I got a prize notification from Volkswagen lottery department.I replied& get prize confirmation.is it true?

Question

I got a prize notification from Dr.Larry Hector, claims officer of Volks wagen automobiles. I got a secret id also from them. When I contact them via email they sent me the details of Car ready for shipment and the names & address of Courier company and suggest me to reach England for receive the price. I want to know is there any such car promotional lottery is conducted by the Volkswagen department.They informed me that I am the third winner of such lottery. Please give me the correct answer. Because my time limit for receiving it only 5 days more.

Answer 1

It's a scam.......Don't give them any money, which I'm sure they're going to ask you for to "reserve this special price" Or some BS like that.

My opinion.

Answer 2

This is a variation of the old nigerian letter scam.

The following is important to read:

1) THERE IS NO LOTTERY
2) THERE IS NO Dr. HECTOR
3) THEY WILL STEAL YOUR MONEY
4) THEY ARE PROB. NOT EVEN IN ENGLAND

is that subtle or what.

They will eventually ask you to send your money to them via western union or a similiar process. This is to pay for the 'courier' or 'fees' or whatever, despite the fact that you have supposidly won a big potfull of money. ( Lets think about THAT for a second or so..)

When you give them the western union authorization code it can be intercepted and redirected to anywhere in the world ( think Lagos or Nigeria or more recently Russia). Once gone its gone..

These people are NOT nice. They rake in over a BILLION a year world wide (FBI Statistics) and they will take money from dying pensioners and college students without any second thought.

Here are some typical clues to look for, since this comes in a variety of forms.

1) African origin (although the web is allowing that to expand)
2) Their email account is usually a free one (yahoo, mail.com, etc..)
3) Their command of the english language is (to be kind) lacking
4) 'Its a secret' - don't tell anyone. (Because if you tell someone they may point out that it is a fraud)
5) It is all rushed (with time comes discovery)
6) Money only by western union to a third party name (the "secretary" or "treasurer"

How many of these did I match?

Hopefuly this has saved you a few bucks because you surely were not going to win any.

ok.. now for the fun part...this will make you feel a little better about the money you didn't win.

Try this web site: www.419eater.com . (419 is the penal code dealing with nigerian type scams).

There is a global group that goes after these people, using simply their own greed. In many cases they have convinced the scammer to send THEM money or perform (and photograph themselves performing) ridiculous acts .. even to making a movie of an old monty python sketch (that one made it to U Tube). I guarantee you will laugh and say 'no way' about how really dumb greed makes these vermin.

There are also archived copies of the various scam letters that are used so you can look for yours.

ok..??

Hope this helped..... drop me a quick note if you want more info.



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Answer 3

And they need you to send them money for taxes or delivery charges. Send it and you will never see the money again or the car. Scam. You can't win a lottery you never entered in the first place.

Just do a quick search of it, and you will find this:

Bogus Volkswagen lottery scam offers million pound prize
The messages claim that recipients have been chosen for a Ј1,000,000 prize and a brand new VW car. The emails say that the user has been randomly chosen from over 250,000 email addresses around the world. It then urges recipients not to tell anyone else of their win, but to quickly contact a prize transfer agent for further instructions. A phone number and email address is given for people to contact if they believe the bogus message that they have actually won the enormous windfall.

Sophos researchers believe that the emails are a variant of the commonly-encountered "Letter from Nigeria" scams, also known as 419 Advanced Fee Fraud, that fool innocent users into believing that a large amount of money will be transferred into their bank account, but are really designed to steal information about the user's bank account or demand a "handling fee" for the money transfer. Bogus Volkswagen lottery scam offers million pound prize and a brand new car

http://www.malwarehelp.org/

Answer 4

It will be rather unique in some people's routines and activities; on the more common individuals use, the principles will be quite general and generic (albeit name brand products) since accepted methods are hammered out daily with the only variation being improvements and updates in the security software and security products. Really I have not come across any new approaches but the utilities improve while pretty much doing the same things. This will sound silly but it is an example I am going to use anyway (as I am no security expert). If computer viruses start floating down from entrails or rising from crop circles to find their way into our computers, that certainly would be very alien. That is not happening, at least I have not heard of it!

Answer 5

Oh!!! WOW!!! Its a small world, I was the third winner also...is this your "secret" ID... x7pwyz2006...? If thats it, its not a secret...It's spam; with information as sensitive as they want from you AND the "sensitive" information they give to you...well I'll put it like this...E-mail isn't the most secure means of communication. I believe a true company would never send sensitive data over unencrypted pages..you know when see that little lock thing at the bottom of your page, or when the URL bar turns a different color, that indicates its encrypted or secure...If you really won something, there would be a secured link for you to go through. Sorry but its spam..no car..no money...those bastards...If you don't believe me Google it..

Answer 6

First of all, did you enter any lottery? Second, car companies do not give away cars without telling everyone about it. It's marketing. Finally, if you did "win" a lottery, you never pay to receive your prize. This is a total SCAM. I would contact Volkswagen and see what they have to say about it.

Answer 7

You will receive many such promotional offers ...

you would also receive mails regarding the secret bank a/c treasures of african rebel leaders having billions of dollars in their swiss accounts

you would also receive mails that you finance have been approved for which you had never applied

you would also receive mails that you had got a jack pot of x amount of dollars for which you have to meet out their certain creteria...

you would also receive many schemes that you had never heard off..

so do not waste your time on these... they are just making fools and nothing else....

Answer 8

Let me put it this way....IF you WON a prize, it is done - you won.
WHY is there a time limit?
WHY is there additional costs?
WHY should you have to travel anywhere....they can transport you afterall you are the "winner"
Etc.
Obviously this is a scam of some sort.

If it sounds to good to be true, it is. Nothing is free....you got to do some of the work.

Answer 9

be very wary of any lottery on the internet. most if not all are scams.do not repeat DO NOT give any vital data no matter the request. i suggest you ask a local volkswagon dealer if they know of this scheme and if not ,give you a phone number of volkswagon headquaters in the U.S. THE USE OF A COURIER , this is usually a tipoff that its a scam.

Answer 10

There are a few different scams like this going around. I got a new BMW and 500,000 euro. You can look on one of the scam websites and there are many of us who got this. It's BS. In the end they will ask you to send them $1000.00 for shipping costs.