2007-02-17 05:23:16 · 4 answers · asked by Sandra R 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
The UK lottery do not give away any prizes at all to people who do not pay to play.
The only way to win the UK national lottery is to buy a ticket in a UK store and check your numbers. Alternatively you can buy a ticket online, in which case you have to be a UK resident.
What you have received is a spam email from some random person. They want the information from you so they can steal your identity and rip you off. With all that information they can obtain credit in your name or empty your bank account.
If you want further proof, check out the link to the official site of the UK lottery.
2007-02-17 11:12:09 · answer #1 · answered by ZCT 7 · 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 05:27:39 · answer #2 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If someone is offering you money for free or for a payment of between 15 and 70 pounds, then it is a scam.
"Send us £30 and we'll mail your cheque for £250,000 right away!"
Yeah, right, like I'm going to believe that!
If it SEEMS too good to be true, it probably IS too good to be true.
Why do you have to send them money when they could just take it out of your winnings?
Why not send you a letter saying, "You've won £250,000. You can send us £30 to courier it to you quickly or we can take £250 out of your winnings to offset our administration charges."
I'd tick the box that they could have the £250... I mean, it's a quarter of a million, what's £250 in all of that?
I don't know why people do not learn from these scams.
And never believe someone who says that you have to send them your bank details but that they won't take any funds from your account without your say-so.
At the first opportunity, they'll empty your account.
2007-02-17 13:50:52 · answer #3 · answered by Rob K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO NO NO they are not REAL it's a scam to get your identity and then your money there is no free money unless you buy a ticket first in a lottery and then that is not free because you have to purchase a ticket before you can be in the draw to win did you buy a ticket????????
2007-02-17 10:50:42 · answer #4 · answered by flossypants 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋