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Email lottery scam (lotteryusa scam)

A large flow of spam emails pushing various Trojans has been going on last night.
Here is one example:

“Congratulations!
You have won 9670 USD in our annual e-mail lottery. You became one of 100 000 000 winners.
You may find the “Gift check” in attachment to this e-mail. Please print the check,  to get your moeny prize.
E-mail lottery.
Lotteryusa.com”
The [...]

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