ABOUT AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM.......AND WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO DO WHEN THEY SEND E-MAIL MESSAGES TO YOU LIKE WINNER'S AWARD NOTIFICATION..
2007-02-09 17:47:22 · 5 answers · asked by FeneLLaH 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Delete the emails...its a phishing scam.....
2007-02-09 23:13:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 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
2007-02-10 03:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just delete it. If you respond they know the e-mail is active and will continue to send.
If you didn't buy a ticket for it, there's no way it's real. It's a scam. Businesses don't exist for the purpose of sending people free money over the internet.
The reason these scams are so prevalent is because they're extremely easy to run. You can send out a ton of e-mails claiming that the recipient won, and you hope to get one person to respond and give identity/credit information/money in order to claim their "prize." You can then use the information to obtain lots of money, or sell it to someone else and they can use it to obtain lots of money.
Trying to reclaim your credit and identity after a scam like this takes lots of time and energy, and it can ruin your life for a while. Don't fall for it.
2007-02-11 14:02:28 · answer #3 · answered by Sanjay M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone asks you to pay to receive your prize, it's a scam. If you really want to verify your win, call the lottery headquarters.
2007-02-10 02:06:06 · answer #4 · answered by Pinky Lee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why would they not take the postage charge from your winnings. It's a scam, delete it.
2007-02-10 10:19:19 · answer #5 · answered by Player 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋