{"id":169,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Big-Big-British-National-Lotto'-Advance-Fee-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Big Big British National Lotto&#8217; Advance Fee Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This message, which is distributed via email, claims that you have won  \u00a31,992,347 in the &#8220;Big Big British National Lotto&#8221;. Supposedly, your email address was chosen as a winner via a free ticket draw in a promotion designed to &#8220;encourage the use of Microsoft and Internet Programs&#8221;. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>To claim your unexpected windfall, you are instructed to send your winning ticket number and personal information to the nominated &#8220;Fiduciary Agent&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But, alas, the email is just another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/advance-fee-lottery-scams-international-lottery-scam-information\/\">advance fee scam<\/a> designed to steal your money and personal information. \u00a0 You have not won any money, the lotto prize draw does not exist, and the email is not from any legitimate lottery organisation. And, the message has no connection whatsoever with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.national-lottery.co.uk\/security?icid=bsp:na:tx\">UK&#8217;s National Lottery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you contact the bogus agent in the hope of claiming your prize, you will soon be asked to send money to cover various expenses that are supposedly related to your claim. \u00a0 The scammers will insist that you pay these expenses in advance. They will warn that, if you don&#8217;t pay, you will forfeit your million pound prize.<\/p>\n<p>If you do comply and send money, the scammers will create more imaginary expenses and again insist that you pay upfront.<\/p>\n<p>After they have stolen as much of your money as they can, the scammers will simply disappear and you will no longer be able to contact them. You are very unlikely to get any of your money back. Nor, of course, will you ever get the promised lotto money, which never existed to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>To make matters even worse, the scammers may manage to steal your identity using the personal and financial information you \u00a0provided during the course of the scam. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> Scams like these have been around for many years and predate the \u00a0Internet. Nevertheless, they still gain new victims every day.<\/p>\n<p>Be wary of any message that claims that you have won a large prize in a lottery or promotion \u00a0that you know nothing about and have never entered. Genuine \u00a0lottery and prize organizations do not choose winners for large cash prizes via the random selection of email addresses. \u00a0 If you receive a message that makes such claims, do not reply or click any links that it contains.<\/p>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s an example of the scam message:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/big-big-british-national-lotto-advance-fee-scam\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,923\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1-260x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1.jpg\" alt=\"British Lotto Scam Message\" width=\"800\" height=\"923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1-768x886.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1-500x577.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/big-big-british-lotto-scam-080518-1-585x675.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/big-big-british-national-lotto-advance-fee-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/big-big-british-national-lotto-advance-fee-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This message, which is distributed via email, claims that you have won \u00a31,992,347 in the &#8220;Big Big British National Lotto&#8221;. Supposedly, your email address was chosen as a winner via a free ticket draw in a promotion designed to &#8220;encourage the use of Microsoft and Internet Programs&#8221;. \u00a0 \u00a0 To claim your unexpected windfall, you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}