This email if from aol and they ask me to contact a british high commission in London for follow-up. this email has yahoo contact address and microsoft contact address
2007-01-07 00:53:31 · 24 answers · asked by jamie 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
This is a Nigeria scam. Yahoo/MSN, U.K. and Australian lotteries, football lotteries from the same counties, Global-Link, World Poverty, Microsoft, Free Lotto, which now seems to have it's own people answering gambling questions on this site claiming they have won which is a total lie, and hundreds more. I am a retired Police Officer that has years of experience investigating Internet scams and frauds. This is an old one. The common link to them getting your email is on line surveys. Yahoo does not give it's stock holders money away nor does it give it's email subscribers address's to lotteries. The only way to win in a lottery is to buy a ticket, if you didn't you could not possibly win. Here is the website of the 17 nation law enforcement task force that investigates cross border Internet crime. You may file a complaint there. www.econsumer.gov. Also go to www.ripoffreport.com and browse complaints and you will find many having the same doubts as yourself about these scams. Below is a typical scam and how they work it. They just go under a thousand different names. They are asking you to send a prepayment to collect your winnings and they want you to send it by a money wire service. Lotteries do not just pick your name out of thin air, and just so happen to have your email also. No Internet service provider gives their email list out to lotteries. If you did not pay to play you could not possibly win.
recieved letter of winning $65000.00 Pacific Player International lotteries,please contact claims agent miss linda strong at 204-951-7582. Second letter came with a check for the amount of $2,470.00 To deposited in my bank account for processing fee,a week later check cleared my bank. I contacted my claims agent over the phone she advise me to wire the balance of $2,341.00 to a Mr Edward Culwell in New York,New York.I called miss linda strong to advise her of the western union confirmation number,to date can not get in touch with linda strong just her voice mail, I know now that it was all a RIP-OFF and now Iam in the hole with $2,470.00 with my bank.... Please send HELP... THANK YOU VERY MUCH
2007-01-07 08:12:20 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Excellent dude, you're rich!
Actually, probably not. Just because it's emailed from an AOL address, and also has a Yahoo address contact, doesn't mean it's legit.
I've got both an AOL account and a Yahoo account. If I sent you an email listing both those email addressed, would you be inclined to believe everything I said.
'You are the father of my wife's son. You owe me four years child support. HEre is the bank account number, pay the money now.'
Would you believe that?
If you honestly think the email is genuine, go to your bank branch, give them the email, and allow them to contact the 'British High Commission' to arrange for the money to be tranferred to your account. That way they can deal with the possibly looneys.
2007-01-07 00:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by stagemanagerman2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. Whatever you do don't call the numbers given. They have huge rates attached to them. Look up the High commission in the phone directory and get the number form there. But ask yourself this... "Have I entered any competition?" As #1 said you don't get something for nothing.
2007-01-07 00:59:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-21 12:42:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ITS A SCAM
For one thing British High Commission does not exist !! A High Commission is a term for foreign embassy who country used to part of the Commonwealth - BRITAIN FOUNDED COMMONWEALTH so it wouldn't have a High Commission.
2007-01-07 03:31:25 · answer #5 · answered by David 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam, you don't just wint 300k out of nowhere. The contact lis is probably a fake obtained from places. Delete the mail before it installs some garbage
2007-01-07 03:10:40 · answer #6 · answered by Rich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have just got the same email, so what do you want to do? Share it? There is no prize, it is a scam, delete the message and buy a lottery ticket. Better luck next time.
2007-01-07 01:01:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's definatly a scam, don't be tempted to answer it, I almost got caught in a similar scam only my son looked it up on internet and there was a police warning about it.
2007-01-07 01:05:36 · answer #8 · answered by nosy old lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If people actually think they are gonna get a free £ 300000 think how much money the scammers actually get? makes you think just how many desperate people send them money.......but it is obviously a scam hang your head in shame for posting this lol
2007-01-07 01:38:55 · answer #9 · answered by Murf7 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like a typical Nigerian 419 scam...
2007-01-07 00:56:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋