I received a letter informing me that I have won a cash prize of five hundred thousand dollars from Great Britian Pound Sterlings for the month of January 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS. I am to contact the events manager Dr. Samual Bent with my identification numbers and submit a form with my 1. full name 2. Contact Address 3. Age 4. Telephone 5. Marital Status 6. Sex 7. Next of Kin 8. Zip Code
9. Occupation 10. Company 11. State 12. Country 13. Nationality 14. Reference and Batch number at the top of the email
2007-01-23 14:38:22 · 5 answers · asked by Sandra T 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
2007-01-23 17:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No sir, it's a common scam. If you want to waste their time, reply with fake info to send them on a loop.
2016-03-28 23:40:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a spoof or SPAM email. Disregard this email and delete it. If there is an attachment with this email please don't open it. It could contain a worm/trojan. They are trying to steal your identity. HOPE THIS HELPS
2007-01-23 14:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by David E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't do it, it sounds like a full case of SPAM.
2007-01-23 14:42:05 · answer #4 · answered by jfbowler09 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard of it,,sounds like spam
2007-01-26 12:34:57 · answer #5 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋