I've recieved such email yesterday, too bad i sent em the particulars needed including name,address,state,city,zip,country,marital status,sex,phone num and occupation. How bad will this scammer lead me to? am i in danger or anything?
2006-06-12 03:47:15 · 9 answers · asked by silentD 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
Yes, you could have your identity stolen, your bank funds stolen, your credit ruined, etc. Never ever open Emails from people you don't know. If you didn't enter the lottery, you couldn't win it. It is dishonest and a scam. You may have lost everything. Notify your bank and your credit companies immediately. Report the scam to www.fraudwatchinternational.com
2006-06-12 03:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, but I wouldn't have replied if I were you. I keep getting e-mail with my middle name as the subject telling me that I can claim the fortune of some guy in S. africa who was in a horrible plane/ train/ bus/ car/ - (I've received many emails varying in the way my"relative" died- )crash with no other surviving heirs. I just mark them as spam and keep it moving. You should have done the same. Have yuou ever even participated in the UK lottery? Since when does the lottery "companies" contact you, isn't the other way around? And why would they have emailed you, how'd they get the address? All questions you ahould have thought of. . . So. . . what is your social security number? I have this great bridge over here in New York I'd like to sell to you for a good price, I just need a credit card number and the name on the account. . .
2006-06-12 14:49:29 · answer #2 · answered by The Truth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOAH! You're right, that wasn't a great thing to do. You might wind up with your info on a list that is sold to dozens and dozens (or hundreds and hundreds) or marketers, who pay good money for verified, active information.
Hopefully, they didn't tell you you needed to send money to claim your lottery prize. NEVER SEND MONEY TO GET A PRIZE. If you win a lottery, you win a lottery, and that's it. If they're asking for up front money, for whatever reason they give, it's a scam. Also, if you didn't buy a ticket on a lottery, you can't win. Did you buy a ticket on this lottery?
Hopefully, this will be a cheap lesson for you.
Just to help protect others, register the scam with your local Better Business Bureau.
Good luck!
2006-06-13 15:13:05 · answer #3 · answered by old lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sending them any information is too much. If you sent account information or social security number you're in some trouble. Start contacting bank accounts, credit card companies, etc if this is the case. In the future delete these emails. Also, look out for the scam of some daughter/son/wife/niece/nephew of a wealthy revolutionary/freedom fighter/deposed leader... who needs you to transfer a large sum of money for a certain percentage of the sum. These are scams too.
2006-06-12 13:21:38 · answer #4 · answered by Lillith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't send anyone any information about me. A woman in the next town from me got the same email. It required her to do the same in addition to sending in a check to cover 'taxes' on the money. Needless to say, not only was her check cashed, but her bank account was cleaned out.
I would report this to your local authorities and see what they tell you to do.
Good Luck!!!
2006-06-12 11:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by wanninonni 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silent, sorry you fell for it, hope you don't get 'taken to the cleaners'. To anybody: The United States does NOT have ANY international lotteries.
2006-06-12 12:38:50 · answer #6 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully you didn't send them your s.s. number or any bank info. You should just delete any of those emails.
Be sure and keep an eye on your bank statement.
2006-06-12 14:32:13 · answer #7 · answered by keri gee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a scam. lottery wont send you emails
2006-06-12 12:39:41 · answer #8 · answered by freelanceot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you a complete idiot--you deserve to be screwed over-LOTTERIES are NOT won through E-mail!! If you didn't ENTER it how can you win..Is your brain up your ***???? That's as stupid as suicide bombers thinking they get 70 virgins for blowing themselves up?? I guess YOU JUST CAN'T FIX STUPID!!!!
2006-06-13 11:04:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋