how do i claim my lottery winnings from the uk when i live in the usa?

Question

i got an e-mail saying i need to claim my winnings and i need to contact several people how do i claim my money and is this for real or a scam?

Answer 1

Geez..................

So when exactly did you buy a UK Lotto ticket?

It's a scam Sweetie..............

Answer 2

You better not give any info or money to these people!

This is yet another nigerian scam! There is no Overseas Lottery International, YAHOO & MSN Lotteries, Yahoo online dept., UK (United Kingdom) Lottery, Netherlands Lottery, British Lottery, Thunderball Online Lottery in the UK, Australian Lottery, Spanish Lottery, Yahoo Lottery Microsoft Lottery (emmulating from the UK or anywhere else) or any other form of lottery you can win without buying a ticket. While some people might only copy and paste such email to their answer with a brief take on it, I will go into detail because I'm tired of this trash, as several of my friends have lost their a$$es to this scam. This is about as far away from legitimate as anything can get, whether it be a contest, promotion, or whatever.

There exists a certain form of immoral degenerate that trolls the internet searching for suckers who believe that they have gotten very lucky and won a lottery which they have never entered. They will probably entice you to send an advance fee to claim your non-existant winnings and if you do send this money, you can kiss it goodbye. The money will likely be en-route to Nigeria, a cesspool of fraud that has been the center of these types of fraud over the last few decades.

The best thing to do is to delete such emails immediately and to never reply to them. If you even reply, you risk having your email inbox flooded. If you call these people, expect to be harrassed over the phone at all hours of the night! In some cases, people who travel to claim their winnings in Nigeria are taken hostage, and in worse-case scenarios are killed when whoever is paying ransom payments exhausts their money supply. If anything online sounds to good to be true it always is buddy.

By the way, I have kind of become an anti-scam activists due to the fact that I have many friends who have had their identities and life savings stolen from them via these methods.

This is simply advance fee fraud (a prevalent type of fraud which continously asks for money to cover unforseen expenses) and is intended to drain your bank account, promising money that simply does not exist. Hopefully, this answers your question.

If you have any more questions, do a yahoo search on lottery scams, nigeria 419 scams, internet fraud, or advance fee fraud. You can also read more about this at www.secretservice.gov and www.419eater.com!

If you have lost money you should report it to the U.S. Secret Service at www.secretservice.gov

Now you know the basics of Advance Fee Fraud, a multi-million dollar industry that costs honest people their life savings everyday. Be happy you weren't duped by this scam!

I hope this is helpful, because I could sure use a best answer! I would appreciate it!

Answer 3

Believe me, I fell for this before. It is a scam.
I got an email from Brazil once saying that I had won some money and they were looking for contact information. I thought that I would give it a try. Big mistake! They told me they were looking to put the money in my account. In reality, they were looking to take whatever money I had in there out.So I called the Bank to let them know it was ok for them to add the prize and that's when they told me it was a whole big scam. I kind of thought it was in the first place, but thought I'd give it a try anyway. They couldn't take anything out of that account because it was empty in the first place.
So, don't fall for it. In fact, if I were you, I'd call the local police and give them the email address that sent you that email. Here in Canada, they have a special unit for internet cases (you know, like child porn and etc) and I'm sure they would take care of those jerks.
Take Care and good luck,
Cindy
xoxo

Answer 4

Yes, like everyone said it is a scam. You can contact the local authorities if you want, but really they don't care. This kind of thing is constant and virtually untraceable, just delete it and go on with your life. Not sure why so many people fall for these, if you don't play you can't win, seems fairly straightforward.

Answer 5

Could be a similar one I had abt 2 weeks ago. Communicating with Dr Gerri, Mr Marinho Araujo and Mr Frank Robert. Last instruction is to remit cash to World Express Courier Sve in UK for helfty!!! despatch fee & with proof of payment then parcel containing my winning cheque & docs will be despatched to me. Still dun know whether real or scam. Hv not taken any action. Waiting for my qtn here to be answered hopefully from CEO of top management of Yahoo !!!. Kath in Singapore

Answer 6

I think it's a scam. Did you play any lottery in the UK?

Answer 7

This my dear is a scam email sent to fleece you of what money you have and to get your bank details so they can do it in comfort and with little incovience to them thanks to you providing them with your details delete it and forget it where do you think they just happened to get your name from did it just fall out of the sky for them,no they get hold of your email address like they do 1000's of others send out emails telling you all that you have won the lottery or lotto which by the way you have never brought a ticket in I might add and if they get a few silly people to believe them and send their details and money for processing fees ext well they have then got what they want.don't be a fool.

Answer 8

I usually get an email a day saying I've won the lottery in the UK. Forget about it.

Answer 9

I usually win the lottery in Ireland - wonder how they find us winners for something we didn't even know existed. Scam.

Answer 10

It's a scam; don't even waste a phone call on them.

Answer 11

It's a scam.