From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: February 14, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: did I really win a lottery?
>
> Leo,
> --------------
> I just recently received an e-mail from
> lottoawards6@hotmail.com that is telling me that I have won
> 2-million dollars in some "Mega Lottery". Are these guys for
> real? I thought that you checked these things. Isn't it
> called "spam". It was sent to me on Wed. 02-01-06 @7:59:48
> +0000 from Frank Khumalo, ref. # 475061725, Batch #
> 7056490902/188. If not, (which is what I am expecting) how do
> I stop them from sending me this kind of stuff?
Definitely spam - a form of phishing actually. And like
all spam, there's no way to stop them from sending it. I
"win" several lotteries every day. These articles may help
some:
http://ask-leo.com/phishing_whats_phishing.html
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_get_rid_of_all_this_spam.html
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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