But it would have been great to have one £252,000.00
2007-03-22 04:04:28 · 20 answers · asked by wightdragon5 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
It would be great....but it's a scam....
2007-03-22 04:07:44 · answer #1 · answered by pokercoach 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is scam. Yahoo (insert any company name here, this answer works for all!) do not run a lottery, if they did you could guarantee it would be advertised all over their home page. Check out these links and search answers to see how many people 'win' the exact same lottery every day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lottery_sca...
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery-scams.html
Do not click on any links, the page you will be taken to will look authentic but is not
Do not send them a 'courier fee' or any other money
Do not hand over any bank details or passwords
Do report spam
Do delete
Remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. You cannot win a lottery if you havenot bought a ticket.
(I've answered this question so many times that I now keep this answer on my desktop and just copy and paste....that should give you a clue!)
2007-03-24 02:31:42 · answer #2 · answered by 'H' 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many Nigerian scams that are showing up nowadays. Please read the following carefully:
Another new popular scam is the lottery scam:
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!
2007-03-22 19:21:02 · answer #3 · answered by Guerrilla M 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information. Just google scam and see how many hits yoou get, there are millions of them and they are all aimed at taking your money.Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
2007-03-22 05:16:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a scam....firstly...
i douby very much u even brought a ticket
Secondly they will come out with some story about the money having to come from abroad and u having to put the money up for the money to be release into this country
Dont even read the email telling u that u have won .....( especially when u havent bouht a ticket!) delete it straight away!
2007-03-22 04:14:06 · answer #5 · answered by private 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam, never ever believe that, especially if it comes from an email, and report it if you can. Don't get scammed like so many others!
2007-03-23 09:57:12 · answer #6 · answered by randomdude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi all I've just joined,I got a email the other day saying I'd won £252000.00 on my email addy been drawn out with 9 other peoples addys,any one on here had that one yet,if you have you should have this contact addy britishonlinegames@claimsprocessingunit.com
They've NOT asked for a fee yet,but when they do,I'll be deleting it!
2007-03-26 03:40:37 · answer #7 · answered by wengoo37@blueyonder.co.uk g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, it's a scam. I have won it at least twice. Check the address and you will find that it doesn't exist. Ususally from Chase bank. If you never bet, how can you win?
2007-03-22 04:09:19 · answer #8 · answered by jimmer256 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SCAM! SCAM ! SCAM !
I have won like 5 times I didn't even know I had entered!!!!
2007-03-22 04:16:12 · answer #9 · answered by teresita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i have recieved the same thing and have been checking with yahoo here in the states and cant get no replt from any one would like to know myself if this is a scam
2007-03-22 05:11:20 · answer #10 · answered by dalea57 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a scam, what is up with everyone asking these questions at the moment, if u havent played how can u win
2007-03-22 04:11:59 · answer #11 · answered by angelinyourdreams99_us 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋