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Is the Yahoo! lottery result last December 23, 2006 for real?

2007-01-13 17:48:43 · 13 answers · asked by jessie 1 in Games & Recreation Gambling

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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

2007-01-14 08:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 4 0

The thing you need to ask yourself here is "did you enter such a lottery" They don't search people out to give them money.

There is a cool site that talks about a lottery in its money link

www.smartmoneyclick.com

2007-01-14 12:34:39 · answer #2 · answered by Domino 4 · 0 0

no it isnt for real, and please be carefull as they are very clever, look at the return adress, if a company is that big why they using free email adresses. I was one one of the lucky ones who listerned to good advice from the site. advised that all do the same

2007-01-16 07:41:17 · answer #3 · answered by kesha 1 · 0 0

Definitely a scam and NOT FOR FREE as they state. You pay to play and NEVER win anything!!!! I tried it - what a stupid idea that was!! Not one of my more lucid moments. I should get best answer just for being such and idiot - ha, ha!

2007-01-13 17:57:10 · answer #4 · answered by Amanda G 2 · 0 1

No, it's not real. Put the email in your Spam file, so you don't get any more from them.

2007-01-13 20:48:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There are a lot of messages coming in thruogh the mail promising you many gifts .Do not beleive them .I beleived them at first too

2007-01-13 17:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by Shahzadi 3 · 0 1

Its a scam.

2007-01-13 18:26:26 · answer #7 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0 0

no its a scam

2007-01-13 17:52:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

no its a con

2007-01-13 18:36:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

it's a con

2007-01-13 18:52:10 · answer #10 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0 0

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