Internatinal......whatever. It's South African, and I know there's many scams. They want name, address, telephone number......... and of course, I'm leary. If I won- they can send it in the mail to me. Has anyone else gotten one of these things?
2006-11-19 12:08:55 · 17 answers · asked by regwoman123 4 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
This is DEFINITELY a scam. My Brother-in-law received something kinda like that a couple months ago and we did a google search on it because it was too good to be true. I'm not sure if you live in South Africa...but I'm assuming you don't...but anyway...If you are not a citizen of that country it is ILLEGAL to enter the lottery in that country. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE NUMBER. When you call the phone number your phone bill will skyrocket and also DO NOT GIVE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. If you notice the number they provided you is probably a different area code than South Africa. You can also try to do a google search of the address and it is probably a street name that doesn't even exist in South Africa. The best thing is to report it or take it to a bank and tell them you're very skeptical of the check...and one more thing...try not to touch the check so much so they can actually dust for fingerprints. Good luck.
2006-11-19 12:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by Keona 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scam Scam Scam
Stay Away
Scam Scam Scam
Stay Away
2006-11-19 13:21:43 · answer #2 · answered by pokerpro152 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a rip-off plain and simple: You receive an unsolicited email, which states that you have won a major prize in an international lottery. Supposedly, your email address was collected online and attached to a random number that was subsequently entered in a draw for the lottery. In order to claim your prize, you are instructed to contact the official "agent" in charge of your case. You are also advised to keep the win confidential for "security reasons". This part of the scam is basically a random phishing expedition. If you respond in any way to the email, the scammers will send further messages or even contact you by phone in an attempt to draw you deeper into the scam. You may be asked to provide banking details, a large amount of personal information, and copies of your driver's licence and passport. Ostensibly, these requests are to prove your identity and facilitate the transfer of your winnings. However, if you comply with these requests, the scammers will have enough information to steal your identity. Sooner or later, the scammers will request some sort of advance fee supposedly to cover administration, legal or delivery costs. At its core, this scam is just a reworking of the Nigerian loan fraud, in which scammers also eventually ask for upfront fees to facilitate the "deal". Like Nigerian scams, victims who do actually pay the requested fees will probably find that they receive continuing payment demands to cover "unexpected expenses". The requests for money will go on until the victim realizes what is happening or has no further money to send. In some cases, the scammers give victims the option of opening an account at a particular bank as an alternative to paying upfront fees. However, this "bank" which is completely bogus, will insist on an initial deposit of $3000 as a requirement for opening the account. The fake bank will have a legitimate looking website to reinforce the scam. In other cases, the victim is given the option of travelling to an overseas destination and paying a cash fee to facilitate the release of the funds. However, any "winnings" released to the victim will be counterfeit and therefore worthless. The details of the lottery scams vary regularly with regard to the name of the lottery itself, the country of origin, the sponsoring organization, the amount of the "prize" and other particulars. The scammers try to add a patina of legitimacy to their claims by mentioning real financial institutions, government departments or well-known companies. They may also provide links to slick looking, but fraudulent websites that are designed to back up information included in the scam emails. If the scammers are successful in establishing a dialogue with a potential victim, they may provide "proof" such as a scanned image of a supposed government official's ID and even photographs of the "winnings" in cash.
2016-05-22 05:21:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam! Stay away and do not give out any personal information.
2006-11-19 12:13:08 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa K 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stay away from it. If you didn't play a lottery somewhere, you can't win it. These are very common and very often, they are from another country. Just delete any emails like this any time you see them.
2006-11-19 12:11:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stay away from it!!
Its from Japan and they ask for your personall information mark that as a spam and dont ever open those things somtimes its a virus and the virus can not be deleted!!!
Get away from it =)
2006-11-19 13:41:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There really are a lot of scams of those types in the net...
2006-11-19 12:22:35 · answer #7 · answered by maimai 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't mess with it. It is a scam. I get them all of the time.
2006-11-19 12:32:37 · answer #8 · answered by Mary P 2 · 1⤊ 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..
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
2006-11-19 20:12:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah its spam...one time i got an email saying i get $249.00 for every person i forward it to, and they would give it to me like two weeks later, and i obviously knew it was fake, but it wasnt spam...therefore, i dont know why i shared that with you... :D well, bye!
2006-11-19 12:14:59 · answer #10 · answered by Jello 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋