Is the contact telephone number a mobile phone or special service number that forwards calls worldwide?
• UK: +44-70xx (call redirection) • Netherlands: +31-6xx (mobile) • Spain: +34-6xx (mobile) • Belgium: +32-4xx (mobile) • South Africa: +27-7x or +27-8x (mobile) • Nigeria: +234-80x (mobile) Why would a major company give you a mobile phone as the first point of contact? • Are you being rushed? Is the claims deadline only a few weeks or even days away? Normal lotteries allow several months to a year for prizes to be claimed. In typical scams the claims deadline is only two to six weeks away, just enough time to extract money out of a “winner”. • Does it mention a computer ballot of several tens of thousands of email addresses from America, Europa, Africa, Asia and Australia/New Zealand? There aren’t any legitimate email lotteries of the kind described in such scam emails. • Does the email mention a “Sweepstakes International Program”, an “International Claims Department”, a “Fiduciary Agent” or a “Zonal Coordinator”? These terms are typical of fake lotteries. • Does the email mention a
