2007-01-18 10:56:43 · 7 answers · asked by JJ OWITCH 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
This is almost funny. Check the questions I have answered on my information and look at all the winners of On Line Lotteries. WINDOWS does not give it's stockholders money away in lotteries.There is no International Lottery.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 20:05:09 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
NEVER believe in anything like this! Microsoft will NEVER send you an email about anything like this. They will never contact you directly to ask you for any personal information (as opposed to when YOU go into a site to sign up for something or you need to start up an account). They will also NEVER email you directly to tell you that there is a problem with an "account" and that they need you to verify information - because if it is about some account or Windows service/application/security issues, they already have your information.
A lot of these scams LOOK genuine but be warned, if they are asking you to supply information, think twice before you send anything!
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2007-01-18 13:52:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally fake. I got the same email so I called Microsoft and they say it's not them send the email
2007-01-18 11:05:14 · answer #3 · answered by RUDOLPH M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fake
2007-01-18 11:03:36 · answer #4 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fake
2007-01-18 11:00:27 · answer #5 · answered by James M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fake
2007-01-18 11:00:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT WAS REAL I SAW IT ON TV!!! U FU*** RETARD U JUST LOST UR CHANCE IT WAS LIKE 300 MILLION DOLLARS BIT**!!!
2007-01-18 11:01:09 · answer #7 · answered by jj 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋