e-mail said that i won 1,000,000 pounds. sounds like a hoax.
2006-08-20 10:05:31 · 8 answers · asked by Elaine P 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Yes I received two yesterday in my in-box.
I take every financial scam that I receive in my in-box and forward to abuse@yahoo.com or abuse@hotmail.com, depending on your email provider.
Important that when you forward that you use a full header or the abuse dept. is unable to help you as they are not able to trace back the email. Also when you use the full header, forward as an "inline email". They always come back and advise that legal action has been taken to close the account. (They will not go into details by law).
Plus I send a copy to my Interpol contact and they always follow up in the country where the email originated and take criminal action.
2006-08-20 10:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah but I appear to have won £2m. I sent an e-mail to someone called harry cole and received an e-mail back with a verification form to fill in. I'll probably keep going until they request financial details (which they haven't done yet). Does your e-mail say that it's run by Microsoft and The National Lottery UK ?
2006-08-24 09:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 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 06:23:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you recall playing the British Lottery? Do you have the ticket?
It is totally a hoax - They want you to send them your social security number and your bank Account number and then they will steal your indentity and also any money in your bank account.
DO NOT EVEN RESPOND TO THE EMAIL!
2006-08-20 10:12:40 · answer #4 · answered by cvorse_04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't trust them
I recieved an email similar that
with some difference
I won 9,000,000 $ from microsoft lottery --- hahaha
I send an email to microsoft and ask from them that it is true email..
they said me:" no ! it's a swindle"
2006-08-20 10:14:11 · answer #5 · answered by sohrab_ark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, it is a scam, don't do anything they want you to do, mark it as spam
2006-08-20 10:10:59 · answer #6 · answered by jmikey911@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust me..it is.
2006-08-20 10:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by rrrevils 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
dont fall for it
2006-08-20 10:13:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋