Can anybody tell me about Letters received from Atlantic Lottery(Canada) in the USA? It looks like a scam.?

Answer 1

Darlin, if you didn't enter a sweepstakes then you can't win a sweepstakes. That's the bottom line.

We get things from all over the world, just about every country, telling us that we've won their lottery. I just dump them into the spam barrel, but have had friends tell me that they want you to make a good faith deposit of funds - that is the red flag right there - before they'll send you your 'check.'

Don't fall for it. As good as it sounds, it's too good to be true.

Answer 2

Yes, this is a scam! I work for a financial institution, and some of our members have been hit by this. The checks that are mailed to them are fraudulent, but normally the victim has withdrawn the required money to send back, before they find out the check is bad. Be careful.....there are a lot of these scams going on.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Don't even bother with it. Just toss it in the garbage. My parents got the same thing about a month ago and ended up getting scammed out of four thousand dollars. So just throw it in the garbage, especially it they sent you a check to cover taxes you have to pay on it. The account number is bogus and the check is counterfeit.

Answer 5

It is a scam.
You cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.
The scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.
If you want to check a email you think might be a scam go to www.scamomatic.com
Lotterys work like this:
1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc
The lottery company now has 10,000

2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)

Scams work like this:
-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)

0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)

2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)

3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)

4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )

5)Your inbox gets more mails than [e-mail]
Everything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)

The moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is

Have a look at www.fraudwatchers.org for more ;)

Answer 6

just hit the spam . they want you to e-mail them to claim the money and as soon as they know your e-mail address they won't leave you alone . forgetaboutit ,thats what we tell them here in new jersey.