They say I have won 420,000 pounds that will be distributed over a 10 month period...fees will need to be prepaid...I'm worried about being conned...
2007-06-01 11:24:05 · 10 answers · asked by JEFFREY H 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Credit
if you haven't entered the draw yourself then this should send alarm bells ringing. Also if you have won something then they will just send it to you. Just ignore it, your not rich.
2007-06-01 11:34:03 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a company here called Amtrak and that is a parcel delivery company. It has been around for many years.
But why would a UK parcel company be offering you £420k!!.
I hold the view that you can only "win" something if you entered a competiton and unfortunately here we seem to have an awful lot of these scams.
Furthermore why would a reputable company tell you that you had won the thick end of a $1m and then ask you for some cash upfront? There can be no justification, to transfer the money from the UK by electronic transfer costs about £30, which is peanuts to a company offering a prize of £420K.
2007-06-01 11:35:51 · answer #2 · answered by Paul W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it's a con, i can't belive how many questions there are on here anout fake lottery wins!!!
anything that says you have won money and then asks for you to pay anything or provide any bank/credit card /personal details is going to be a fraud!!!
sorry mate but generally you ahev to enter a lottery to have a chance of winning it...
2007-06-01 11:46:20 · answer #3 · answered by pooterpet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RUN and don't look back as this is a SCAM ...only if you are a theif yourself wanting all that money when you never worked for it ...If you go ahead with it that means you do deserve to be taken advantage of
2007-06-01 14:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by tushlawal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a perfectly respectable company called AMTRAK parcels.
But they will be nothing to do with this con
2007-06-01 11:36:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you won something, you would not need to pre pay anything its another scam. No one gets anything for free.
2007-06-01 11:29:15 · answer #6 · answered by tempest 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course you have !
After all, YOU NEVER HEARD OF THEM BEFORE have you ?
and you YOU NEVER BOUGHT A TICKET did you ?
and YOU NEVER GAVE THEM YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS did you ?
Plainly Companies you never heard of are handing over millions of £££'s every day to random people at random email addresses for the extremely good reason that they are CRIMINALS AND CON MERCHANTS .. and you WON'T GET A PENNY but they will EMPTY YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
2007-06-01 11:41:07 · answer #7 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you have ever watched the programme 'The real Hustle on BBC3 then you will recognise his saying:-
If it sounds too good to be true, Then it is!!!
2007-06-01 11:28:04 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anything where you pre-pay fees is a SCAM.
2007-06-01 11:26:35 · answer #9 · answered by Lobster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a con don't answer it, cos if you have not entered anything then you can't win anything
2007-06-01 11:38:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋