Day ago I wasinformed of a winning by some Lagos Lottery and asked to send Name age and Nationality so I can recieve my certificate of $100.00.00 Lottery winning. Today I recieved a certificate with the approval of the winning and to contact the Union Bank of Nigeria and provide the Info " just winning number " to the Bank so I can get my money. First letter said I recieve the money in any way I would prefer and so far had no money request's. The Bank has a Yahoo E-mail and the guy gave me a number to call him anytime ( don't plan on ) just wonder if I really got lucky and can pay off my bills or be better off with my bills ?? Thanks much in advance for the help.
2006-11-29 00:12:17 · 5 answers · asked by Attitude 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
NO!! This is a scam to steal your identy. For real help to pay off bills go to www.crown.org, www.daveramsey.com or www.suzeorman.com
More information on the scam:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp
and a similar scam:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/dutchlottery.htm
2006-11-29 00:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by mldjay 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no!!!!! there are alot of money scams coming out of Nigeria right now!!!!! sounds to me like they may have already gotten some of your information but now they need your name,age,and nationality to completely steal your identity..besides how did u get entered into a lottery on a whole different continent without knowing about it..there is enough hardship going on in that part of the world for their banks to practically give away that type of money to some stranger on the other side of the world...I hope my opinion has helped to snap u back into reality because that amount of money would make anyone lose it for a minute.....Essentially, If it sounds to good 2 b tru it usually is...
2006-11-29 01:22:20 · answer #2 · answered by truth4u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not associate with anything that has to do with Nigeria. They are all scams. If you want you can cal the FBI and ask them and they will tell you the same thing.
2006-11-29 00:15:30 · answer #3 · answered by Chris J 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what ever you do , dont give any bank informaton... account and routing numbers... its probably a scam!!
2006-11-29 00:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by Indymom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no no no...and whatever you do
UNDER NO CIRCUSTANCES GIVE THEM ANY PERSONAL INFO
2006-11-29 00:14:22 · answer #5 · answered by takeemout01 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋