Recently I received an email stating that I had won a sum of money in the UK National Lottery. Knowing that I live in the U.S. and play the lottery in the U.S. only, I didn’t buy a ticket or ever play in the U.K. Lottery. After further investigation, I found out that receiving these types of emails is a common occurrence.
These are usually scam emails sent out to solicit or phish for personal information from the recipients of the email to be used, most likely, for identity theft purposes. Emails, such as this one that I received, often say Winning Notification or Lottery Sweepstakes Winner or some other derivative of such. These emails may also ask for a payment from you as a down payment to release the funds that are due to you.
They often contain a sense of urgency in the wording of the emails as well, stating that you only have a certain number of days to respond or you lose your winnings. Also, there may be links to other sites. These links may look legitimate because they may contain a real company’s name or such information. These links can send you to a dummy […]

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