2006-08-30 04:43:45 · 17 answers · asked by Shyamantha M 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
this is called a fishing email. It is designed for identity theft. they will try to get you to submit personal info. Don't do it. Put this in your spam folder. If you think an email looks suspicious, do a google search on it and see if it is in an email scam database.
2006-08-30 04:47:32 · answer #1 · answered by martin h 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a HOAX!! I received that same email and it's a way for someone out of the U.S.A. to gather all of your personal information, including your name, address, and bank account information. I don't believe in anything that comes too me via email about a lottery that I never entered, especially from another country. I forwarded it onto my lawyer and was advised to put it in a folder and delete it or block the senders name so they can't reach me any longer.
2006-08-30 11:48:39 · answer #2 · answered by freeandsimple3056 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never ever believe this scam emails that u won a lottery or anything it is just a way to steal ur money or make sure that ur emaiul is the right email to hack ur email and send u lots of emails and steal ur infdormation u just put it in a spam folder and delet at once and never open that kind of emails hope that make u know what is all about and hope that helps:).
2006-08-30 11:48:01 · answer #3 · answered by joe m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are all scams. They will ask you for your personal information...ie name, address, etc. Then they will send you "money orders" that you are to cash at "your bank". Then wire them a % back. These are counterfeit money orders. I fell for this scam as well, and was quite surprised when I received 4 Money orders totalling over $850 each. I called the local cops, who told me that its the new scam...the money order looks real..if it happens to get cashed, (most of the time it is caught) and you actually wire the money, you can go to jail for up to 5 years. The reason they want you to use your bank is so that it points back to you. Just click "SPAM" and that one will go away. Unfortunately the people who do this send millions each day so we will have to put up with it.
2006-08-30 11:50:14 · answer #4 · answered by escheirman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you join the lottery? If you didn't then it could be fraud. You should never believed everything you get on the net.
2006-08-30 11:47:14 · answer #5 · answered by watchamakalit_beibe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I ahve herad about this, and from my understanding its all a big scam. So be very careful before giving out any of your information to them.
2006-08-30 11:49:39 · answer #6 · answered by texashoneypot_25 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION - SWEEPTSTAKES LOTTERY UK Phishing Scams - MillerSmiles.co.uk
... please submit it to us anyway. LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION. Date Reported: 22nd August 2005 ... MR KELLY B. DIXON. SWEEPTSTAKES LOTTERY UK. INTERNATIONAL RAFFLE DRAW PROMOTIONS 2005 ...www.millersmiles.co.uk/report/1086
I would stongly suggest you read this page
2006-08-30 12:27:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
considering ive gotten the same email a couple of times i would say its an internet scam...
2006-08-30 11:47:15 · answer #8 · answered by Doug110982 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You and 5,000,000 other people likely won it, all you'll win if you pursue this is pain and headache
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery_scam
2006-08-30 11:47:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a scam
2006-08-30 11:49:13 · answer #10 · answered by carlostt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋