2007-02-15 01:38:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Can i trust this or it is just a phishing
2007-02-15 01:40:26 · update #1
Sorry, it's a scam. It is impossible to win a lottery if you did not buy a ticket. There is no such thing as a lottery of email addresses.
Read the National Lottery's site (link below) for more information about email scams which abuse their name.
2007-02-15 01:45:17 · answer #1 · answered by Matti 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The only thing close to the online British lottery isjavascript:void(0);
Check Spelling the UK National Lottery that allows British residents to purchase tickets. If you did not purchase a ticket, you did not win, pure and simple. There are no lotteries in the world that randomly pick email addresses for people who never paid to play, and then hand out money.
You are right it is a scam or phishing.
2007-02-15 09:43:00 · answer #2 · answered by ZCT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scamorama, pal. Here are a few things to look for:
Did the e-mail address you by name? Or did it arrive as bulk mail?
Did you enter the lottery? The only way you can win a lottery is by participating.
Were you asked to click on a link?
IN all likelihood, had you done so, you would have been informed that you won the lottery, but before the funds could be sent to you, you would have to pay taxes on the winnings. You may have been asked to supply your bank account numbers or other personal information.
Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it is probably false.
2007-02-15 09:45:09 · answer #3 · 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
2007-02-15 13:37:59 · answer #4 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam.
I have received at least 10 so far in the last 6 months.
Delete on sight.
2007-02-15 09:47:17 · answer #5 · answered by chefantwon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam. they will ask you to pay 500 pounds for tax clearance. Ha.
2007-02-15 09:42:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam
2007-02-15 15:44:37 · answer #7 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!!! You're the winner!!! Now send us all your personal information and all your families personal information and we won't get back to you!!
2007-02-15 10:10:25 · answer #8 · answered by USMC Recon 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
that's scam.... receiving lots of lottery emails, and they point to the same place of the bank - africa. same with that british lottery....
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2007-02-15 09:45:07 · answer #9 · answered by ylang-ylang 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ITS A SCAM IGNORE IT U WILL GET RIPPED OFF
2007-02-15 09:43:55 · answer #10 · answered by DI'MARIO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋