anyone know anything about an internet lottery called Powerball?

Question

i received an email from a company called Powerball who claim to have done a lottery on the internet using peoples email addresses!they say i have won 1million euros.i know these sort of things are usually con-men,but this one does seem differerent and more genuine than others.they want some personal information from me,but they are not asking for bank details,they say i can have the money sent by transfer or delivered by courier,so if i get it by courier,how can they rip me off?

Answer 1

Did you buy a lottery ticket?
If not this is a scam. I get about five per day.
Just delete it and ignore it..

www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/lottery_scam_names.htm www.scambuster419.co.uk/lottery.htm
antivirus.about.com/cs/hoaxes/p/lottery.htm
www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/lotterywin.htm

please forward it to [e-mail].

Answer 2

There are so many scams out there. As they say if it seems to good to be true most likely it is not true. I say to just ignore this as it is a scam and under no circumstances are you to give them your social security number, your birth place or any account numbers. There is a Powerball lottery out there and I have listed the REAL one below.