2007-02-23 14:51:04 · 13 answers · asked by goodgirl69 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
If you didn't enter the lottery than it's a scam. What they do is ask you for entrance fees after you respond and they never send you the money.
Delete it. Do not reply back.
2007-02-23 15:00:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you enter some kind of contest in the UK?
I would also check to see if this 'contest' even allows US people to enter.
Bottom line, it is a fake. If you had REALLY won millions, I would imagine they would spend the $5.00 or whatever it is so send you a certified letter in the mail requiring your signature upon receiving it.
Just delete the email.
2007-02-23 14:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are tons of people scamming people by using these fake "lottery letters" and "employment letters".
If you really want to take it to the max, report the email to the FBI online and they will investigate and hopefully arrest anyone involved. There are tons of people doing this kind of thing. A lot of them ask for a bank account number so they can transfer the funds into your account, but they really take money out.
2007-02-23 15:00:24 · answer #3 · answered by [ashleyyy] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the woman who lives in Nigeria, who wanted to give me her dead husbands millions ( all it would have cost me was $25.) got disappointed that I didn't reply with my bank details, so she donated it to the UK lottery ?
Hun....It's a scam and I delete them as fast as they come in. If they ask for identification, or any kind of private details, including bank info, it's guaranteed to be a rip-off.
Otherwise, I might be worth about 180 million by now.
Don't I wish.... *sigh*
So, no Virginia, there is no Santa Claus.
2007-02-23 16:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by Kate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know. They will either ask you to send $200 to cover costs of handling and insurance of all the millions you won. Or they will ask you for your bank account number so they can deposit the money. What they forget to mention is that they will deposit any money in your bank account to their bank account. LOL
Besides, the other 13 answers above all say the same. SCAM.
2007-02-23 15:13:06 · answer #5 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your sure its fake what else do you need to know. Do not reply because before you know it they will start asking you for money and favors,
The people that sent you that email are hoping your greed outweighs your common sense.
2007-02-23 14:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't live in the UK, its definitly a scam. Don't be an idiot, all of those things are scams so you give them your credit card number and your become poor. If they had millions, would they really give it away?
2007-02-23 14:56:09 · answer #7 · answered by John Doe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know, common sense helps. Something that runs short in supply now days.
2007-02-23 14:56:57 · answer #8 · answered by Brodey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
believe, it is some form of fraud...an attempt to swindle YOUR money away from you. eventually, they will ask you for money for some reason...or will want personal information, such as bank account numbers, photo identification. this is so they can use your name to defraud someone else...at your expense
2007-02-23 15:01:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it sounds TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! It probably IS. It's called SPAM.
2007-02-23 14:57:26 · answer #10 · answered by alk99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋