I received this email stating that I won the euro million lottery and there asking me 1,356 euro. Is this true or just a scam
2006-09-07 14:56:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
i got a similar message, DONT RESPOND TO IT! its just a SCAM!!!!! Do not give into their demands, just delete it forever; or you'll regret it forever!!!
2006-09-07 14:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There's no such thing as a Euro Million Lottery - it's a complete scam and they're just after your money. It's been around in many forms for several years now - usually along the lines of 'Congratulations, your e-mail address has been selected at random...'
There is a Euro Lottery which is joint venture between the official European lottery companies but you can only ever win anything if you buy a ticket - never at random by e-mail.
If you've got a bit of time on your hands and want to really annoy these people then get a free web-based e-mail address (try Yahoo - http://mail.yahoo.com/ Hotmail - http://www.hotmail.com/ or Mail.com - http://www.mail.com/ ) and string them along. Tell them to keep 10,000 and send you the balance, tell them to meet you somewhere to pick up the 1356 Euros, ask for their bank details so you can send the money etc etc). But never ever give them any real details about you and do it from a public computer.
There was a really funny program on TV not long back where they'd got hidden cameras and had told the scammers that the money they requested had been buried in a field for safe-keeping and the idiots were going round digging holes all over the place.
2006-09-08 00:22:28 · answer #2 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't buy a ticket - how are going to win? And, beware of scams asking you to be the U.S. representative of some foreign lawyer who wants to give you money, but, you've got to send personal info (social security #, etc.) first. Identity theft happens. Be wary of any free money - it ain't gonna happen.
2006-09-07 22:07:17 · answer #3 · answered by darib3345 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO such thing, it's a scam, don't give them any personal info
2006-09-07 22:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by funguy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
another big scam!
2006-09-07 22:47:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam.
online gambling is illegal in the USA.
2006-09-07 22:02:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM.
2006-09-07 22:00:15 · answer #7 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋