Scammers are continually working hard to come up with new ways of stealing money from anybody who falls in their trap. Of late, is the email message containing bogus information luring you into believing that you've won a lot sum of money, even though you never bought, neither participated in any lottery game.

I just received a message (see screenshot blow), which, as usual, you know it's fake after reading the headline as well as the first few lines in it.

In order to recognize these kinds of scams, as a general rule of thumb, look for these  pointers:

1. All caps used in the subject line
2. Poor and/or misspelled English (crappy grammar)
3. Being asked to supply sensitive Personal information (eg. Full Name, TIN/SSN/Passport #, Full address, Bank account number etc)
4. Some money (dubbed "processing fee", "postal charges", "courier fee" etc) being asked upfront
5. Promise/Assurance of winning lottery that you never played (neither anybody known to you has informed you that they played/bought a lottery ticket on your behalf)

If you see some or all of these (and other pointers that I didn't mention), be assured that the message is fake and the intention of the sender is to get some money out of your wallet.

In dealing with these kinds of messages, it will be helpful if you utilize your email provider's options of reporting the message as "phishing" or marking it a "spam". From what I know, this helps email providers block such emails in the future hence minimizing spam activities.