Editor's Note: Expatica continually receives emails from people who are trying to trace the "company" that has sent an email about a big win in a internet lottery. Be warned — if you supply your banking details you may end up poorer than before your mysterious windfall. Police caution strongly that you should never agree to meet these con artists. "Yes, it is amazing isn't it," the voice on the line from Germany replied as I expressed surprise at winning a lottery that I had never heard of before. (I didn't bother to mention that I had regularly consigned dozens of similar emails to the recycle bin). "You are all just very lucky," the man with an accent replied undaunted when told that two other colleagues have also received emails the same day telling them how to collect their winnings. So, if this isn't a scam, how does it work? "Absolutely, we are genuine. It is an internet lottery, special software picks out the numbers of the winning computers active on the internet," the man said. Really, how does that work?
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