I was told that I won a lottery from Canada.His name is David Patterson phone #1-567-201-4090 from International Operations Dept.The e-mail states that I can pick up the winnings myself or my lawyer can pick them up .Should I believe it or not.It also said I would need to contact the bank where the winnings are being held for confirmation.What should I do?
2007-03-22 16:00:52 · 14 answers · asked by lucy 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
a neighbor told us he won 48 grand and drove himself to pick it up, and got it he said.
2007-03-22 16:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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 19:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by Guerrilla M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM
#1 - did you purchase a ticket for the Canadian Lottery?
#2 - when you purchased a ticket for the Canadian Lottery - did you fill out a form that required you e-mail address?
#3 - Do you really believe this is legitimate?
#4 -All e-mail solicitations for money, the lottery, long lost relatives etc... are SCAMS. When are you people gonna learn?
#5 Do not call the number - this is a common scam that then takes your phone number and runs up charges to other countries.
2007-03-22 16:06:22 · answer #3 · answered by lyllyan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you buy a ticket for this lottery that you have won? If not then yes its a scam. Use the old adage - if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.
2007-03-22 16:07:21 · answer #4 · answered by blueponywhiteduck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you enter a lottery? Do you have the ticket to confirm the number? If not, it is a scam. If you're still unsure, just be sure to never give any personal info, esp you ss#, bank acct/credit card #, driver's license #, address & phone, mother's maiden name.
2007-03-22 16:04:51 · answer #5 · answered by nondescript 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ignore, and see if they call back, if this came in an email form, then it is for sure a scam, cuz where do u put ur email adress in when u buy a lotto ticket? also phone number? yeah, i would think this is scam unless u provided all this info when u played the lotto
2007-03-22 16:04:08 · answer #6 · answered by Q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know it's not true. If you don't even remember entering a lottery, then it's a scam. He'll make you think you did...but you'll have to pay money upfront for "fees." Don't even respond.
2007-03-22 16:10:10 · answer #7 · answered by Silver B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam. Sorry. People get these all the time. They want your bank information so they can gain access to it.
2007-03-22 16:03:22 · answer #8 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam. Do not make any payment or hand over any personal information. Simply delete it and forget about it.
2007-03-22 22:10:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something doesn't sound right to me. Contact Lottery in your state and tell them your story. Ask them what to do?
2007-03-22 16:05:45 · answer #10 · answered by Joyce E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you fill in any ballots for a drawing in Canada? If not then I would suspect it is a scam
2007-03-22 16:03:26 · answer #11 · answered by jenny s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋