Is there any lottery organisation selecting e-mail address such as UK online ,then the instruction given to contact a person acted as an agent for the winner . Please anybody has the answer for this.or it.s just a scam.
2007-01-23 18:41:07 · 18 answers · asked by anuar h 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 20:12:26 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Definitely a scam. I receive these things daily, if it was not some relative that passed away and left me millions of dollars then it is some lottery. I sent mine to the cops and they responded telling me not to get in touch with them at all. Please don't respond to them they will pester you for ages and ages. I know it makes a person excited and happy and it is tempting but too many people get caught out and is left pennyless. Good luck and remember the only way you will ever get money is to work for it. Take care and a hug for you:))))
2007-01-23 19:06:32 · answer #2 · answered by Duisend-poot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would someone give away £250,000 unless other people had bought tickets worth at least that much?
Where does the organisation get £250,000 from to give away?
Think about it, and if it seems too good to be true, then it almost certainly is.
The other answers are true, respond if you want a load of computer viruses. And don't give your bank details to anyone who claims they have money for you...you're most likely to get your account cleaned out!
2007-01-23 19:23:22 · answer #3 · answered by chip2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have those at least once a week, even more with pop-up advertisements, often saying you need to call a certain number to claim your prize. They are a hoax, and use those ads to get as much money out of you as possible when you call the number listed. Even if it is a local phone call, they have systems that are designed to drain your account to the maximum while you are on the phone, so it is best to simply ignore them.
2007-01-23 18:45:22 · answer #4 · answered by Lief Tanner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. Delete it immediately.
Otherwise you could end up with "winning" 250,000 spam emails.
Here's a BBC article about this scam:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3808397.stm
2007-01-23 19:04:45 · answer #5 · answered by The Librarian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam - sorry love, no such luck yet!
2007-01-23 18:45:09 · answer #6 · answered by ஐ♥PinkBoo - TTC #1♥ஐ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just one of the ways to get viruses in your pc. Those things that tell you that you've won money or anything else that relates to it, just delete it.
2007-01-23 18:47:18 · answer #7 · answered by zombie_cathy786 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sorry, you need to ignore this. Get spam guard on your computer which will stop this sort of thing.
2007-01-23 19:08:31 · answer #8 · answered by Beau Brummell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, its a scam. Sorry to burst your bubble
2007-01-23 18:43:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam
2007-01-23 18:43:12 · answer #10 · answered by Eieio 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋