My friend also have received the same massage and wonder why such thing happen. And want to know why mislead peaple like this?
2007-02-19 15:45:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
It is scam. Yahoo do not run a lottery, if they did you could guarantee it would be advertised all over their home page. Check out these links and search answers to see how many people 'win' the exact same lottery every day
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=630...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lottery_sca...
Do not click on any links, the page you will be taken to will look authentic but is not
Do not send them a 'courier fee' or any other money
Do not hand over any bank details or passwords
Do report spam
Do delete
Remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. You cannot win a lottery if you havenot bought a ticket.
(I've answered this question so many times that I now keep this answer on my desktop and just copy and paste....that should give you a clue!)
2007-02-19 21:52:05 · answer #1 · answered by 'H' 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply by form of lottery scams no valid corporation might ever notify you via e mail which you have won a prize. each and every e mail that states you have won a lottery or there is money waiting for you is a rip-off. there will be a followup soliciting for a prepayment of a few form of fee to get carry of the money. have not you spotted that even however you have won a hundred million your call seems nowhere in the e mail? it could no longer even comprise your e mail handle. If human beings have been triumphing a hundred million on a daily basis it would be on the information with photos of the fortunate human beings. except you enter a lottery or contest, which includes with between the magazine businesses, any notification is a rip-off. in case you get a hundred million you basically isn't notified via e mail. §
2016-10-02 10:31:09 · answer #2 · 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
2007-02-19 16:06:27 · answer #3 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a secret about the National Lottery how you can win more, but people are playing this way, the site name is:
http://www.e-vwd.com/vwd2006
Fraudwatch International: http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/internetfraud/lottery.htm
http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/internetfraud/lottery_operatives.htm
Anti-Phishing Working Group - Committed to wiping out Internet scams and fraud:
http://www.antiphishing.org/index.html
Consumer Direct, a telephone and online consumer advice service supported by the Department of Trade and Industry:
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/goods-service/scams/fs_u02.shtml
Home Office Crime & Policing, section on Internet crime-prevention advice:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/internetcrime/preventionadvice/
Home Office Identity Theft website:
http://www.identity-theft.org.uk
Fight Identity Theft
http://fightidentitytheft.com
APACS - Association for Payment Clearing Services:
http://www.apacs.org.uk/about_apacs/htm_files/staysafeonline.htm
2007-02-20 10:47:48 · answer #4 · answered by vwd2007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got one too and sent them my bank details and I'm still waiting for my $20milliion - have I been ripped off ?
Joking - I get hundreds of these every week to various mail addresses, they are all fakes and don't make the mistake of replying - just mark as spam. You get nothing for free.
2007-02-19 18:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by chillipope 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. DO NOT reply in any way to these types of emails. They will empty your bank account or get your social security number. Remember--NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS FOR FREE and IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE--IT PROBABLY IS. A woman in CT lost thousands of dollars in this type of scam. Also, ask yourself this--how could you have won their lottery???You didn't participate in it did you? Please don't be sucked into their scam
2007-02-19 16:11:23 · answer #6 · answered by angel2468_2000 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No its fake some guys did that me we found it was some mafia guys and we called the cops. ITS NOT TRUE!
2007-02-19 16:12:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not true.
They want your MONEY thats the only reason.
Dont pay them anything. Ever.
2007-02-19 16:22:34 · answer #8 · answered by n b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its spam, everybody gets them
2007-02-19 17:31:32 · answer #9 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if this is true....i'm rich than Donald Trump.lol. i tell u bro....this is our dream...isn't it? but....again.....it's a merely a dream..i really hope so ...but ...this is 2 good 2 b true..
2007-02-21 19:28:22 · answer #10 · answered by ah_mart 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋