I got an e-mail the other day stating that I had won The National Lottery in the UK. They want me to send money to a courier service to deliver my check or I have the option of picking it up.
2006-08-18 13:49:10 · 14 answers · asked by lbcdrmr 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Yes the National Lottery exists, but you could not have won it if you didn't buy a ticket.
2006-08-18 13:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a scam. If you really had won large sums of money, then you would expect the courier service to deduct the administration costs from the payout before they send it to you - thereby meaning you don't have to cough up money upfront. Also, if you haven't purchased a ticket then how could you win?
2006-08-19 11:11:06 · answer #2 · answered by nemesis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, the uk does have a lottery. yet to win you have to buy a ticket, like any other lotery. The UK national lottery large cash prizes have to be picked up in person, so i dont know why a courier service was offered.....skam?
2006-08-18 14:04:08 · answer #3 · answered by fifs_c 3 · 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
2006-08-22 05:42:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I won the UK lottery .Ghana lotery ,Niggerian lottery and Zulu lottery over 78 times in the last month .
2006-08-18 15:00:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
delete it friend i got the same e mail and i live in the uk and i dont do the lottery so how come i own a winning ticket
2006-08-22 08:33:57 · answer #6 · answered by bojomarriott 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the lottery is real but you got one of the many scam letters that are going round sorry you had to find out this way but at least you never sent any cash.
type any of these terms in search engine you will find thousands of links
scam /419/lottery scam/romance scam / internet scam /
the fbi have warnings about it on thier website.
and loads of groups out there for help and support
2006-08-18 13:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by raz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, me too. I won six times in the past two weeks, according to all the emails I've been getting. And, lucky me, I've got rich people in Nigeria and other counties who want me to inherit, or invest, their vast fortunes. Whooohoooo!
2006-08-18 13:56:52 · answer #8 · answered by fishing66833 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam that's all that is, your only a winner if you have purchased a ticket.
2006-08-20 06:47:57 · answer #9 · answered by Steve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u won too? i won 4 of those last week...
2006-08-18 13:55:53 · answer #10 · answered by the redcuber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋