Receiving e-mail from UK NATIONAL LOTTERY MORTIMER HOUSE,MORTIMER STREET LONDON W1T3JH United kingdom, vide e-mail ;-skylamorrison_claimsagent001@yahoo.com that i have won 2nd prize 467,607.00 GPB forE-MAIL AWARD WINNER ???? aLL OF YOU SIR I could not digest & understand,that i have won IS IT TRUE OR FALSE.I earnestly request to all kindly help me too soon in this matter.
2007-01-17 02:04:20 · 6 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
2007-01-17 06:34:54 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is false...
This is a well known scam...there is only one National Lottery in the UK and that one is not it...please do not reply to it as it will end up costing you money and you may even have your identity stolen.
Just do a search for
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY MORTIMER HOUSE,MORTIMER STREET
and see what turns up...
2007-01-17 02:17:21 · answer #2 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's one of the biggest and most widely used email scams used lately. They will ask you for bank account information and other private information that you should not give out to anyone! Report it as spam and delete it immediately!
2007-01-17 02:15:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rule #1, It is illeagle to play foreign lottos via mail/email/fax #2 If you didn't purchase a ticket, put your name in a hat or enter a contest you didnt win anything
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, chances are you dealing with a duck.
2007-01-17 03:23:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a scam. Next they will ask for a payment or bank account information so they can clean your clock. Just delete it!
2007-01-17 02:12:46 · answer #5 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's spam.
2007-01-17 02:06:52 · answer #6 · answered by kja63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋