Ok......so I get these e-mails from a lottery company saying that I've won a milliom dollars.That would be great ,Wouldn't it? See... the thing is that I never played any games inthe lottery ,well I did ,once, but I couldn't have gotten the prize 'cause the numbers the winning numbers ,as I checked ,are different from those I played with.....And there is another problem.When I view the mail ,they wanted me to send them my credit card number and I don't have one 'cause I am 15 and there are no credit cards in my country. So what can I do?
2007-01-09 04:56:20 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Run as it's a scam.
2007-01-09 04:59:53 · answer #1 · answered by Joe S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Legitimate businesses do not ask for your credit card numbers unless you are directly purchasing or paying for something. This sounds like a scam. If you want to pursue the issue, print the e-mail and send it to your local authorities. Otherwise, I'm sorry, you didn't win a million.
2007-01-09 13:11:06 · answer #2 · answered by tHEwISE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget about the won lottery prize 'couse I too got an e-mail about the same I had paid it by a cheque I got an e-mail that I was the second runner-up and have won a cheque of $25,000,000 and had asked to pay $965 for reffrence of the cheque I paid $965 before 6 months but not got the won cheque till now. think about it carefully !!!!!!!
2007-01-09 13:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by rahul 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They got your name off a mailing list. Probably sold by your credit card company. Don't ever send out you credit card # unless your actually buying something and are sure your on a secure site. P.S. Don't put your phone # in either. They can bill you that way too.
2007-01-09 13:05:43 · answer #4 · answered by JENNIFER M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Report this to your State Consumer Protection Dept.,
or Attorney Generals Office.
Never give any information to marketing stunts. If you played a local lottery and won you could not collect be-cause of your age.
It is illegal to coerce minors into any form of contract.
Be safe,guard all you personal info for life.
2007-01-09 13:07:07 · answer #5 · answered by Lionman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it say Nigeria anywhere on it. It's a scam. That's how Nigeria interacts financially with the rest of the world. In fact, it's the only way they have of surviving.
2007-01-09 13:05:44 · answer #6 · answered by jkatian 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are no million dollar lotteries on the internet. If you entered a contest and won a million dollars you would not be notified by email.
2007-01-09 13:01:37 · answer #7 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam. Don't believe anything you read on the Internet or in email.
2007-01-09 12:59:55 · answer #8 · answered by andalucia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's all a scam! Please...don't fall for it! I did and I actually lost $500!
2007-01-09 13:00:22 · answer #9 · answered by Adam Chambers 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have not won anything they are dirty rotten liars that trick people into sending them money. Delete it and never think about it again. Good luck.
2007-01-09 13:05:48 · answer #10 · answered by aimeeme_g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋