3. Have you won a lottery?
Almost everyone you know would have had this fantasy: of winning tons of money so that you never have to work again, never have to juggle your wants, go for expensive holidays and super-expensive shopping sprees and, in general, spend the rest of their lives wallowing in luxury's luxurious lap.
So, when an email pops up, boldly titled WINNING NOTIFICATION, and tells you that you are the lucky soul to have won a huge pile of cash, you have no reason to disbelieve it. Except for the fact that you never entered any such sweepstake or lottery.
But that's taken care of as well -- you are either a randomly selected winner, or your email has been entered automatically. How? You don't know and we are sure you don't really care -- your attention is focussed on that never-ending series of zeroes after that initial number.
You're already writing your resignation and dreaming of all the exciting things you can do with the money when. . . Hold your horses! You need to send them a small processing fee (it's generally a small amount compared to the millions you've won, but it large enough to have one happy scamster scampering all the way to the bank).
If you've fallen for this trap, and are waiting for the moolah, it's an expensive lesson learnt. If not. . .
Remedy: Delete! Delete! Delete!
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