I HAVE GOT E:MAILS DECLARING ME WINNER OF LOTTERIES LIKE "FREE LOTTO, UKON-2007, B,M.W. YAHOO, YAHOO MSN WINDOWS, MICROSOFT MEGA JACK-POT. ALL OF THEM ASKING TO SEND MONEY FOR DELIVERY CHARGES TO SEND THE COURIER. SHOULD I BELIEVE AND SEND MONEY? IT LOOKS SCAM.
2007-07-20 00:09:11 · 8 answers · asked by jd 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
SCAM, SCAM, SCAM. Anybody asking you to send them money so you can get your winnings is about to pick your pocket.
2007-07-20 00:57:40 · answer #1 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a SCAM..
Think about it.. If you won a Lottery... Anywhere in the WORLD..... Don't you think they would fly you out there so, they can have you on TV and whatever else...
Think about it.. Here in the US.. If anyone wins anything even near a million.. Its all over the newspapers and TV...
There probley going to try and steal your identity or after you fill out Payment Processing.. There going to say please send us (about) $5,000 for the taxes and processing fees...
So, I wouldn't do anything but, just ignore them.. Or write back and say.. Send me the money and I'll send you the info back once I received it..
They will never answer you back.. and I would try and call you Internet provider and tell them about it...
Good luck with everything and let us know what happens...
Jay
2007-07-20 02:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by Jason 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam of course. They are just phishing for personal information. Not many people know it but SPAM E-mails can be easily dealt with now. The SPAM problem has gotten so bad that the government has set up a agency to investigate and eliminate these type of SPAM emails. The Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov) has been assigned the responsibility to eliminate these SPAM emails. All you need to do is forward your SPAM to this email address. SPAM@UCE.GOV For the subject you can put things like "I can't get rid of this SPAM emails", "No removal / unsubscribe link provided in email", "Suspected web forgery", "Removal link results in more SPAM" etc. Once you forward your email to that email address the FTC agency will investigate the email in question and hunt down the source of the SPAM (usually a bot) and prosecute their owners. I have been forwarding my SPAM to them and I do not receive any more SPAM. Doing this really does work. I am no longer scared to give first time visit web pages my email address just to access their content. Start doing this for a week and after a week you will be SPAM free, I promise.
2016-05-18 01:36:19 · answer #3 · answered by kym 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam its a scam, every thing on the internet is a scam did u give ur email to anyone? if u did its a scam
2007-07-20 06:23:27 · answer #4 · answered by ............. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam. Disregard and Delete.
2007-07-20 00:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by Usialimasatu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont send anything.it is a scam.
2007-07-20 01:41:52 · answer #6 · answered by celestia ck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay away.. the only free thing is air ( barely)
2007-07-23 16:15:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM.
2007-07-23 12:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by curious connie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋