i got an email that i think is bogus a bout an international lottery
2006-07-03 03:26:52 · 5 answers · asked by Al M 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
It is fake. Do not reply or call them.
Yahoo! show no listing.
2006-07-03 03:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What I know.
They have a system of buying tickets. You buy into that system and they turn out a profit (minus a fee).
It is like a pyramid thingy without the pyramid. If lotteries were not created to make money for the ones having the lottery it could actually work.
2006-07-03 10:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is scam.They will ask first your personal data.Then will ask you to remit a few thousand dollars as legal charges.If you send you will get nothing back and you are duped.Several million dollars are lost by internet lottery scams in Eurpean countries.Please see website:
http://www,fraudwatchinternational.com
2006-07-07 05:20:33 · answer #3 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi
Do not reply to it. it's a scam. We have been getting allot of calls regarding these scams. All they want from you is your personal details, they will not send you any money. In fact they will probably ask you for your money, saying they need to get the money they are going to send you insured etc. Do not even reply and delete all of them immediately.
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2006-07-03 10:34:49 · answer #4 · answered by 24/7 Close Protection Ltd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey I have heard of this scam - if you didn't enter you didn't win, don't part with any money.
2006-07-03 10:34:09 · answer #5 · answered by gail_hurd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋