I won 1,000,000 dollars from free lotto, it seems too good to be true..are they for real? and glo lotto?

Question

i won 1,000,000 dollars, from free lotto, but i dont response for which they are asking for my my credit card no., coz it is too risky to do, and stupid..but they keep on sending me notifications about my winnings..i don't belive this, for it was such too good to be true..but i just received a mail check from them amounting to 18 cents..well, 18 cents dont make sense from a 1,000,000 dollars prize..but it keeps me wondering what behind that institution..and my father just told me, a week ago, that he received a sms msg from glo lotto, notifying him about his winning price 1,000,000 GreatBritainPounds, and they also asking for his email address, to which it woul be their means of transaction..according to what procedures they have sent to my father's email, before he can claim his prize, he must send an amount of 1,000 GBP as an acceptance fee..it is too ridiculous, because they are asking for money first before he can get his prize..but my father seems to belived..ur comments can help.

Answer 1

you are right, it is called phising. they want you to send information so they can use your credit card for themselves.please stay far away from these people.

Answer 2

It is scam. Yahoo (insert any company name here, this answer works for all!) do not run an email 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...

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 haven ot bought a ticket. Anyone can set up an email account with Yahoo, they can use any combination of letters they choose. I could be '[e-mail]' or 'disneyfreeticketsgenuine@yaho... That doesn't mean that I am either of these and is fine as long as I don't try to use the address to mislead people. Don't be fooled by legitimate looking email addresses which end the same way as any other free account, don't be fooled by fictitious titles such as 'Dr' or 'Executive Director of Winner Claims'.


(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!)

Answer 3

Scam, Scam, Scam.

You've "won" money on a competition you've never even entered? Get real!

Why not just e-mail your bank account details to all the people who want to get "oil money" out of a country and think that you're a nice person because of your e-mail address.

Let me guess, he's forwarded this e-mail to 20 of his friends because if he does then Bill Gates will give him a free copy of Vista, honest, I wouldn't lie to you!!!

Ok, back to being serious. If it sounds too good to be true it usually is. As your father if he would give £1,000 to some who walked up to him in the street and said he'd won £1,000,000 just like that. These schemes appeal to everyones nature of "get rich quick" and that's unfortunately why the succeed. It costs fractions of £1,000 to send loads of e-mails and unfortunately all it takes is a few people to reply to give these scumbags the profits they want.

Take a look at www.snopes.com which is great for listing these internet "urban legends" and scams.

Answer 4

The whole thing is a massive scam. Whatever you do, don't send these people ANY money or give them any bank/credit card details. Just block the e-mail address so you don't get any more rubbish from them. In order for you to be the genuine winner of any lotto, you need to have purchased a TICKET!!!

Answer 5

TEAR THAT CHECK UP!
If you deposit it (or cash it) at your bank it will be returned to them with your account number on it. From there, you can watch the money in your account get sucked out in less than 24 hours!

The same goes for giving them a credit card number. There is NO reason to have to pay for your winnings.

Now, for all the people out there wondering if this is a scam, I ask: "Did you ever enter that lottery?" "How much did the tickets cost?"

The best thing you can do is to use the SPAM button whenever you see one of these in your mailbox.

Answer 6

Sorry to tell you, but it is 99.9% likely to be a scam, and only .1% probable to be true. How can you win anything but have to pay them first? What!? Trust me, these are just people out to get your money and then never be seen or heard from again.

If I were you, I would not only delete and ignore them, but also report them!

Answer 7

I happened to me too. I won a million , then two million pounds from a nother lottery, then somebody sent a mail saying i had inherited a fortune, then i won another lotto, and the list goes on. Im so lucky id bet on myself!!

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Please DELETE this. It's been on TV that many people have been scammed by these emails. Anything that sounds to good to be true, simply IS! Don't even think of responding to it!

Answer 10

i got one once. there was a name on the bottom so i searched it he was a con arist.
ps. it said uk lotto i am in the us