After exchange of several e-mails between me and the lottery board as well as so calles high prfile bank . And on top of that this is what they have written to me "Dear Winner
This is to inform you that you have fully been cleared a winner of the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY 2007 BONUS DESK program. I am happy to inform you that a Certified bank cheque, Original Certificate of winning, has been forwarded to our affiliate COURIER COMPANY Mailpost Courier Services"
Do you think this could be a scam? because what the are asking me to pay them couple of thousand pounds in advance for tax before the winning prize could be transferred to my account!!! What guarantee would I have that the money would be transferred to my account after the money that I am required to pay before hand ? Please contact me by e mail or phone if somebody has experieced the same hting. My number is 1-868-365-4086 and email kanti12us@yahoo.com.
Thanks
Dr. K
2007-01-27 08:41:45 · 12 answers · asked by Dr.K 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Video & Online Games
No this is definitely a scam. It has all of the signs of a scam. There is no British Global Online Lottery or any other form of lottery you can win without buying a ticket. There exists a certain form of immoral degenerate that trolls the internet searching for suckers who believe that they have gotten very lucky and won a lottery which they have never entered. They will probably entice you to send an advance fee to claim your non-existant winnings and if you do send this money, you can kiss it goodbye. The money will likely be en-route to Nigeria, a cesspool of fraud that has been the center of these types of fraud over the last few decades. The best thing to do is to delete such emails immediately and to never reply to them. In some cases, people who travel to claim their winnings are taken hostage, and in worse-case scenarios are killed when whoever is paying ransom payments exhausts their money supply. If anything online sounds to good to be true it always is buddy. But this is simply advance fee fraud (a prevalent type of fraud which continously asks for money to cover unforseen expenses) and is intended to drain your bank account, promising money that simply does not exist. Hopefully, this answers your question.
If you have any more questions, do a yahoo search on lottery scams, nigeria 419 scams, internet fraud, or advance fee fraud.
2007-01-29 02:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one has ever won a lottery that they did not enter. They are all scams. You never have to pay something to get winnings since they could always take it out of the winnings. I have won a lottery every few days this year. I would be a billionaire if everything I have received was true.
2007-01-27 08:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DEFINITE SCAM!!!!! Don't do it...anything asking for money up front isn't trustworthy.
There have been warnings about this type of thing in the news often. I have received the same thing before and if you talk to others they probably have too. Why would so many of us all of a sudden be winners????
2007-01-27 08:48:54 · answer #3 · answered by KAI 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep! This is a scam. I have gotten those mailings also. I delete them ASAP! As others have said, if you haven't entered how could you win? Don't send a dime & delete any & all messages from them or any one else that offers you a pie in the sky! Also, don't provide them with any personal information!
2007-01-27 08:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by geegee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RULE #a million DO YOU REEMBER procuring a value ticket for this lottery? NO? then its a ninety 9.999999% IS A scam RULE #2 ALL US electorate ARE PROHIITBED by utilising FEDERAL regulation TO PARTAKE IN ANY FORGEIN LOTTERY besides
2016-11-01 10:47:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When looking for information in the net I stand against sites where a blinking box appears informing me that I'm th 999.999 visitor.Well from September till today I can't allways be the 999.999 visitor of every 2 sites!Have other numbers got lost?What about 1.000.000?What about 1.999.999?Hehe!
Once Ι was at about to believe it!!
2007-01-27 13:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This scam is so old. How could anyone fall for it? Did you ENTER this lottery? No, then you didn't win it. Likewise, no real lottery needs you to put up money to collect your winnings. 100% total scam to anyone who can see straight.
2007-01-27 08:49:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me too several times!! LOL Thing is I live in the US LOL Definately a scam.
2007-01-27 08:49:59 · answer #8 · answered by Betsy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yah, i get those all the time. they're scam artists... just try to block the number and delete the emails as you get them. it's no biggie, just don't give them any information.
2007-01-27 08:50:38 · answer #9 · answered by sublimeasalime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they want money, it's definitely a scam. Don't fall for it!!!!!!!
2007-01-27 08:49:03 · answer #10 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋