2007-01-20 10:48:24 · 10 answers · asked by LM 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Look at the questions I have answered on this site in my info. There are so many winners there could not be enough money to pay them all.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
2007-01-20 17:34:03 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I had one of those e-mails a few months ago saying I'd won £750.000. I thought it was weird as I hadn't even played the lottery for months. Apparently there are lots of these going around and the National Lottery are aware of it because I checked on the official Lottery website. They are warning people not to take any action and just delete the email. It's nothing to do with the real UK National Lottery as you are probably aware anyway.
I reckon it ends up as one of those phishing scams where they try and get you to divulge your bank account details, etc. These type of emails look so convincing though, and no doubt they have caught many people out.
2007-01-20 11:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by chinderella 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I recieve these all the time. I contacted the BBB and the Post Master along with the News Company in my area. They are all a scam. Also 20/20 Did a story on this. Do not do it It is a scam to get your money and banking info. Be careful about answering these. If you won they would send you the money or contact you by phone. If you did not enter something and do not know this person it is a scam.
2007-01-20 11:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by feirickca 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not received such an email, but saw a TV court case on the issue in the US. If they ask you to send money before they release the prize, do not do so. It is a scam.
Anytime you win a prize, that prize should be granted to you free and unfettered of additional fees. Sending any money to redeem a prize supposedly won is an indication of scammers at work.
2007-01-20 10:57:19 · answer #4 · answered by dougeebear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep use to get that all the time. I'd put it in the same file as the rest of the junk mail. #13.
2007-01-20 10:59:40 · answer #5 · answered by ikeman32 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless you bought a lottery ticket in the uk, its a scam. delete it, mark it as spam, or whatever, but 99.99% of the time its a scam to get your bank accout number to take your money.
2007-01-20 10:57:23 · answer #6 · answered by hunter79764 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the time, I get them from all over. Just hit the spam button and delete them. They are fake and scams and just trying to get money and personal info from you.
2007-01-20 10:56:29 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have gotten quite a few of those from different companies/people, trying to scam.... Just delete.
2007-01-20 13:20:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, quite a few times actually! But don't respond to it, because it is just a hoax.
2007-01-20 10:56:43 · answer #9 · answered by magicalmezz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its bogus
2007-01-20 10:55:55 · answer #10 · answered by Thankyou4givengmeaheadache 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋