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2007-03-07 13:05:15 · 7 answers · asked by Kath 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Heck they can't even spell does that not ring any bells for you of cause it's a scam and believe me they can make it look very convincing and real next they will ask you for your bank and personal details when they do tell them to go to hell I do and I never here from them again.how many tickets did you buy in this lottery?????if you answer none then how can you win anything.
2007-03-07 23:46:00 · answer #1 · answered by flossypants 4 · 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
2007-03-08 08:25:00 · answer #2 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If an outfit like Yahoo cannot phrase a statement correctly, then u know it didn`t come from them. It`s a scam, beware !!
Remember u get nothing for nothing. No one is going to award u money for doing nothing in return. Never reply to such an e-mail. Fake, fake.
2007-03-07 20:07:54 · answer #3 · answered by flamingo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its about as true as a dead phish in the water. You didn`t win anything. Quit reading SPAM messages. Note: Dont give out any personel info or give money. The answer is no.
2007-03-07 14:08:50 · answer #4 · answered by Kalip A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a scam to me. Be careful with email's like that since they are trying to get your private information such as your credit card numbers and so forth.
2007-03-07 13:42:48 · answer #5 · answered by Roxas of Organization 13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't even look like they know how to spell...I can't trust those who can't spell.
2007-03-07 13:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by Jess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its craaaaaaaaaaaap
2007-03-07 14:31:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋