"A month ago i received a message from the Australian Lottery co-ordinator mrs Shelley Mervin John. She indicated on the message that i have won 500,000.00 dollars and she also stated that i should contact Mr Richard Smith a claim Agent who is in nigeria inorder to claim my prize.
So when i contacted the claim Agent he told me that i was going to send 350 dollars to a Lawyer who is going to take my file to the court for payment of taxes/notifications.But unfortunately i was unable to come up this amount so i decided to meet a friend and discuss this with him and this friend told me it was a deal, so i was afraid that if i go to a meeting and ask my members to lend me this amount of money.By the way i wasn't expecting to win this amount of money without any suffering so i don't have to lay my mind on it.Due to the information the co-ordinator gave me i was not convinced that this could be true. She explained that i was one of the Australian Lottery Lucky winner of a game.Is this true
2006-11-02 04:33:56 · 3 answers · asked by SAM-LOKO 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Its a fraud.
All these are fakes. If you ever have a question about a story or email like this just check out http://www.snopes.com
2006-11-02 05:12:07 · answer #1 · answered by SoccerClipCincy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever been to Australia? Did you buy a lottery ticket? Why would you need to contact someone in Nigeria if you won the Australian Lottery? Does $350 dollars sound like the right amount for taxes on $500,000?
SCAM!!!!!!!!! Just like the rest.
2006-11-02 12:47:02 · answer #2 · answered by cyber2nd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you buy a lottery ticket?
If not this is a scam. I get about five per day.
Just delete it and ignore it..
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www.scambuster419.co.uk/lottery.htm
antivirus.about.com/cs/hoaxes/p/lottery.htm
www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/lotterywin.htm
2006-11-04 01:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋