i have gotten something like these before, now one just popped up about me winning the uk lottery
2006-10-16 14:09:23 · 11 answers · asked by sandra t 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
No, it's worse than a hoax, it's a SCAM! A hoax is a harmless joke at your expense. Those bastards are after your MONEY and they'll clean you out if you let them. And it's not 99.9% SCAM. It's absolutely 100%. Period!
There are NO lotteries anywhere in the world that notify winners via e-mail! Not a SINGLE ONE!
2006-10-16 14:13:57 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
absoulty, they suck you in by telling you that you won some lottery you don't even remember entering, then they tell you they need $$$ to free up the money for overseas transfer or someone needs paid off to get the $$$ or some customs thing.....definatly a hoax.....
2006-10-16 14:18:57 · answer #2 · answered by NolaDawn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most probably a 4-1-9 scam. Report it to Interpol.
2006-10-17 02:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you sign up for the lottery? I would say if you didn't sign up for it that chances are good its just a way for them to get your identity or make you purchase something.
Sorry
2006-10-16 14:18:11 · answer #4 · answered by Karen N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a rip-off, so do no longer respond decrease back to the phishers in fee of this nonsense. do exactly your self a prefer and supply the message the properly-merited unsolicited mail "heave-ho" into the rubbish. you will in no way get something out of this "bogus" lottery.
2016-10-19 12:50:56 · answer #5 · answered by mcsweeney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like the same as "wanna get rich today" " Ebay workers needed" and the famous one " Money is waiting in your name to claim" Sorry if this burst your bubble but more than likely its a Spam under cover!.. just to get you to CLick away!
Buttttt.. in the rare and i mean RARE event you did win by a "Snowballs chance in a easy bake oven" I maybe that long lost cousin of yours ....LOL
2006-10-16 14:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by mspc4u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One person who answered this same type question last week said they lost $5,000. trying to collect. My brother answered a similar e-mail, and they wanted $1,800. for legal fees to force out others who were trying to claim his prize.
2006-10-16 14:16:32 · answer #7 · answered by Scoop81 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I get these every day along with many from bogus solicitors saying that they can get me money from some dead persons estate. DELETE DELETE DELETE
2006-10-16 14:19:07 · answer #8 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES I got one two
2006-10-16 14:11:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
99.9% hoax. did you buy a lottery ticket?
2006-10-16 14:11:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋