o You may be notified by mail, email or telephone that you have won some money in a lottery that is not in the United States.

o Although you never bought a ticket to this lottery, the lottery “official” will tell you that you were still selected as the winner by the use of some other selection method.

o You will be told by the lottery “official” in order to claim your winnings you must first pay all or some of the taxes on your winnings. You will be told this is required because you do not live in the country where you have won the money.

o If some one had sent in the tax money in order to claim the lottery prize, it is likely that they will be contacted by the “police” or some investigative agency. The “police” or official will identify themselves as some sort of person of authority who is calling to tell them the that they have bad news about a lottery scam.

o After delivering the bad new about the lottery scam, they tell them that there is company that will help with the recovery of the money they have lost. For a small recovery fee or a percentage of what will be recovered the company will get your money back. The company will begin work when you pay them the fee in advance.