Hi All,
Every day Iam receiving Lottery Winning notification of Million Dollars from South Africa /United Kingdom. These emails are coming from yahoo and hotmail servers. But there is no TO address in the Header. I replied to one of the mail and finally they asked me to remit some fees before crediting my account. I think its a fraudy play. What you people are thinking about this notification?
2006-08-25 20:18:35 · 8 answers · asked by Syam 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
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
2006-08-27 22:57:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-27 06:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is definitely fraudulent, too many people receive this kind of email everyday. I got one 3 days ago...PLEASE!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!! No way am I sending any money to supposedly claim any winnings anywhere...INSAINITY...They only want your money...NOT GIVE YOU ANY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-08-25 20:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by no_doubt! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD SCAM SCAM SCAM. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS..........do not open these types of emails they can also contain viruses which can damage your computer. Have a good night.
2006-08-25 20:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by Sue F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is total camel dung.Get it away from you as quickly as it came.All they want is your info,so they can steal from you!!
2006-08-25 20:24:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have recieved too many of them,all are fraud,please do not pay attention to them.
2006-08-25 20:25:41 · answer #6 · answered by hihihi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's fraud.
there's a federal website for it.
2006-08-25 20:26:25 · answer #7 · answered by Trinity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you really trust those scams, you are either stupid or just too greedy..........
2006-08-25 20:27:26 · answer #8 · answered by Emma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋