I recieved this e-mail.Is it for real ? YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
2007-01-27 03:54:58 · 15 answers · asked by petbirdbirth 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
2007-01-27 06:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
We are all basically in that position, you or I could get killed or suddenly drop dead today, who knows, and £19M is life-changing money not only for him but if invested wisely could secure his family's future for generations. To be honest if this happened to me then I would be happy to be ill knowing that my children will be well cared for when I die. He is also lucky that the shock of winning didn't kill him, because if I won that money I'm sure I would have dropped dead in shock!
2016-05-24 05:23:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it sound genuine to you? If it was somebody else asking the question what would your advice be to them? Delete the email and forget about it, it's a scam.
2007-01-27 04:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by ragingmk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sham and a scam. Dont one of the many who get fooled, recycle bin for that!
2007-01-27 04:06:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam i get them all the time
2007-01-27 04:02:16 · answer #5 · answered by Dooby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is NO yahoo lottery. The e-mail is real, the lottery is not. You didn't win anything.
2007-01-27 04:00:17 · answer #6 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Another bleedin scam.
2007-01-27 04:50:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam if it involves passing things on to other peaple or just sounds fake it will be
2007-01-27 04:03:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go 4 it!
2007-01-27 04:40:00 · answer #9 · answered by Lana817 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nah its not for real i get at lest two of these emails a week
2007-01-27 03:59:12 · answer #10 · answered by Calebs Mummy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋