this is what it said > you have won one million dollars, on the UK lotteries , and it tells me my ticket numbers and the procedures to follow , and it goes on to say that microsoft , toschiba, and dell, are sponsers of this winnings , is this a scam or what is the best way to go about this , what if it is true
2007-03-24 14:21:55 · 19 answers · asked by davetwoyou 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
There are many Nigerian scams that are showing up nowadays. Please read the following carefully:
I can guarantee you that if you listen to these punks you will lose every bit of money you have and never receive any prize money as such a prize does not exist.
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!
2007-03-24 22:28:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. I've been getting tons of emails like that about lotteries in the UK. Any spam or scam can be forwarded to:
spam@uce.gov
Do not respond to it in any way and do not open or run any attachments. Forward it to the address above and then delete it.
2007-03-24 14:25:44 · answer #2 · answered by pookiemct07 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam, if you haven't entered a contest then you didn't win anything. This is just a way for some companies to get your business. Send you an email saying you won and when you go to thier site to claim the prize they ask you to sign up for three services before you can claim the prize.
2007-03-24 14:27:16 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfmanscott 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just remember that if you did not enter the lottery yourself then its going to be an email hoak scam which will seek to get information from you to use in a corrupt way. Nothing is free.
2016-03-29 03:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have really submitted something at a legit place, then it is possible, however, if you have never entered a lottery of the sort, it is fake and should be deleted in a timely manner
2007-03-24 14:24:02 · answer #5 · answered by xdannifenx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam, but I am about to become extremely rich myself -- I'm helping some new friends get their family fortune out of Nigeria.
2007-03-24 14:32:02 · answer #6 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely scam. Look for little stars above words, or if there is little words at the bottom. I hope for your sake it's not a scam! :]
2007-03-24 14:24:22 · answer #7 · answered by hereecomesxthesun :] 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey. Personally I would delete it. They will make you buy their products or send you a virus and you will never get the money. My advice for it is to get out of it if its on its separate page or just leave it alone and ignore it
2007-03-24 14:28:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's fake just delete it. I mean really, would you just e-mail someone and say you have won 1 million dollars?
2007-03-24 14:26:32 · answer #9 · answered by ♫Lauryn♫ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scam scam scam
2007-03-24 14:34:29 · answer #10 · answered by Sue F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋