I just got an e-mail saying i won some random lottery . Is this a scam? has anyone else had this happen to them?
2006-08-11 03:05:24 · 8 answers · asked by ? 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
All emails telling you you won a lottery are scams.
Lotteries do not contact you in email.
2006-08-11 03:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by Rjmail 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you won a lottery that you didn't enter, I'd be very suspicious. Sounds like a scam to me.
Do some research on it, maybe call the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) or Better Business Bureau and see what you can find out.
2006-08-11 03:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely a scam. If you didn't enter a lottery, you can't win it. We're having a terrible problem with it right now. My mother-in-law is 89 years old and only gets about $1,000.00 a month. She is constantly getting notices that she has won lotteries, and that she needs to send money in to collect it. She is spending almost all of her money sending in for the money she's "won," in the hopes that she will be able to leave money to us when she dies. Don't fall for it.
2006-08-11 03:11:04 · answer #3 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 help@microsoft.com
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
havea look at www.fraudwatchers.org
2006-08-14 23:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all scam. I received dozens of them each year.
In the first place, if you never participated in any lottery draw, the chances are taht you never win any. They will try to convince you that you had participated using your email address, respond to them by simply deleting the message.
2006-08-11 03:21:07 · answer #5 · answered by JP E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought urban lottery was slang for "gang bang"
2006-08-11 03:07:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM SCAM SCAM sucka
2006-08-11 03:07:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haven't heard of it...
2006-08-11 03:08:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋