i keep on getting theese messages that i won the lottery and i just want to know if its real
2007-01-18 10:21:17 · 19 answers · asked by only here for mcfly 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
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 10:53:56 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Last week i received 4 scam e-mails 3 were from so called barristers were i was supposedly put forward as the next of kin of some person that had died with all his family in a car crash all the 3 were much the same the e-mails went on to say that i beard the same surname and all said there was millions involved the other one was i had won 7million in the Netherlands lottery considering i have never bought a ticket how on earth could i have won it i deleted all of them to the bin and that's the best place for then did you not see the news the other night were a man fell for the lottery scam and ended up losing £80.000.00 my advice to you is be carfull do as i did bin them and remember if your not in it you wont win it you have to buy a ticket and if some thing looks to good to be true it usually is
2007-01-18 18:43:44 · answer #2 · answered by nita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOu would only get messages from the Uk lottery if you went on the site and bought tickets online. They let you know if your tickets win.
If you do buy your tickets on line - log on and check if you have won - you would be in credit!
If you have won- can you give me loads of moneyyyyyyyyyyxx
2007-01-18 18:33:21 · answer #3 · answered by Janice E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do they know that you have a winning ticket?Until YOU put a claim in they have no idea on who has won.Why do you think there are all these unclaimed winnings?The only way Camelot knows the identities of winners is if like me they have an account,then they will notify you if you are a winner.
2007-01-18 18:42:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you have....just ring there premium rate number at £1.50 per minute call time of 20 minutes cost of call £30....and then the phone goes dead at the end of the message....Don't be silly of course it is not real it is a scam
2007-01-18 18:25:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go on google and type in lottery scams, you will find loads and some same as yours. Ignore, delete and block sender if you can.
2007-01-18 18:57:28 · answer #6 · answered by Michele 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam, scam, scam. You don't get ought for nought in this life. There are unscrupulous people out there trying whichever way they can to try to separate you from your cash. They are trash and should be treated as such, along with their messages. Bin them.
2007-01-18 18:25:48 · answer #7 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's definitely a scam Ive had loads of those messages lately then reminders cause I've not claimed!
2007-01-18 18:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by ragdolluk2005 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BIN ALL SUCH CORRESPONDANCE, Especially the ones from Nigeria which tell you to help dispose millions of thier government money by placing it in your account , Eh !! must think we are daft.
2007-01-18 18:33:14 · answer #9 · answered by katrinasfather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - you have won the lottery
Please send me £50000 and I will tell you what you need to do to claim.
2007-01-19 03:07:18 · answer #10 · answered by Lord Onion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋