2007-02-10 11:42:48 · 6 answers · asked by gloria h 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
2007-02-10 13:39:56 · answer #1 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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 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 13:44:28 · answer #2 · answered by Sanjay M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There may be one, but if you are getting an e-mail telling you you have won it, and YOU DID NOT BUY A TICKET, then DO NOT respond--that is a scam! also, the UK lottery, the European Union Lottery, all of those e-mails are going around...and by the way, ANY contest that tells you they need your account number...even if you DID enter it, is going to cost you more money than you "Won."
2007-02-10 19:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by rainydaydreamr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have received winning lotteries from almost every country in the world. If they are emailing you they will use your name and it will not come under bulk. But some still come under non bulk and do not use my name as well. I have received many emails from Italy, England , France, Africa.................... They just want your information so they can defraud you somehow! Don't give out any personal information!
2007-02-11 00:03:16 · answer #4 · answered by Busy Lizzie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That I can't tell you. But the first thing that came to mind when I read you question is the spam that has been going around for quite some time now...saying that you've won millions....It's a scam........so if this is what you're asking....just delete it. Best of luck to you.
2007-02-10 19:51:03 · answer #5 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam, there is a good site to check out anything your ever unsure of it's http://www.scambusters.org
or http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/Telemarketing/Outbound/Major/lotteries.htm check that out too! I got 3 of these in one day once!
2007-02-10 19:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by paranormalvenus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋