i was told that i won 1 million dollar's in the uk lottery need to know what taxes need to be payed and how mu

Answer 1

Look at the questions I have answered in gambling 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

Answer 2

Fraudulent (Scam) Emails – what to do first

Lottery scam (fraudulent) emails are increasing at an alarming rate.

Scam emails try to persuade the email receiver to submit personal information or to part with money as an up front payment in order to release a winning lottery prize.

As a general rule, if you have not purchased a ticket for the UK National Lottery, you won’t have won a prize, and you should treat the email with absolute caution.

The following points are some things to look for in order to identify a fraudulent email:

* If the email says ‘Winning Notification’ or ‘Lottery Sweep Stake’ in the text, the email you’ve received is not from UK National Lottery;
* We don’t tell players how much they've won in an email; and
* We don’t ask for any Player information like name, address or bank details on an email.

NEVER open emails from these people with attachments, they can get the personal information off your computer!! Including bank account information as well as credit cards. If your winnings show to be in another country always remember only residents of that country are qualified to win. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

First rule, if you didn't enter a lottery, you can't win it. Also why is the promotion in Manchester, UK, the prize in U.S. Dollars and you have to contact South Africa, if it was real it would all be done in the same country. Also note that some spellings change and some parts aren't in very good English. It's definitely a scam.

Answer 4

Well, you didn't finish your sentence, but first of all, did you enter the lottery? If you didn't, then you wouldn't have won. If you did enter, call the official number for the lottery and check with them to verify you won. Don't ever give anyone calling over the phone personal info without checking it out.

Answer 5

the UK lottery doesn't pay out in dollars, are u sure this isn't a scam?

Answer 6

tell them to take the taxes out of the prize money and send you the rest. It is an email scam I get them all the time.

Answer 7

It's a scam,don't do anything.

Answer 8

It's a scam...don't waste your time.

Answer 9

you have to pay loads of, all payabe to ME, thanx

Answer 10

Until you have it don't do anything.