2006-12-17 15:18:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
It's probably fake considering online gambling for real money is illegal, although I'm not sure if the lotto is classified as gambling.
2006-12-17 15:22:18 · answer #1 · answered by kass9191 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a retired Police Officer that has investigated Internet fraud and scams for years and advise law enforcement on scams much more elaborate then the ones asked about on this site. Publishing Clearing House uses the Internet to bait you in. They are legitimate but will wear you out with email offers from other companies with something to sell. Below is the standard answer I give to those inquiring about the most common lottery scam Free Lotto.There is no TSN number and there are no winners from Free Lotto.
Free Lotto is a credit card scam run by a criminal group called PlasmaNet from a P.O. box at Grand Central Station in N.Y. I am a retired Police Officer that as a hobby investigates Internet fraud. Free Lotto is one of the biggest scams. Go to www.ripoffreport.com and enter the search words Free Lotto and you will find hundreds that have been taken in. Internet Survey companies are the biggest source of scammers getting your email address. Free Lotto sells your email address to other scammers so be aware, you will, in all probability, have more scams come across your computer screen. Free Lotto, once they have your credit card information draws anywhere from $9.95 to $20.00 a month from your account. You must notify your bank in person immediatly. The checks that have come to winners from Free Lotto are in the $00.18 (18 cents) to no more than $1.00 (one dollar) range and they are drawn on accounts that don't exist. Bouncers. If you have been a victim, as many have, your local FBI Office will have an email address that you can forward the offending email to. Call your local office and ask for the address. Tell them if you are a victim or not. The Federal Communications Commission also has an investigative arm that you may forward the complaint to. Here is the Name, address and phone of the crook that runs Free Lotto. I suggest those that have been taken, is give him a call. Kevin J. Aronin, 20 Echo Bay Place, New Rochelle N.Y. (914) 654-8900. He may have changed his number by now because I have advised many that have contacted me to call him. Many complaints have gone to the Attorney General of New York but they have found no reason as yet to investigate. There are hundreds that have had their accounts stolen from even after they have "Unsubscribed" from Free Lotto so I find it curious that law enforcement has done nothing on this scam. Just be aware. I have read many of the questions on this site on lotteries and every one I have seen here is a scam. There is no free lunch, there is no "Pie in the Sky" but what there is are a lot of crooks that are very smart on the computer, but as a whole stupid on the scams they run. They play to the victims greed and the something for nothing that baits many in. Use common sense. I suggest that those that have been taken in by Free Lotto advise the I.R.S. of Income Tax fraud by Mr. Aronin. The I.R.S. will make his life more miserable than the FBI can. The FBI can jail him but the IRS will hound him for the rest of his life, in fact, even after he is dead they will hound him.
2006-12-18 02:42:50 · answer #2 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is fake. I get mails from those retards all the time. I just delete them. It is a scam. As soon as you "cash the check" it will bounce and then you will have a negative bank balance. I work at a bank....stupid tellers.
2006-12-17 23:29:18 · answer #3 · answered by :) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is more than likely a fraud scheme. Much like the Nigerian scams.
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2006-12-17 23:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by truth_handler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some states it is illegal
2006-12-21 17:48:29 · answer #5 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋