2007-02-24 10:38:48 · 9 answers · asked by mani 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
THEY ARE ALL FAKE 100% FAKE SCAMS
2007-02-24 10:40:39 · answer #1 · answered by derek48316 3 · 2⤊ 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
2007-02-24 12:46:31 · answer #2 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if it ever asks you to send money or cash a money order then return part of it... its a scam.
There was a recent "Judge Judy" episode....
some idiot got the fake money orders and had a friend cash them for her. Of course the money orders eventually came up as fraudulent.
The idiot said ON THE SHOW, "That's OK, I can pay her back tomorrow, I have 3 couriers on the way with lotto winnings. I sent in my $500 to each of them last week."
She was devastated when Judge Judy told her that she was a moron and the couriers were never going to show up.
Stupidity plus greed = you will be parted from any money you do have.
2007-02-24 10:46:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you have specifically entered a lottery (and paid money to do so), any communication proposing that you have won anything is fraudulent. I have a special Yahoo mail folder in which I accumulate the things, just for fun.
2007-02-24 10:42:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to your state's lotto website......you will usually not be notified by email if you win, btw. How can they know your email address if you paid the gas station clerk a dollar for a ticket.....just curious.
2007-02-24 10:43:07 · answer #5 · answered by kaliroadrager 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't enter the lottery yourself then don't reply to them.
They will want money before they release your "winnings", which will be a fraction of what they say they are.
2007-02-24 10:41:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I WOULD SAY SAFELY THEY ARE A SCAM AND NOT WORTH THE BOTHER BUT IF YOU PLAY THE LOTTERY GO TO THE LEGITIMATE WEB SITE OF THAT STATE LOTTERY FOR DETAILS.NEVER GIVE PERSONAL INFO,NEVER SEND MONEY,NEVER GIVE YOUR PERSONAL BANKING INFO OR ANY INFO ABOUT YOURSELF,HOW DO YOU THINK SO MANY IDENTITYS ARE STOLEN? GOD BLESS YOU.
2007-02-24 10:53:34 · answer #7 · answered by dixie58 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By paying lots of money and getting nothing in return. They are a scam. Report them to the attorney generals office of your state.
2007-02-24 10:41:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't even try. They are all scams. If you give them personal info they will drain your bank account.
2007-02-24 10:42:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋