They have sent out a winninf certificate, the MSN logo is the exact same, including the copyright symbol, but of course they are asking for money for this check to be sent over. I know this sounds like a scam, and I am sure it is, but I want to be sure, after all it is MSN and all.
2007-01-25 12:54:39 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
SCAM
It screams SCAM!!!
2007-01-25 12:58:52 · answer #1 · answered by Celeste P 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anyone can duplicate just about anything with the right tools on a computer. Think did you even enter a contest? How did they get your name? What are the rules? Why would they give you money and ask for it at the same time?
If you really want to pursue this contact MSN. Also check with the Better Business Bureau.
Don't send any money !!
2007-01-25 13:07:06 · answer #2 · answered by cinnagirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2007-01-25 14:35:06 · answer #3 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At first glance it looks like a scam. Why not contact MSN directly by email and ask them if it is from MSN. You can even forward the email to them, they will tell you for sure.
2007-01-25 13:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM SCAM SCAM! something like this has already happened before. they say you won some amount of money. They will send it to you, but they first ask for some money to cover shiping costs. you send it out, and you never get the money.
First sign of SCAM: you never entered the contest you "won".
Second sign of SCAM: you have to give them money.
NEVER LISTEN TO THESE. that is why i never enter contests. if you don't enter, you are sure that it has to be a scam.
2007-01-25 13:23:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM -- RUN AWWWAAAYYY! FAST!
According to many of the emails that I receive from time to time.....I have a whole line of wealthy friends or family who have died, left hidden millions and Evidently, I am the only trustworthy soul worthy of getting this money. If it were all true, I would have more money than Bill Gates!
2007-01-25 13:05:14 · answer #6 · answered by Jeffrey F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
110% scam. When you win a true prize it costs you nothing and you receive a certified letter (sign for it) and then lots of paperwork to follow. The moment they ask for money you should realize it is a SCAM
2007-01-25 15:07:29 · answer #7 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go for the trip! It's way better than the half a million dollars! -EVERY TIME you are contacted as a winner or lucky recipient of fabulous gifts or prizes, it is a scam. Unless it's a chain letter. Those are always legit.
2007-01-25 13:02:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sam C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless it's the state lottery, it's all a big fat lie! SCAM! Look at it this way. If they were going to give you $525,000, why can't they take it out of that instead of asking you for the money?
2007-01-25 13:02:07 · answer #9 · answered by nukem_thebomb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably a scam, unless its a contest you know you signed up with previously....I couldn't find any kind of contest going on with MSN...afraid its a spam attack onya there...
2007-01-25 13:01:16 · answer #10 · answered by Rmprrmbouncer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam!
2007-01-25 12:59:42 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋