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Many people receive emails purportedly from a UK lottery operator stating that you have won the UK lottery without even having purchased any UK lottery tickets. Such emails will urge you to get in touch with the sender to receive your winnings. However, these are all spam emails that should be discarded without a second thought.

The real world UK lottery operators never send out these kinds of emails and for those who have previously bought UK lottery tickets, chances are great that you know that the real operators do not resort to such tactics. Therefore, in order to protect yourself from such emails, you must know how to determine when an email is suspicious and when it is real. The good news is that most scammers will leave some signs that will give away their plans.

One sign that is easy to find and which will show that the email that you have received is fraudulent is that you should understand that it is impossible to win something in which you are not a participant. So, if you have not purchased any UK lottery tickets, there is no way on earth that you can win the UK lottery. The bad news is that some people are swayed by the thought of winning money the easy way and these people are the ones that will fall prey to the scam emails.

Another way to spot a scam email is by being alert to the secretive nature of the emails. When a fraud is to be committed, the fraudster will act secretively and if this is something that you notice with an email claiming that you have won the lottery, then you should suspect it to be a scam and nothing more.

It is therefore necessary to stay clear of the secrecy filled emails as they can be used to ferret out your personal details which can then be used against you and in illegal ways as well.

Real UK lotteries never deal through any claims agent which is a fact that should help you steer clear of emails that ask you to do just that. And, when you do get in touch with these so called claims agents you will be asked to pay some money in order to have your winnings released. When the claims agent requests you to pay money it should put you off and you should realize that something is seriously wrong.

Last but not least, it is important to check the language that is used in the email. A genuine operator does not, after selling UK lottery tickets, use terms like Lottery Sweepstake or a Winning Notification. If the email contains such terms, you can be sure that this is a fraudulent email which must be deleted without being foolish enough to respond to it.

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