the modus operandi begins with a prospective victim receiving either a letter or an e-mail informing him that he has won thousands of Euros in an online lottery, and that the prize money is being kept in a pre-designated account. The letter or e-mail goes on to inform the victim that his name had allegedly been chosen through a computer balloting system, and instructs him to call or e-mail a certain individual to confirm if he indeed has won.

If the prospective victim complies with what the letter or e-mail tells him to do, the OFW is advised to keep his winning information undisclosed until he is able to process his claim and the money is remitted to him. He is then further advised to pay an amount via money transfer to a given address, and, to add pressure, is told that there is a deadline for him to remit the amount.

The Ambassador said that the Embassy has already identified two fictitious accounts –- Saxo Financial Online Bank and Globalum Lottery Promotions -– and has advised the Filipino community in the Netherlands as well as all OFWs to ignore the false announcements and not to remit any amount to any bank.

At the same time, Consul General Alejandrino A. Vicente of the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong reported that at least one female OFW has complained to the Consulate about being victimized through text messaging from swindlers posing as officers of a certain “GMA Charity Foundation.”

According to the Consul General’s report, the OFW related that she received a text message on February 14, informing her that she had won P3 million in an electronic raffle draw during the first anniversary of the GMA Charity Foundation. The OFW was asked to call a certain Atty. Alfred D. Macapagal at mobile number 0919-8539395 for details on how to claim her prize. She was then instructed to deposit a total of P55,000 in a Western Union account in the Philippines in the name of Joel Nadera Chavez, supposedly for the payment of taxes and other fees and as a pre-condition to her claiming the “prize”. She was also asked to call an alleged manager of a Western Union branch in Pasay City, Atty. Antonio Uy, at mobile number 0919-3234278 to get instructions on how to collect her cheque of P3 million.

The OFW complained to the Consulate General that after she had deposited the total amount on February 14 and 15, she could no longer contact the swindlers.

The DFA has repeatedly advised OFWs who receive messages or e-mails informing them that they have won money in a lottery, but in which they have not participated or sent written application forms, to immediately ignore these messages as they are certainly meant to swindle money from their victims.

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