Big Spam Racket: Lottery Winning Notifications through Email

It was 2 months back when I received the first mail regarding a lottery winning notifications and some ATM card as prize or compensation for my previous work, which I have never done to best of my knowledge. Any way I responded to the mail giving my details (name, address, phone no, etc). Later on they told me that I would be getting a draft of $ 100,000 and I got more than surprised. Suddenly I noticed that I got even more luckier and my mail box was flooded with such mails with in week...

Most of such mails are played by some frauds and they ask for money later on and if some one pays they are simply cheated and never get a single penny out of it...there is a huge racket behind it.

Be aware and don't get attracted towards such notifications, as it's made to cheat only.

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Find an example of such spam mail

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

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ATTENTION: VALUED BENEFICIARY
THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT
/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FUFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.
SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE
OFFICIALS IN THE BANK ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISHES TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENTCENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT, ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA (GCFR) PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY ($1,500.00), SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. Full Name
2. Full Home Address (For the Delivery of your ATM Cash Plus Card).
3. A Working Phone and fax number.
4. Mobile number
5. Home Phone Number with the best time to call
HOWEVER, KINDLY FIND BELOW THE CONTACT PERSON:
REV JOHN ISREAL
DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
DIRECT TELEPHONE: +234 708 189 4723

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $8,300,000.00 AS
FIRST PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008.ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OROFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM PAYMENT.NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
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REGARDS,
MR SADIQ ALMAN
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT