Euro. Afro Asia Sweepstakes Lottery Inc.
Customer Service,580 N.Tenth Street, Sacramento, CA 85914,
An Affiliate of Charity International.
Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque, I.P.P Award Department,
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whats I wanna know is ; if its possible that yahoo organising a lottery.because it doesnt sound sound so logic and also thats not he 1st mail I received.there was another mail almost the same before too.
thank you in advance for your answers!
2007-01-11 02:51:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous 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
2007-01-11 05:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Did you enter the lottery? Did you pay a fee? If the answer is no to either one of the questions, it's a scam.
2007-01-11 02:59:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM!!!
Shred or delete that piece of trash.
If you didn't enter a lottery, or buy a ticket, there's no way you could possibly be a winner. They just want to gain access to your bank account to clean it out.
2007-01-11 03:00:03 · answer #3 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO NO NO....this is part and parcel of a mega scam that originates from foreign countries and is designed to eventually bilk you out your hard earned money.
When in doubt about anything you receive through the internet/email...google it and/or go to www.snopes.com
2007-01-11 03:05:31 · answer #4 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send it to Yahoo, it's a scam.
2007-01-11 03:18:27 · answer #5 · answered by jl_jack09 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is a big lie they send me one too the lottery and a car!!!!!!jajjajajjajaja it is awful....☺☻
2007-01-11 03:44:16 · answer #6 · answered by haki 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it lottery is scam.i so winner in lottery but when i go to bank see is bight scam and bight rue please don't send this charge .
2007-01-11 05:56:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a big scam.
2007-01-11 03:00:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get these all the time. It's Spam.
2007-01-11 06:11:34 · answer #9 · answered by ENCHANTRESS ROSE 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
YEA GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM YOUR BANK INFO. YEA RIGHT!!!!!!
2007-01-11 04:21:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋