2007-02-17 00:18:37 · 18 answers · asked by HAMDI 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
It's spam. But a really convincing one! The picture of the Chairman made me do a double-take ... for a second I thought my dad had changed careers
2007-02-17 00:24:43 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 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
2007-02-17 05:27:01 · answer #2 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have lost count off the number of people on here asking about this Lottery win, If you entered it then good luck but if you didn't then it is obviously a scam to get money from you, maybe not asking for money now, but when you reply they will ask for it. If you want to take the chance of losing all you'r money then go ahead, but you would be a fool to fall for it.
2007-02-17 00:27:40 · answer #3 · answered by braveheart321 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-20 11:02:04 · answer #4 · answered by vwd2007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont believe emails like this. recently i have recieved emails through my yahoo account claiming I am the next of kin of someone who died in a plane crash. I have looked on a website to find they were using the real name of one of the victims. it said i have got 11 million pounds but the bank of africa would claim 9 million of that. Delete it. Its a fake. Lottery unless online would not know how to contact you. If you didnt enter you coludnt have won.
2007-02-17 01:58:14 · answer #5 · answered by R,, 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you didn't apply to win any lottery, then for sure you have not won anything. If you received an email about it then ignore the email it's a scam. There are a lot of scams on the internet and in emails.
2007-02-17 01:49:18 · answer #6 · answered by sophieb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES YOU'RE A WINNER - hooray a winner - answer the email and send all your money to these people - I don't care it's not my money - it's yours! SCAM SCAM SCAM
Did you enter a lottery - NO - then how the hell do you expect to win - think about it for crying out loud
2007-02-17 00:23:01 · answer #7 · answered by jamand 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had it extremely some months in the past. I used to stay in SA so rang a buddy who defined the way it labored. they do no longer ask for any money for amin as some do, they simply choose your financial business enterprise information to pass you 'winnings'. while they get that they clean you out! What superb human beings there are interior the international! happy DAYS
2016-10-15 12:23:44 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam
2007-02-17 00:28:22 · answer #9 · answered by J d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Delete it, there's an email scam going around, when you try to claim your winnings they ask you for money to transfer your winnings into your bank
2007-02-17 00:24:34 · answer #10 · answered by ranwyld 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋