Do the Irish lottery send winner notification through the mail?

Question

The letter says that i won the irish lottery for $250,000.00. Along with a cashiers check for $3,700.00 to pay the non-state taxes. They want me to deposit the cashiers check so they can release my funds.

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

The Lottery dosnt exist.
The check you received is counterfeit.
It is a counterfeit of a genuine check that the scammers have stolen.
The scam works by asking you to deposit the check in your bank account.
After 10 days the check is "honored" which means you will have access to "uncleared funds"
The scammers will then ask you to send them the uncleared funds to them (by moneygramm or western union )
Weeks later the check will be sent from your bank to the issuing bank.They will deem it counterfeit.Your bank will debit your account.If you do not have any money in your account , your account will go in the red.

Best scenario.. your bank freezes your bank accounts
Worst scenario... your bank freezes your bank accounts and charges you for passing a fraudulent instrument.

Have a look at www.fraudwatchers.org

Answer 3

ok i to today just got the letter in the mail!!! saying i won 250.000.00 with the same amount 3700 to deposit,but what they dont know if they want to steal from my account (haha ) there is no money to steal!!!!and i sure dont remember entering this lotto........so id beware!!!!!....dizzzzz

Answer 4

Dont do. You will lose the amount.

Answer 5

It is all fraud, I have gotten these before. Don't do it.

Answer 6

NO!That's a 419 or advance fee fraud.USA residents should forward a copy to [e-mail] .These type frauds very often come from Nigeria.Go to www.419eaters for more info.Trust me on this as I've gotten 13 best answers on this subject.They take your advance payment then steal whatever money is in your account by way of the routing number.You didn't enter that lottery did you!?
If you have your full Internet headers displayed,do an IP look up through Arin Whois(you'll find it in a search).Once you have the ISP you do a search for abuse@(name of ISP) and e mail that message to them.This will cause the immediate cancellation of the abusers e mail address.
This is an old scam,you'll never see that money again.One example I've saved.
Hello,

My name is Richard Majors a gold merchant from London. I have been into the trading of gold and diamonds from Asian and European countries for the most part of my life.

For the past year I have not been able to do business, as I was involved in a legal battle with the UK government that had the UK government froze my accounts in the UK and Switzerland. At present I cannot leave the country as my international passport has been ceased. I am in a state of disarray but I have faith that I can still do some international business.

I currently have cash in the sum of $855,000 with a bank in the USA. This amount of money is my only hope to build back my gold business. I cannot access this bank account from here in London without causing trouble for myself as the UK government will find out I still keep foreign accounts without their knowledge.

I am contacting you with a kind spirit to enable us work together in some gold deals I would be partaking in. The role I want you to play is to be a financial agent for the gold deals I will be arranging. As a financial agent you will help me transfer funds from my bank account in the USA to bank accounts of my various buyers I will be providing you. I am willing to pay you 20% of every amount of money you transfer for me. Please note that I will provide all funds for the gold transactions. For the first deal, which can be concluded in the next 5 days, I want you to transfer $36,000 to a bank account in China. Your pay will be $7000 on that deal. I will be willing to close enough deals involving huge amounts of money and I will be starting with small deals.

I actually make enough profits in my gold deals because I buy from very cheap sources (far below prices in the gold market) round the globe and I will be willing to share with you upon negotiation. My connections for delivery and sales are very strong. It will be very nice working with me as we will be in for making big money from my gold deals.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please contact me via email for more details so we can progress.

Regards,
Here's one more type.

Sir/Madam,

However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings with you in the past. I must apologize for intruding into your private email address, but I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit it will be to you.

I am a legal consultant/broker based in South Africa. I am currently representing some members of the Independent Committee of Eminent Persons (ICEP), Switzerland. (ICEP) is charged with the responsibility of finding bank accounts in Switzerland belonging to non-Swiss indigenes, which have remained dormant since World War II. For more information check: www.dormantaccounts.ch

A dormant account with the sum of Forty Five Million United States Dollars ($45M) as discovered by clients/close associates who are members of (ICEP). The money included accumulated interest. They needed my assistance since the transfer can be made easily with my supervision as an experienced broker. My clients at (ICEP) have confided in me to look for a foreign partner that will help in putting the funds into the banking system and also assist in investing the funds into profitable business ventures for mutual benefits.

Since my clients at the (ICEP), Switzerland have mandated me to look for a foreign partner and that is my aim for contacting you. Please do not despair because I got your email address from a business advertising website on the Internet before making my contact with you. I do not intend to fail my client because I have been a very close associate and legal consultant to them for the past 20 years.

Bear in mind that we also have well-established contacts at the Claims Resolution Tribunal (CRT) responsible for handling processing of all claims on accounts due to non-Swiss citizens. Whereas, uncomplicated claims will be processed under a "fast track" procedure, which is the procedure, our claims will be put on.

I have also made contacts with the Trust Company responsible for Dormant Account Recovery (DAR) in the United Kingdom and also concluded final arrangements with them to take over the funds by a new beneficiary legally. As an experienced broker and working with top executive members of (ICEP) who are also my close associates, I have all secret details and necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch.

We are willing to offer you as much as 20% of the entire funds and after the transaction has been completed. There is no risk involved in this transaction and all the process of the administrative claims will be legally achieved to transfer the funds in your name as the new beneficiary.

In conclusion, if you are willing and ready to assist us claim the dormant account smoothly, please indicate in your return reply mail to [e-mail] or fax number [phone] and I will furnish you with more details on how the transaction will be completed including my contact telephone number so that you can call me for questions and clarifications where necessary. We also look forward to doing more deals with you.

Warm regards,

Joseph C. Blank

I've gotten both of these and numerous other accounts closed by doing this.First I respond to them leading them on and making them waste time calling me.Then after three weeks of doing this I e mail them and tell them they've been scammed.
Richard Majors.