2007-03-13 09:45:22 · 4 answers · asked by jorgehh 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
No. And it probably is a scam.
Think about it did you enter any contests with Coca Cola or British American Tobacco?
Scamers buy lists of people's email addresses and are hoping their greed outweighs their common sense.
Delete the email and mark as spam.
2007-03-13 09:53:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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!
2007-03-13 11:47:28 · answer #2 · answered by Rhonda B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That message is the two a pretend and an outright fraud. do no longer provide the phishers any of your individual techniques in any respect. unsolicited mail that scam message rapidly into oblivion good away. that's one lottery you will in no way win by way of fact this is "bogus." yet another factor, the phishers telling you to "save this lottery techniques private" could point out to you to no longer say something approximately this to all and sundry till they have finished scamming you.
2016-12-14 18:13:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are SCAMS.
2007-03-13 09:50:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋