I just got an E-mail which says I have won 250$!?

Question

I am actually very excited can this be true? the suspicious thing about it is that it asks 675$ to pay the check!
The reason?
PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST THAT THIS CHARGE SHOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM YOUR WON CHEQUE, IT WILL NOT BE HONORED, BECAUSE YOUR WON CHEQUE HAS BEEN FULLY SIGNED DIRECTLY FROM SUBURBAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY NEW YORK.

Answer 1

Look...it is a scam...if you send them a check...they have all your personal information...name...address....banking numbers...etc. If something is legit....it requires nothing from you....wise up.

Answer 2

Of course this is a scam.
There are thousands of these floating around. I wrote an article about this some time ago which is still at:
http://thin.msterminalservices.org/scam.cfm

You never get nothing for free. International lotteries are illegal, and there is no check from Bill Gates coming your way.
Delete the email. Check the snopes site below if there is ever a doubt.

Answer 3

Um... it sounds like a scam. Things like this usually are. I suppose it just depends on how legitimate the e-mail looks, and whether your willing to give up 675 dollars, but I for one have heard of lots of people getting scammed by e-mails like these, but I've never heard of anyone actually winning something. Just my opinion.

Answer 4

If you answer that and accept, then look in the mirror and you will see a special hat sitting on your head.

This is a scam, and don't go falling for that. You're right to be suspicious. Delete it, and don't worry about it. There isn't anything coming your way in the form or fashion of money.

Answer 5

It sounds like a scam to me. I get emails that say I've won money too, but I never entered any online contests to win such money, so I know it's a scam right off the bat. Don't be taken in by any such emails - just delete it and forget it.

Answer 6

Never beleive those things. It's always TOO good to be true. I got something like that in my mail from a car dealers and when I scratched it I called them and they told me I won $1000 and they "weren't kidding." So I drove like half an hr to get there and it was a loan for me to buy one of their cars.

I DIDN'T WANT THEIR CRAPPY CARS ESPECIALLY WHEN $1000 OFF DOESN'T MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE WHEN BUYING A CAR- I WANTED THE MONEY! lol

Never believe these things ESPECIALLY if you get it in an email. Believe me you'll get at least a million more of those.
And some of them even screw up your computer if you open the email. BEWARE when opening these. I never do. I delete all my junk email. Once I opened it and got a VIRUS on my comp. Had to buy another one. If you open other emails like those, once you open that email, you'll ALWAYS get annoying pop up ads much like the ones in your emails. They're annoying and you wanna avoid them as much as possible.

So my advice to you- don't even bother opening the email just delete it.

Answer 7

Run away from this. It is a scam. They will ask that you send them money then you will never hear from them again. Send them nothing, and delete the email. Don't even respond.

Answer 8

i got an email from a man who was apparently ill who wanted his money to go to charity he said he had no family so wanted me to look after it, he used my name an every thing but then a girl i work with got the same email with her name don't always trust it not unless they give you some sort of sure way that tells you it's true.

Answer 9

Did you enter a contest to win the money? It is a scam most likely.

Answer 10

Can true. Chances are it is spam or a scam. Don't bother with it and don't give out any vital personal information.