they said they chosed me by draw on e-mail.
i think it is cheating , does any one know any thing about this society?
2006-07-13 02:16:58 · 9 answers · asked by romyo4jouliat 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Good chance it's a scam, and they probably got your E-mail address from a mailing list (any time you sign up for ANYTHING over E-mail your E-mail address can be sold to people like this gaming company -- don't believe all those statements where they say "we don't sell your information to third parties). RULE OF THUMB: If anyone contacts you and says you have won anything but they say you have to send them money to claim your prize (usually over $100.00), it's a scam.
Also, BE AWARE of this scam: Someone calls you claiming to be an officer from U.S. Customs and says they're holding a check for you from a Canadian lottery commission worth several hundred thousand dollars. The officer will even give you his/her "name," the name of the "bank" who issued the check and their phone number, and the phone number of the U.S. Customs office in whichever city they claim to be calling from. They then tell you to send a certified check or money order for $3,000.00 to claim the check, and if pressed they claim that it's an IRS fee for "winnings." BULLS***!!! I work for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and we NEVER charge someone for a check or other negotiable instrument to enter the country. All we require is that the check be declared for the appropriate amount so we can inform the IRS for tax purposes (and to guard against potential tax fraud). You'll NEVER have to pay to bring money into the country or to take it out of the country unless you fail to make a proper declaration, so DON'T LIE TO CUSTOMS OFFICERS!!! You WILL regret it.
2006-07-13 02:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sure that is almost truly a scam, seeing as you do not look to have registered and those days entered a draw on the nationwide Lottery website. regardless of the indisputable fact that so a procedures as i'm conscious the united kingdom nationwide Lottery will in ordinary words deliver you a consequences e mail, and that's as a lot as you to comprehend you've received and once you login, the winnings will be on your stability. you do not ought to take any action to declare the winnings frequently, which those scam emails attempt to make you do! they say something like contact such and such who's the beneficiary etc blah blah and they could pay you. do not do it. i talked about above someone has suggested that that's unlawful to play the lottery in 2 distinct international places. this isn't strictly authentic. I stay contained in the united kingdom (Northern eire) yet i'm loose to participate in both the Republic of eire nationwide Lotto and the united kingdom nationwide Lottery. i trust its distinct elsewhere as an celebration contained in the U. S., you would possibly want to be resident contained in the perfect state to participate in that states Lottery.
2016-11-06 07:38:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam, think about it did you even enter a lottery? I had the same thing happen to me, My stupid butt sent the information they wanted name birthday address ect.....,, then they wanted me to send 1095.00 to pay for paper work and some bullshit they were lying I went to a site name ripoff report and found alot of people have been scammed. So do be another one. Good luck to you and play lotto in your state at least you are holding the ticket
2006-07-13 02:22:46 · answer #3 · answered by ttbird117 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i received more than 10 emails like what u had. Some of them even put their name as Sister Maria or Rev. John (trying to deceive people that they are holy christian). Some of them told me that they want me to take their property will. Oh that was just too many.. Just ignore them, nothing is free in this world.
2006-07-13 03:47:55 · answer #4 · answered by carmeehoon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have got the same thing and I do know it is a fraud so don't fall for it. I turned it over to my local law enforcement.
2006-07-13 02:22:10 · answer #5 · answered by greg_shreve 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya its cheating. They are luring you into a trap. Block the address, and dont follow their trap.
2006-07-13 02:21:42 · answer #6 · answered by Oye chak de phatte!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ignore it, it is a phishing scam. don't reply to it, and for heavens sake don't give them any info. If you reply, they will then have a valid email address, and you will get millions of them
2006-07-13 02:23:25 · answer #7 · answered by wellaem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont respond delete and tell them that you dont want any more mail from them there trying to scam you
2006-07-13 02:21:21 · answer #8 · answered by Neil G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a scam
2006-07-13 02:20:04 · answer #9 · answered by nas88car300 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋