I got an email from the given address with a congratultory message that i hav won 2 m euros in a lottry. I want to know about the validity of the said bank. I think it is fake. what should i do??
Mr Duncan Smith. Foreign Transfer Manager -- Credit trust bank.
Herengracht 450-454. 1017 CA, Postbus 2681000 AG Amsterdam, The Nederlandse.
2007-02-03 22:46:40 · 14 answers · asked by shaggy 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Credit
It's just to trick you it had happened to me once.Please reward me with a best answer.
2007-02-03 22:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Its some scammer hoping your greed outweighs your common sense. Delete the email immediately. Read on:
"Foreign Lottery scams are the second most well known of the advanced fee fraud schemes. In this scam you get a message from an official of the lottery telling you that you have won. Woopie, you are rich!! Of course you do not remember entering the lottery but they come up with some sort of a story for why you don't remember. They get your information and then you start getting requests for money. Taxes are due before the money can be paid out. A bribe is needed for a public official because it is illegal for an American to play foreign lotteries. And so on until they take as much from you as they can get.
A new version of advanced fee fraud involves people listing expensive items for sale on the Internet. The scammer sends you a message indicating that he wants to buy your item. Someone in your country owes him some money so that person is going to send you a cashier's check for your item and you should take out what you are owed for your item and forward a new cashier's check to him with the balance. As you might expect, the cashier's check sent to you is a fake but while you are waiting for the check to clear, the scammer will be bugging you to send him his share."
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBScams.shtml
2007-02-04 06:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a fraud! I see this email about twice a week and it's been around for years. It's called the Nigerian scam and has taken several forms. The consistancy is.. You've won big bucks but have to send your account information. The sad thing is that so many desparate people do this.
2007-02-07 21:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by CJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay away from that it's a scam to get you to give out your bank information and then clean you out
2007-02-04 12:43:07 · answer #4 · answered by AC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well,i too got a mail like this one...i posted my question in yahoo and i got the answer...its a scam mail.
so donot get cheated...Just put that message in ur iggy bin.
2007-02-04 07:29:27 · answer #5 · answered by Felix@Rolan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
find out/ get the help of western bank people , a lot of money might go for tax and exchange rates, so be cautious and get genuine help from genuine people , sorry u have to figure it out.
2007-02-04 06:54:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did they give you fax or telephone and Internet ID number ? If it is not mentioned considered it is a fake.
2007-02-04 07:45:10 · answer #7 · answered by hazimara 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you buy a lottery ticket for this lottery? If not, then it's a fake.
2007-02-04 11:00:07 · answer #8 · answered by Stephanie73 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you actually participate in this lottery. If you didn't then it is a scam
Be careful
2007-02-04 06:55:56 · answer #9 · answered by Donna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its too good to be true, then it usually is
2007-02-04 06:49:54 · answer #10 · answered by f_jayce 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋