Has anyone ever won any actual money from this website?

Question

http://www.lottery.co.uk/

I just got an email saying i got 5 out of the 6 numbers right and now i've won 250,000 pounds or w/e.

Is this a scam?

P.S i dont need to put in a credit card or ssc# anywhere to claim this prize....

Answer 1

You will eventually need to give them something. Lotteries don't contact random e-mail addresses and give them money. You have to enter. It doesn't sound like you did here.

They'll want money or personal information eventually. Just avoid. I'd like 250,000 pounds too, but you aren't getting it from these guys.

Answer 2

No they haven't. Alot of people have lost everything by falling for this however.

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!

Answer 3

There seems to be lots of scam emails doing the rounds which tell you that you have won a jackpot prize in a fake lottery

If you receive any of the emails or direct mailings mentioned below, we recommend that you delete them and make your friends and colleagues aware of their existence. Do NOT reply to them and DO NOT complete their online claim forms.

Answer 4

here is something simple to keep in mind when you get these emails. did you play the lottery in the u.k.? if you dont play you cant win. right? so if you are getting emails that you have won different things........just remember, if you havent played or signed up to win then it must be a hoax. ok?

Answer 5

This site is not a charity ... awarding free 250,000 pounds.
Here's a checklist: did YOU pick a lottery ? pick your own numbers ? pay for the chance or ticket? checked the draw results on the OFFICIAL lottery site? ... if YES to all AND your own numbers really matched ... then YES you won ! congratulations.

Answer 6

congrat. just wait for 250k check in your mail!! deposit it and u will be all set for rest of your life. however......