2007-05-17 17:28:46 · 11 answers · asked by pali 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
I would not want to win 2 million ponds. Where the hell are you going to put all that water?
And I thought you just got a Massage at a Massage Parlor. How does one "receive" a massage?
If you can't spell you may deserve to be scammed.
2007-05-17 17:36:52 · answer #1 · answered by hcps_boxer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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-scams.html
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 'thequeenmother@yahoo.com' or 'disneyfreeticketsgenuine@yahoo.com' 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!)
2007-05-19 23:37:53 · answer #2 · answered by 'H' 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are as ignorant as your spelling you are probably excited about the message. Coventry Promotions is a scam which preys upon the terminally ignorant. You are not terminally ignorant, since you at least have the sense to ask about it.
If a thing seems too good to be true, it is probably a lie. Did you ever enter any contest with them, do they ask for banking information so they can send you the money? They are trying to either get money from you or to steal your identity. One group actually stole the identification of a 5 yr old boy and ran up tens of thousands in debts under his name. The people owed the money want the 5 yr old to pay even though he could not have run up the debts and the credit agencies have him down as a bad credit risk even though he bought nothing on credit.
Delete, trash, throw away, hang up on all these criminal schemes. A real contest will send you a valid check and notification by mail, and then you double-check to see if the check is good and the organization is legal. Some of those are scams too and use fraudulent checks to suck you in.
2007-05-17 18:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by Taganan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I used to receive such messages very often. My winnings were varying from $5,000 to $10,000,000.If all were true; I definitely could have Bill Gates as my personal "Dog Trainer". Out of hundreds, one looked more real to me and I followed up, but it reached a condition which I considered it as a dead end and I preferred not to go any further.
Money doesn’t grow on tree. This money should come from somewhere. That means someone/some people should lose this money so you gain it.
My friend, thousands of people receive such B.S. worldwide. If all of these messages were true, then all those rich people who currently have this type of money(s) had to lose it to the winners like you and me. Then you would see the top 10 richest people list always changing.
Forget all these stuff.
Have you heard the thing ”Too Good To Be True” ?
Just don think about it. It just makes you think deeper and deeper into such things and causes you big troubles with concentrating on your daily life real stuff
2007-05-17 17:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by The One 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information. Just google scam and see how many hits yoou get, there are millions of them and they are all aimed at taking your money.An excellent site giving advice on how to recognise and avoid scams is at www.rz-berlin.mpg.de/~wm/wm-lotto.html Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
2007-05-18 07:25:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of them, sounds like a hoax.. If you have not entered anything then you cannot have won.... And if they are asking for bank details and or for you to pay them to release the funds then it is a hoax and a con trick. Best thing is stay clear...
2007-05-17 17:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by Frank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in the UK and you bought a lottery ticket and won, you would have to contact them first. They warn about spam mails and lottery fraud on their web site. They don't send emails to winners.
2007-05-17 17:40:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are welcome to two million ponds.You can keep a lot of fish in them.No I assume you mean pounds and the message is a scam . Do not answer it and delete it.
2007-05-17 20:08:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it isn't. You must've been asked to give ur details on it but don't do so.You might get into trouble.Even my dad keeps getting these kind of mails
2007-05-17 17:38:16 · answer #9 · answered by Trupti 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There fake.
2007-05-17 19:20:24 · answer #10 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋