Scammers and spammers often take advantage of news and events in the media and hasn’t taken them long to start taking advantage of the Beijing Olympics.

Here is a sample email:

From: [email protected]
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!! Beijing 2008 Olympics games promotion

WINNING NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the results of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Olympic LOTTO AWARDS,International online Sweepstakes ……which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.
Our organization here in China decided to sponsor 100 eligible adults
to visit the Peoples Republic of China in August for the Olympics and
you have therefore been approved to start the process of opening line
of communication with our agents in other to obtain visit permits.

Your agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him and
provide him with the below details.
*Name of Winner:
*Address:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Age:
*Amount Won:
*Lucky Nos:
*Ticket No: