Examples are UK LOTTERY OFFICE,DAYZERS LOTTO,COCA COLA ONLINE PROMO, HONDA ONLINE PROMO
2007-03-14 23:21:34 · 14 answers · asked by maureen m 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
They're all crap. Just block the sender and then delete them ! ! !
2007-03-15 00:23:55 · answer #1 · answered by Dover Soles 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a scam! None of the companies you mentioned hold lotteries. Also, there is no Overseas Lottery International, YAHOO & MSN Lotteries, Yahoo online dept., UK (United Kingdom) Lottery, Netherlands Lottery, British Lottery, Thunderball Online Lottery in the UK, Australian Lottery, Spanish Lottery, Yahoo Lottery Microsoft Lottery (emmulating from the UK or anywhere else) or any other form of lottery you can win without buying a ticket. While some people might only copy and paste such email to their answer with a brief take on it, I will go into detail because I'm tired of this trash, as several of my friends have lost their a$$es to this scam. This is about as far away from legitimate as anything can get, whether it be a contest, promotion, or whatever.
There exists a certain form of immoral degenerate that trolls the internet searching for suckers who believe that they have gotten very lucky and won a lottery which they have never entered. They will probably entice you to send an advance fee to claim your non-existant winnings and if you do send this money, you can kiss it goodbye. The money will likely be en-route to Nigeria, a cesspool of fraud that has been the center of these types of fraud over the last few decades.
The best thing to do is to delete such emails immediately and to never reply to them. If you even reply, you risk having your email inbox flooded. If you call these people, expect to be harrassed over the phone at all hours of the night! In some cases, people who travel to claim their winnings in Nigeria are taken hostage, and in worse-case scenarios are killed when whoever is paying ransom payments exhausts their money supply. If anything online sounds to good to be true it always is buddy.
By the way, I have kind of become an anti-scam activists due to the fact that I have many friends who have had their identities and life savings stolen from them via these methods.
This is simply advance fee fraud (a prevalent type of fraud which continously asks for money to cover unforseen expenses) and is intended to drain your bank account, promising money that simply does not exist. Hopefully, this answers your question.
If you have any more questions, do a yahoo search on lottery scams, nigeria 419 scams, internet fraud, or advance fee fraud. You can also read more about this at www.secretservice.gov and www.419eater.com!
If you have lost money you should report it to the U.S. Secret Service at www.secretservice.gov
Now you know the basics of Advance Fee Fraud, a multi-million dollar industry that costs honest people their life savings everyday. Be happy you weren't duped by this scam!
I hope this is helpful, because I could sure use a best answer! I would appreciate it!
2007-03-17 19:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by Guerrilla M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THEY ARE NOT GENUINE. I was nearly scammed by one. They start by asking for your details, then throw in that you need to pay an admin fee, then there are more fees...and more and more and more. These sites steal official logos to make their own website look legitimate. UK Lottery Office is notorious for this. They are not, in fact, the real UK Lottery Office. Google these company's (with the word "scam" in the search) and watch the thousands of results come up. Don't get sucked in. If it sounds too good to be true, I guarantee it is
2007-03-14 23:27:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't you ever fall in that kind o winning notifications, most of them are hoax, you know if you join some raffle thing of stuff like that then you received a notification, maybe its true. ask yourself do you join in that kind of promos? obviously if not that means you're not winning any promos or raffle... dont take the risk, just ignore them if you received again that kind of stupid mail...
2007-03-14 23:36:51 · answer #4 · answered by julius 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam, how many more people will fall for ths crap?
how can you win a lottery if you didnt buy a ticket.
Its just some disgusting people trying to get your lovely hard earned cash.
Press delete and forget about it.
2007-03-14 23:26:00 · answer #5 · answered by looby 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope - scams asking you to part with money.
Lets be honest - if you havent entered any raffles/lotteries, its unlikely that you would win ..............
Delete the mails and don't open any links.
2007-03-14 23:27:59 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Sixpack 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are all real, every day there are thousands of organisations singling you out to win vast cash prizes because you are important.
Now do YOU think they are genuine?
2007-03-15 00:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by Shane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you entered any raffles? Then no, they are fake. Don't click on any links in the email and just delete them.
2007-03-14 23:25:42 · answer #8 · answered by massadaman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think no, cause you can't win money in lottery or whatsoever if you are'nt joining any
2007-03-14 23:28:18 · answer #9 · answered by Jean Louise 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you ENTERED, such a raffle, - then, they COULD be!
If you don't remember DOING so, though, my friend, then, they are BOGUS, - and, you should DELETE such notices, as quickly, as you can, - the SENDERS are "PHISHING", for your personal details, - to use, FRAUDULENTLY!
2007-03-14 23:29:33 · answer #10 · answered by Spike 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn on the Yahoo SPAM filter and you will stop getting this rubbish ...
2007-03-14 23:37:48 · answer #11 · answered by Steve B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋