2006-07-09 06:27:50 · 10 answers · asked by nanner 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
it is all fraud
i recieve it daily.
have u participated in it?
2006-07-09 06:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is one of the oldest scams on the Internet. They have just started sending these winners notifications from England. They were begun in Nigeria some years ago, but they are a scam. People have lost millions to these scams over the years. Just remember the axiom "if it sounds too good to be true, it is." Do not be fooled, You have not won anything that requires you to send money to claim your prize.
2006-07-09 13:31:18 · answer #2 · answered by yuffie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do not check a company before entering into a transaction, you could lose your money, time and credibility. Some widely used resources are the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org) and the national fraud center ( www.fraud.org) These days, you can easily find out more about a company using the internet in a few minutes. From a company's website, you can details about its ownership, how old the company really is and feedback from the company's customers.
You can find more detailed information about a company at http://tinyurl.com/gtb89
2006-07-13 03:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by comptermind 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything that you receive online is suspect. Go to snopes.com for the real dope on online scams and urban legends. The lottery winning e-mails are always a scam. Leave it alone.
2006-07-09 13:34:38 · answer #4 · answered by DMR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're told you are the winner of something you didn't enter, yes, it's a scam. There is likely some fee that you have to pay before you can collect your "winnings".
2006-07-09 13:30:12 · answer #5 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually you can contact your state's office of the attorney general to check on the various offers of "winnings" that come in your mail or by telephone. In this case, of course, it is not necessary. . . it's definitely a scam.
The easiest way to tell that this, or any other "contest" is a scam, is by the fact that they want you to send them money. Don't be fooled into giving these crooks your money.
2006-07-09 13:47:47 · answer #6 · answered by CaptainPorkchop 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't enter in the lottery, then it is a scam. Stay away from it.
2006-07-09 13:32:33 · answer #7 · answered by pappa_15 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they give a website look it up and I bet you'll find that others will be warning of the scam.
2006-07-09 13:32:21 · answer #8 · answered by poundcake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam, scam scam. have you been to england and when you were there did you play the lottery?
2006-07-09 13:30:02 · answer #9 · answered by island3girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you live under a rock? SCAM!!!!!!!!!
2006-07-09 13:30:10 · answer #10 · answered by J Somethingorother 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋