The FIRST BANK in Nigeria send me a message thru my e mail that I have won the AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY.I have sent my identification-passport,drivers license about the verification to FIRST BANK in Nigeria.I gave also my Account no. where they will deposit my winning prize.They told me that I need to give 500 or 450 dollars for transfer fee. Is it True??or a Scam?Please kindly give me the info regarding this matter.Thank You.
2007-03-13 05:27:06 · 16 answers · asked by pobert 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
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 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 the 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.
2007-03-13 10:57:56 · answer #1 · answered by Rhonda B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, that is a scam.
Nigeria is the home of so many scams it is ridiculous. (They do everything from the high dollar lotteries to going onto personal websites setting up fake accounts, start talking to you, then say "oh by the way, I lost my wallet/purse, can you loan me XXXX for a tocket back to the US")
Besides,
1) why would Australia use Nigeria for it's lottery transactions when they already have institutions set-up?
2) did you enter the Australian Lottery (or British, or French, etc)? if so, wouldn't you have the ticket with the numbers you picked?
You can type in "First bank of nigeria" and "Australian lottery" and come up with at least 60 hits of sites saying this is a sppof/scam
2007-03-13 12:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by findinglifeodd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam. Anything from Nigeria is suspect. But if you had won a lottery you would not have to pay anything up front. you would not have to give all your details, not even a bank account. You would receive a bank draft. If you give all this information, your bank account will be cleared out and your identity stolen. So, don't!
2007-03-13 12:31:40 · answer #3 · answered by Elizabeth Howard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
check out http://scamsbeware.com - consumer resource center. all kinds of scam info there, there's also a forum where u can keep up to date on current and future scams. And if u have any questions just post it in the forum and somebody out there should help u. http://scamsbeware.com/forum Best of all it's FREE 2 join, just register at the top it'll be worth it for u to keep up 2 date on scams/fraud. Hope this helps.
2007-03-15 16:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give 'em the 500 and find out.
!!!!!! What hole have you been living in? Nigeria is the capital of those dumb scams. Most people get several per week!
2007-03-13 12:30:28 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO. This is a scam. If you actually did send all that stuff, change your account number right away and notify your bank.
2007-03-13 12:30:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you gave them all of that information, you could very well lose a lot of money. Talk to your bank as soon as possible.
This is a well known scam.
2007-03-13 12:36:50 · answer #7 · answered by Christina 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is to good to be true so it a good chance it is why would an aussie lottery use an overseas bank that charges you to collect the winnings give it a miss and keep your money and details to yourself
2007-03-17 09:46:09 · answer #8 · answered by truckid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of you naysayers will be upset if this incredibly intelligent person did, in fact, win the Aussie Millions.
LOL
2007-03-17 11:44:40 · answer #9 · answered by 4X4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't even go there it's a SCAM, get in Touch with your BANK!!!
2007-03-13 13:19:45 · answer #10 · answered by robinmsa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋