I have recieved several messages stateing that i won an on line lotto from my email address from the UK but i would need to send money for shipping how can i tell if this is for real?
2007-03-01 22:38:07 · 9 answers · asked by dnicemoonie 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
its a scam.i dont even bother opening them.if u wayched the tv they reported that as a scam many times,even a few radio staions i listen to reported that has a scam.a person was on tv a few weeks ago talking about it,saying if you send such and such an amount to cover shipping we would sends you a million dollars,no lotto on earth would ask you to srnd money to coner shipping of a check
2007-03-02 01:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by marines_sweetie 5 · 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
2007-03-02 05:08:56 · answer #2 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is most likely a scam. Quick check -- type their address, phone number, or email addy, into your search bar, and see what pops up.
I know of one scam going around that says "you won the Australian Lotto" -- then they want you to send your personal information to someone, who then starts telling you, that you must first pay a fee... and it never stops. Funny thing about this one - it says their "paying branch" bank is in Nigeria... Now.. why would an Australian lottery need a bank in Nigeria to make payments to the U.S. ? hehehehe
If your online research doesnt show that this is bogus.. .then tell them to send everything to you in writing, before you send them any money -- THEN, if it is a scam, they will most likely be breaking some laws. (Here in the U.S, it is a Federal Offense to commit mail fraud -- thus.. they WILL NOT send anything to you in writing.)
Have Fun
2007-03-01 22:48:54 · answer #3 · answered by thewrangler_sw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called a 4-1-9 scam letter. Most originate in Nigeria or S. Africa. All are fake, and all are designed to take your money. These scammers send out millions of these letters every day and inevitably somebody will fall for it. That is why you see so many of them, they work for the scammer.
Here is a website that is designed to scam the scammer. That is called scambaiting. Check it out and at the very least learn about the techniques that these criminals use so that you don't fall for it yourself.
http://www.419eater.com/index.htm
2007-03-01 22:59:40 · answer #4 · answered by ren451 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's NOT for real. That scam has been reported on television, in newspapers, and on the Internet.
2007-03-01 22:42:59 · answer #5 · answered by Jeff W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i get those all the time i don't know where they come from three say south africa I thought s a didn't even have electricity though yeah ther scams though they want your name and adress to pretnd they are you
2007-03-01 22:50:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a major scam. Spam and delete it. Please don't reply to it or click on any links associated with it.
2007-03-02 05:32:39 · answer #7 · answered by Lou 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.. dnt fall for it that is def a scam .! x
2007-03-02 00:40:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh please...get a clue. If you didn't enter IN it...you didn't WIN it.
2007-03-01 22:46:32 · answer #9 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋