i have won money out of the usa. should i pay for money that i have won?
2007-04-27 06:02:21 · 9 answers · asked by camel_60_07 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
How did you receive your notification of winnings? I do not know the situation, but the first thing I thought reading your post is "haox" and somebody is trying to separate you from your money. Usually, when you win something, you do not have to pay for it. You will have to pay Taxes, but you do that, not another company. I would just be skeptical. Anything that sounds too good to be true normally is. This is especially true with winnings outside the US.
2007-04-27 06:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by TexasAg99 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO..it's a trick, a scam! Does it really make sense that you would have to PAY to collect winnings? The only person who is going to end up with the money is the person (or company) that you send the money to. DON'T DO IT!
2007-04-27 13:25:27 · answer #2 · answered by karen h 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never, ever, pay to receive any kind of prize. No legitimate company will ask you to do this, but a lot of scam artists have been using that type of scam.
2007-04-27 13:13:02 · answer #3 · answered by Angie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you're being scammed.
If you actually won money and have received it, you will have to pay taxes on it.
But you NEVER pay someone to give you money that you've "won."
2007-04-27 13:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paying for money. That somehow seems wrong. How about they deduct the 'cost' of you winning from what they send you.
2007-04-27 13:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by words_smith_4u 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are about 7,800,000,000 people in the world and about 7,800,000,001 scams to separate people from their money. This is number 5,603,204,127.
No, don't do it.
2007-04-27 13:13:08 · answer #6 · answered by math_prof 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
younshould not have to pay for your winnings, it is likely a scam if they ask you to pay a percentage of the value of the prize, it is a scam.
2007-04-27 13:14:45 · answer #7 · answered by answers999 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no,I got scammed out of 2000 dollars this way.you should never have to pay for money.
2007-04-27 13:12:49 · answer #8 · answered by toomuchpain 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that makes no sense
2007-04-27 13:31:38 · answer #9 · answered by polarpenguin512 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋