I find this amazing as I did not actually enter a lottery! They now want my bank details etc. Would anyone be foolish enough to give them out?
2006-11-13 04:58:50 · 18 answers · asked by Ally 5 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
There is a sucker born every minute and those scammers know that. Real lotteries just take out the taxes and give you the rest. No prepay.
2006-11-13 07:51:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
dont beleive it. I think everyone has been approached by this scam. I have also been told that this person inherited money and needed a bank account to put it in and asked for mine. They are all scams. Dont believe it. The latest scam is credit help agencies trying to get your bank and credit information, by telling you your credit score will be improved by joining them, once they get you they take your information and money, and raid your bank account. This is the biggest scam yet. Be careful, also with Paypal.
2006-11-13 07:35:23 · answer #2 · answered by pegasis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there was a woman in the press a couple of weeks ago who had fallen for exactly that - apart from the fact that hers was the australian lottery..she didn't stop to think that she had never actually entered a lottery for australia - but she paid out 10's of thousands of pounds in advance fees and 'processing' fees etc.
she was beguiled by the fact that apparently she had won this huge amount of money and didn't stop to think.
tragic, but then again, you can only con a greedy person.
2006-11-13 05:04:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think that you would be amazed at how many people actually are foolish enough to get caught by scams like this. Remember the adage " if it seems to be to good to be true, it probably is".
2006-11-13 05:10:31 · answer #4 · answered by Paul W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All they need is one sucker to fall for that trick and the scammers end up being the real winners.
Funny how everyone all of a sudden is winning the Euro lottery. hmmm..
2006-11-13 05:00:39 · answer #5 · answered by Wibble 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Scam for Identity Theft
2006-11-13 05:06:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
only 850 thou... i won 2.6million... and its worth as much..bugger all. its a scam. some poor fool in our local paper actually went on a spending spree based on it..m i feel quite sorry for him, but it shows there are plenty of gullible fools still waiting to be conned...
you win teh lottery, and a man with a briefcase shows up on your doorstep.. and everyone else knows youve won because there is a new DB9 on teh drive...
i wish folks would believe the truth, but i suppose we all like the idea of a big fat win once in a while...
2006-11-13 05:07:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Report it as scam as even if you ignore it and delete it they might use your e-mail address for fraudulent activity.I found out the hard way and ignored it and someone used my e-mail address to use stolen credit cards on Pay Pal. I only found out when I wanted to sign up with Pay Pal myself. It's now in the hands of the authorities for identiy theft!
2006-11-13 05:14:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I received the lotto an similar way. purely deliver them a monetary employer account decision alongside with another personal information (passwords and some mastercard numbers) and they'll deposit the money good into your account.
2016-11-29 02:38:00 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would be surprised how many fall for this.This topic has been posted on here numerous times,advice is given,but some people never learn,to their cost.Send them an e-mail bomb back,that will sicken them.
2006-11-13 05:24:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋