Help with this one.My husband got a letter in the mail the other day telling him that he was a winner of a lottery. We don't know what to think.It was send with there names as Global International lottery Ageney. With a chech for $4,785.00 which is a portion of your winnings to help you pay insurance and processing fees you may encounter. And with it had a web site www.thelotter.comThe bank ck is wachovia bank,na it said to get a hold of a AGENT: miss karen walker TOLL FREE 1-866-544-7536 OR FAX: 1-604-879-3299 . What do you all think. Deb
2006-10-03 03:14:47 · 9 answers · asked by lfdson 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Hello, no this was send in are home -house mail box not online. deb
2006-10-03 03:48:27 · update #1
It's a scam. And a well known one to boot. Do not contact these people in any way whatsoever. Any legitimate lottery or agent thereof would never contact you by email. Period. This is the second most common financial scam email after the Nigerian Finance scam and it's variants. They want money. Barring that, they want personal information. At the very least confirmation that your email address is live so they can send you more spam. At the very least delete it. Better yet, report it to your mail provider or follow the advice given on some of these sites.
2006-10-03 03:39:13 · answer #1 · answered by leons1701 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure this entire message is a big scam. The person posting wants you to call the number or go to the website, where you will probably get viruses and spyware.
They have never posted any other questions and they have not answered any either. Obviously a new user is probably going to be curious enough to at least answer one question.
Very fishy to me. I could be completely wrong, and my apologies if I am. But if you thought you had won $4,785, would you really broadcast the info to a world full of strangers?
2006-10-03 10:36:44 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's a scam. Normally they will ask you send to them a TOLL FEE for delivery the parcel. Now there is a lot of scamer in the internet. Do not try to get lucky draw if you did not buy ticket.
2006-10-03 11:35:15 · answer #3 · answered by Lam Ngoc Liem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know you haven't taken part in any lottery and just got an email from out of the blue than it's surely a big crap. Don't believe them!
2006-10-03 10:25:33 · answer #4 · answered by alexia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Wachovia and cash your check there!! They will tell you for sure if the check is good or not. Don't deposit it into your account.
Rule of thumb; if you never enter any sweepstakes or lottery, then you know that check is a fake!
2006-10-03 10:18:44 · answer #5 · answered by KoKo 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i dont know seems like a hoax or something but maybe not call the number and see what its all about\
ok checked it out and its blocked on my computer as a gambling site,,,,,,,so best bet would be that its fake.... you most likely have to join some online gameing site or something stupid like that,....check into in though
2006-10-03 10:17:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
so,please see the message from where it came and do a phone call or contact them in any way and ask about that
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2006-10-03 10:24:06 · answer #7 · answered by hemanth k 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I get those all the time,it is scam.
2006-10-03 10:21:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
mayb u are lucky!
2006-10-03 10:23:36 · answer #9 · answered by greg 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋