i received a mail from australian lotto lottery on 11/10/2006 that i won through electronic selection my Email Id has won us $200,000 they have send mail to me that how to claim for the prize they ask to contact the paying bank United bank of Africa Dr Brown Bello Verification Dept and Remittance of Claim., and from the bank he is telling me to transfer the amount of us$3550 as processing fee REF NO:475061725, Batch No:7050470902/189, Winning No: GB8701/LPRC pls confirm me whether is it true?
2006-10-30 14:33:45 · 25 answers · asked by usha n 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Did you buy a lottery ticket?
This is definitely a scam. I get about five per day.
Just delete it and ignore it..
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2006-10-30 15:26:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS A SCAM!!!! They want you to deposit the money into your account, then wire it to them, along with the remaining money that you owe for "processing fees." I got a similar letter a few months ago from some unknown lottery claiming that I won $65,000. They gave me a batch number and everything. Ask yourself this: have you ever heard of this lottery? Probably not. Second, it is illegal to play a foreign lottery. Do you remember entering this lottery? Probably not. I didn't remember either. IT IS A SCAM!!! Do not fall for it. As proof that this is a scam, call the bank and ask them. IF YOU REALLY WON SOMETHING, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING OUT OF YOUR POCKET TO GET IT!!!!!! YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO YOUR WINNINGS!!!!!!!!!! Do not be fooled. If you send them money, you will not get a dime back from them. Please believe me, it is all a scam to get your money. Best wishes.
2006-10-30 14:41:20 · answer #2 · answered by Infinite 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO it happened to me and they sent an actual check!!! for $2.999. You need to take it, the envelope check, paper and all to yoru bank.. It is a scam and the materials you will provide them will go into a police investigation!
If you cash it by the time it goes through the bank will have found out the check is no good and you WILL BE LIABLE!
You cannot win a lotto in another country, let alone one you never bought a ticket for, and especially not if they claim something "online" it is a SCAM. DO NOT DO IT.
Take it to your banks branch manager, all of it.
2006-10-30 14:37:37 · answer #3 · answered by Amber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not, don't do it. It is a scam. I've received several of these winning letters, some even with checks included for me to cash first, to cover the expenses for transfer fees. The checks are stolen. Don't give them any info. Tear it up.
2006-10-30 14:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by bml28 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear Friend,
I too received same email from same company same amount of prize money and same process as u mentioned. But I did not send processing fee to them and I advise u not to send any sort of charges because this is all seems to bee fraud. Good Luck.
2006-11-02 01:44:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS A TOTAL SCAM. My mom got a similar email but from the British lotto.. So she went on line to the actual website and they said its a scam. They are asking you for money and asking you to send it to Africa-- but its from Australia--totally fake-- DO NOT SEND THESE PEOPLE ANY MONEY-- its called a Nigeria scam or something like that. DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY-- DELETE THE EMAIL-- REPORT IT AS SPAM--ITS TOTAL BULLS**T
2006-10-30 14:37:36 · answer #6 · answered by Kristen L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1, did you buy a lottery ticket for the Australian lottery? if no, then it is a scam.. 2. even if you bought the ticket, unless you left your email address, name phone number and address when you bought it, they will not know YOU purchased it.. they can tell what store it came from (at least here in the US they can) but they never know WHO won it until they claim their ticket. you did not win anything... all you won was their email bot picked your email address out of their list of email addresses to send that email to.
2016-05-22 14:19:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is probably a scam..... whatever you do do not give out your personal information like bank number or social insurance number.... by the way have you ever heard of the nigerian scam operation.
2006-10-30 14:38:08 · answer #8 · answered by agata 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if this is over the internet and they're asking you to pay $3550...then they must be really stupid i mean complete idiots! dont give in to this bull s h i t just ignore it they always bu l l s h i t you like you have to do this and do that and it just keeps goin on and on and on just ignore it =)
2006-10-30 14:37:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a SCAM!! Do not give them anymore information. Just tear up and dispose anything that they send you.
2006-10-30 14:35:37 · answer #10 · answered by firestud2829 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋