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You can not win if you do not play, or buy a ticket, and they do not notify you by E-mail. They would not know your name.

Ask your friend why he are opening mail from people he does not know. It is a scam to get your personal information and/or money.

Do not respond to it.

Report it, forward it to the FTC at [email protected] and to the abuse desk of the sender's ISP.

Also, if the email appears to be impersonating a bank or other company or organization, forward the message to the actual organization.

And for your E-mail safety, remember:

Never open E-mail unless you are absolutely sure of who sent it, treat ALL others as spam.

Never give your personal information out to anyone, be it E-mail, snail mail, phone calls or at your front door.

It's yet another variation on the standard lottery scam. Just shift-delete the email.

It's a scam. They want his personal data to use for themselves. Don't give it to them.