If I told you that you had won $5,000 would you send me $10 as a processing fee to claim your money?

Question

By the way, you haven't won $5000 - I speak hypothetically.

Answer 1

Sure but only if you accept the fact that I have told you that you have won $10,000,000.00 and you give me a certified cheque for $10,000.00 to cover the processing costs.

I'll send you the $10.00 and your $10,000,000.00 once I have cashed your $10,000.00.

Answer 2

Nope first off this is the pattern of a classic scam.

Second, think about it, if they are giving you $5,000 and there is a cost to process it, why not just give you $4,990 and deduct the processing fee from the prize?

Third, a prize is a winning, do you pay for what you win? No, usually any payment or consideration for the prize is paid in advance in the form of purchasing a chance or filling out an entry form. A prize you have to pay for is not a prize.

So the answer is no, no, no. If it smells like a scam (and it does) it probably IS a scam.

Answer 3

I think I saw this scam or a version of it on the boob tube about a week ago. You get the $10 dollars but then yo don't send any money. You can't be taken to court for anything more than petty theft but if you get enough people to give you that $10, you could build up a huge amount of money in a short time.

Answer 4

Well lets analyse it mathematically shall we...

I would say that investing ten dollars to make 5000 is a wise investment. That is like a 25000 percent return on my investment.

Now the likelihood of this being a scam is 99.9 %. So a .1 % chance of getting a 25000% return means I would rather invest those 10 bucks in the interstate lotto which gives me about a 1 in 165,000,000 chance of winning.

I take those lotto odds, they are more likely errr probable of occuring then your proposition...........

Answer 5

Yes I would send you $10. $10 is a drop in the ocean compared to $5,000. You'd still end up with $4990 to spend/save.

Answer 6

No never. Have them take it from the 5 grand. You should never have to pay to claim money. Processing fees could always be taken straight from the winnings if its legitimate...but if your being asked for 10 dollars I assure you its not.

Answer 7

Not at all! If I won something, the only money I would expect to give is to the IRS when they come to claim part of it for taxes.

Answer 8

When pigs fly! However, there are enough morons who would to make it a profitable scam. That's why I get so many emails telling me to send processing fees to the "lottery" administration.

If any one is fool enough to do so, they loose.

Answer 9

I just won $370 million in the Mega Millions game for my state, why would I send you anything?

Answer 10

No way. You don't pay for prizes. Unfortunately, a lot of people are still taken in by this con. I really feel for the elderly and desperately broke people who think their luck has changed