I've had three lotteries contact me letting me know that I've won big money. No bank details have been asked for, as yet, but still, are they genuine?
2007-04-24 03:34:52 · 19 answers · asked by Mummy 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Yeah, of COURSE they are .. major International Companies are just queueing up to throw money at the lucky winners ...
... and guess what ?
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BUY A TICKET !!!
Now how's that for a deal ????
On the other hand perhaps the web is full of con-merchants and criminals looking for idiots and morons who believe in 'something for nothing' and have more money than sense (but not for long :-) ) and, just maybe, there is a good reason why anyone with an ounce of sense turns on the SPAM filters ?
How thick can people be ???
(... wake up you fool ! )
2007-04-24 03:38:58 · answer #1 · answered by Steve B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All of the contact emails regarding the lotteries are scams, long gone are the days when they just asked for your bank account details and rudely pilfered your account now they ask for your full name and address, your date of birth and a next of kin.
Working in the finance/bank industry this is enough to steal your identity and leave you sitting in debt, fair enough there is a chance you MIGHT not be left holding the bag for THAT long and the appropriate companies will possibly clear the debt off but there is the time and effort to sort it out first. Then there is your credit rating taking a nose dive to boot, getting your name cleared through Equifax and Experien takes ages and you have all this proof to send them before anything is done to solve the situation.
My advise report it as spam or keep deleting because the minute you give them your personal details then all your problems start.
2007-04-24 04:15:51 · answer #2 · answered by Caz300 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a huge scam! Beware of any e-mails that tell you that you have won a lottery (that you have never entered) or of e-mails from some Prince in some foreign country that needs your bank account # to transfer money and then will split it with you when the deal is done. They will just take your money from you, steal your identity and you will never get your money back! Recently on Dateline NBC, Chris Hanson did a story called "To Catch an ID theft" and they showed people who fell for these scams and lost tons of money! Don't ever give your account information to anyone!
2007-04-24 03:57:42 · answer #3 · answered by CbopXB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all fake. I had an email from quadcruise lotteries telling me i'd won 2.5million dollars, then they asked me to pay 3000 dollars to activate a special account that they would pay the money into. I checked them out on google and it showed them to be scam artists. I suggest you do the same with the companies that have contacted you and i guess that you'll find many others have had the same email. They are pretty genuine looking sometimes but don't fall for it.
2007-04-24 03:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put the whole lot back in the reply envelope, tell them to send you a cheque and take any fees needed out of your winnings!!
Think the whole lot are scams, did you enter the lottery? Probably not, so how could you have won?
NEVER NEVER give them your bank details!!
2007-04-24 03:39:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I received emails from various places, UK lottery, Microsoft, Yahoo winner, SA World cup2010 etc etc worth more than 6 million dollars.They normally ask me contact fiduciary agent then a courier company then a paying bank. Bank will ask me to remit a substantial amount to open an account etc etc
It is really a scam Dont go for it. I dont know how they gain the email addresses.
2007-04-24 09:50:22 · answer #6 · answered by chitrabanu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they're not genuine, of course they're not. Many years ago, when I was still a silly teenager I got fooled by one of these companies and replied to the e mail. They e mail back asking for my home address etc etc, and then e mailed asking for a £700 processing fee. I replied saying I didn't have that amount of money to give them and I heard nothing again. It's a scam, I actually know someone who did give money to a scam, poor woman, £2000 lost forever.
2007-04-24 03:56:14 · answer #7 · answered by sab01_1999 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I recieved a couple from Spain saying I'd won money on their big lottery, despite never buying a ticket! If it seems too good to be true, it usually is! These letters are fake (you can usually tell by the dodgy pixelated images and dodgy copy jobs!), don't reply, just throw them away.
2007-04-24 03:49:37 · answer #8 · answered by AMY 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are most certainly a scam. Just remember that if it seems to good to be true it probably is. I have never heard of a single person ever benefiting from these types of e-mails. For further info I would recommend going to www.snopes.com. This site helps to differentiate between the realities and scams of the world.
2007-04-24 03:45:50 · answer #9 · answered by Robert H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey! my dad has been getting these letters in the post for the last few months firstly sayin that he was goin to be entered into a draw,free of charge.then he got letters after that saying that he had won like one million dollors..the letters look really believeable................im just after readin over one of those letters there,it asks for my father to send a payment cheque of 15euro to an address befor the deadline and he will be the award winner,and have a choice of either $33,334 every year for 30 years or 1 lump sum of $535,000......if he wins the draw.........see its pure bull, i feel sorry for my dad cuz i no he loves gettin home from work to get these letters and he wants to believe that theyre true!!yeah right,i hope your not as stupid!!anyway,what ever you do just make sure they dont get any bank account numbers!!..............
2007-04-24 04:00:25 · answer #10 · answered by michelle cool 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋