Is this a scam, or for real?
2007-01-18 03:01:54 · 10 answers · asked by William O 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
a scam for sure
lot's of people got this mail already
2007-01-18 03:08:28 · answer #1 · answered by teh c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the other questions on this site and you will see what a scam it is. There are a lot of people that won also. Just how many million dollar winners can there be.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
2007-01-18 05:55:22 · answer #2 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a scam. You cannot win a lottery that you did not enter. Also, Yahoo and MSN do not have lotteries. A legal lottery, at least in the USA, will never require you to pay any money upfront to receive your winnings. If you are ever unsure as to the validity of a communication from Yahoo or MSN, you can contact their customer service department for clarification.
2016-05-24 03:23:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS A SCAM!! Let me guess, these people want you to send them some money to "bribe" someone, or pay them off to do something they wouldn't normally do. I received the same e-mail (or one very similar) and after a bit of checking realized it was just a scam!! Don't send any money, or even any information about yourself!!! Delete the message after marking it as junk mail!! Save yourself a lot of grief and aggravation, and money, and just ignore the thing!! (unless you have more money than smarts, then go for it! just kidding)
2007-01-18 03:14:02 · answer #4 · answered by dragondave187 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is definately a scam. Just delete it. If they want you to contact a place outside of the USA, you'll regret doing it. They'd keep you on hold forever, charging you for each minute you are on the phone, only to tell you that you've won $25.00. In the meantime, you've now spent $2500 on the phone call. Seriously, dont fall for that crap.
2007-01-18 03:12:41 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs Z. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is probably a scam i get stuff in my e-mail like that all the time they probably want you to fill out this form and you will probably have to put down your personal information and then they will us it. If i was you i would check into it before you did anything or just leave it alone.
2007-01-18 03:10:45 · answer #6 · answered by sprincess692003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM tell them none of your personal details just delete them.I've won so many lottries i've lost count they are a fraud
2007-01-21 23:23:00 · answer #7 · answered by flossypants 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a definate scam.
2007-01-18 03:11:28 · answer #8 · answered by upstairs_albert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam
2007-01-18 03:05:32 · answer #9 · answered by NM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to contact yahoo and tell them of this scam.it may be a bad thing for everyone
2007-01-18 03:31:08 · answer #10 · answered by Kimberly M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋