I keep getting emails how I won 500.000 pds in the yahoo/msn lottery now they want my name dob and so forth Ive tried to find out info about any scams but Ive had no luck so far Is there anyone that knows about this
2007-03-15 04:07:58 · 8 answers · asked by mamal 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
It's a scam. Block the sender then delete ! ! !
2007-03-15 04:21:17 · 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 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.
2007-03-15 05:30:12 · answer #2 · answered by Rhonda B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam. Look it up by putting msn lottery in the search engine, it will come up with loads of stuff about it.
2007-03-15 04:18:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 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.
2007-03-18 16:16:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you probably did no longer purchase a lottery fee ticket, how did you assume which you had gained a lottery. that's rip-off. Already huge exposure is given in the information papers approximately it. go and document the problem to the Police. Already a gang become arrested in Hydrabad.
2016-11-25 21:42:56 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've gotten a few myself, so far all i've given them is my name rank and seriel # but I'm still waiting to find out myself.
2007-03-19 04:06:57 · answer #6 · answered by Laura P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a scam
2007-03-15 04:14:09 · answer #7 · answered by angie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i keep getting same e-mails ,trash them.
2007-03-15 04:13:33 · answer #8 · answered by tom s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋