i recieved an email from NATIONWIDE BANK LONDONUK telling me i won a money prize is it true?

Question

the prize from Yahoo Award Lotto Lottery Organization

Answer 1

Yahoo has no such department. It's a fraud.

Unfortunately, there's so many of these letters circulating online, most law enforcement groups don't act on them since they're commonplace and most people know it's a hustle.

Further, it's sad to see the real victims of these scams: people who have limited experience with a computer who reads everything like it's a newspaper rather than passing it over like an ad. Yes, elderly people send contact and bank info to these people and they liquidate their accounts.

I usually see these spam messages weekly, which means it's still working: people still fall for them.

Answer 2

Go to the websites of both the Nationwide Bank and Yahoo (NOT via the email), find their support sections and report the phishing attack to them.

Answer 3

You have received a 419 scam letter



More information about Nigerian Advance-Fee Loan scams is available from the U.S. Secret Service (http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml) and the U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/naffpub.pdf).

EFCC bust Nigerian 419 scammers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fLn86Q4wSM

OR just have a laugh and see what the ebola man is doing to make fun of these scammers
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/index.html

Nigerian advance-fee fraud has been around for decades, but now seems to have reached epidemic proportions: Some consumers have told the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) they are receiving dozens of offers a day from supposed Nigerians politely promising big profits in exchange for help moving large sums of money out of their country. And apparently, many compassionate consumers are continuing to fall for the convincing sob stories, the unfailingly polite language, and the unequivocal promises of money. These advance-fee solicitations are scams. And according to the FTC, the scam artists are playing each and every consumer for a fool. Here's the play book:

Claiming to be Nigerian officials, businesspeople or the surviving spouses of former government honchos, con artists offer to transfer millions of dollars into your bank account in exchange for a small fee. If you respond to the initial offer, you may receive "official looking" documents. Typically, you're then asked to provide blank letterhead and your bank account numbers, as well as some money to cover transaction and transfer costs and attorney's fees.

You may even be encouraged to travel to Nigeria or a border country to complete the transaction. Sometimes, the fraudsters will produce trunks of dyed or stamped money to verify their claims. Inevitably, though, emergencies come up, requiring more of your money and delaying the "transfer" of funds to your account; in the end, there aren't any profits for you to share, and the scam artist has vanished with your money.

Things you can do
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml


More infomation on the scam
419 Advance Fee Fraud The Worlds Most Successful Scam
http://potifos.com/fraud/
http://www.419legal.org/
http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
http://www.nextwebsecurity.com/419LifeCycle.aspa


Scamming The Scammers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okE6TRQlZY8&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/user/419eater
http://www.youtube.com/user/stargatebaiter
http://www.youtube.com/user/ButchDriveshaft

To aggravate and humiliate scammers worldwide. While TSB mainly focuses on 419 Advanced Fee Fraud, we also are involved with tormenting other scammers as well- and as many as possible. By wasting these scammers time, it is less time they have to focus on potential victims.
http://www.thescambaiter.com/

Answer 4

NEVER EVER trust those, they will tell you to enter fake information and cause you to be a victum of fruad. Hover over the link to see the acual link. It'll be random words and letters sending you to a fake site and asking you to put in information that will vicimize you

Answer 5

Call the cops in your aeea, ask them for the phone number for Phone Busters then e-mail them all the scam letters you get.

This is what I have been doing for awhile. So if you wanted to send me a scam letter go ahead it gets forwarded to the cops immediately.

Answer 6

Did you enter a drawing there? It's probably another scam. They usually operate out of the UK or South Africa or Austrailia. Back away from it...far, far away.

Answer 7

No it is not true, and here is some good advice: Do not believe in spam, believe in spam blockers.

Answer 8

spam

Sorry bud, nobody is that lucky.

Answer 9

NO!!!