Who is Mega State Lotteries, Inc.: 150 King St. W. in Toronto Ontario? I got winner notification from them.?

Question

I live in US & received this Canadian postal envelope saying I won 50K. Is this a hoax. Cannot locate this "business" on the web.

Answer 1

Good bet it's a scam. We hear about stuff like this all the time with lotteries in Canada. Since the U.S. has no jurisdiction in Canada there's nothing you can do if you get scammed. Here's an easy rule of thumb: If they ask you to send money in any form (cash, check, money order, etc.) or if they ask for personal information like a checking account number or a credit card number, it's a scam.

Answer 2

It's a scam. Toronto as nice as it is, has many fraud artists working out of this location. Typically it's a phone scam of some sort preying on elderly people but this one seems to be a mail scam. If you really won then why didn't they just send you a cheque? Be careful divuldging any personal information to claim your prize.

Answer 3

Sounds like a large hoax. We have Ontario Lottario Corporation in Ontario. As we are not a state I cannot see why it would come from here. Be wary, if it sounds too good to be true...it usually is.

Answer 4

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
havea look at www.fraudwatchers.org

Answer 5

It's a scam. I've received notice as well. I ignored it because I easily recognize such scams.

Just ask yourself: Did I enter the contest? (no) What do they want from me? (information? Wouldn't they already have that? On the entry?) Do they want me to send them money to get my prize? (Wait a minute, they claim I've won, why the heck would I have to send them money?)

Please don't fall prey to these con-artists.

Answer 6

ofcourse its a Hoax, do u remember buying any lotteries (tickets)? once you reply they will ask you to deposit some money for Taxe purposes inorder to get the money, & that's the last you will see of the money you send (& it will be a big one)

Answer 7

I think I have heard of them......and received "winning notifications" too. A load of crap, throw it out!

Answer 8

Did you play the lotto? If not its a scam!! Dont Fall for it.

Answer 9

SPAM< SCAM< DONT BELIEVE A WORD OF THE MAIL