*ROFLMBO.......I emailed them back and said.
"this scam is not very believable. First of all, have someone proof read you notification---no P.R. person would let this slip by and second of all.........You have a Yahoo address haha!"
Do you just read them and delete them or email them back?
2007-02-04 09:34:24 · 13 answers · asked by Moma 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
This is definitely a scam. It has all of the signs of a scam. I think just about everyone has recieved at least one of these in their junk folders. That is terrific that you knew that this was all a rouse to part you from your money. If you are smart, you can bait these imbeciles and waste their time. But be absolutely sure that you reveal no personal information to them as they will either bleed your bank account dry or steal your identity.
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.
There is an interesting organization that wastes these imbeciles' time and posts spoofs on there website! You can yahoo search 419eater, or visit their site at www.419eater.com. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that this is the address. While I have yet to e-mail them back, I know people who have and these clowns will do almost anything to get your trust.
2007-02-04 18:37:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a scam. I actually did win the British lottery. I sent them my social security number, address, and DNA sample, plus all my credit card numbers as instructed, and my check will be arriving in the mail any day now. We'll see who has the last laugh when I'm rolling in dough!
2007-02-04 09:37:56 · answer #2 · answered by I Know Nuttin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information. the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful
2016-03-29 04:59:03 · answer #3 · answered by Brianna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no did e-mail a scam once that said "you have just won a fully furnished new york apartment and i sent back congratulations you have just won a trip to jail for scamming a police officer now i am not a police officer but i bet it scared them!
2007-02-04 09:38:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You do know that by replying they may be able to obtain your vitual address? Smart one!
I don't read it...I delete it...but I did see Won Lotto on the heading. I am thinking that's got to be a load of cr4p.
2007-02-04 09:41:12 · answer #5 · answered by disco 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've gotten plenty! I don't read them anymore I just click on the spam button and move on. Good Luck!
2007-02-04 09:38:08 · answer #6 · answered by Dawn B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, along with the guy that is dying and wants me to get his money outa some account, plus the soldier that wants to transfer money back here
2007-02-04 09:41:15 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No but my dad got one saying he'd been named in Sir Dennis Thatcher's will. He thought it was so hillarious he forwarded it to all his friends.
2007-02-04 09:38:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Delete. I get too many to count.
2007-02-04 09:36:37 · answer #9 · answered by Kiss My Shaz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several. I don't spend time on them, just delete.
2007-02-04 09:38:06 · answer #10 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋