Has anybody heard of The National Lottery, Sefton Business Park in Aintree, it's alot of $, a scam?

Question

I got an email that I won, their address won't come up on mapquest, just trying to check it out before I get screwed, his email to claim is yahoo uk

Answer 1

This is a scam. Here is some further information about these scam emails:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya... Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites :
http://ww.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/internet-scams.html
http://www.police.west-tisbury.ma.us/internet_scams.htm

Answer 2

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 '[e-mail]' or '[e-mail]' 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!)

Answer 3

Certainly a scam. That said, Sefton Business Park in Aintree is a real place. It's on the outskirts of Liverpool in the UK.

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

Its a scam. All lotery's that are out of your country of or state or orgin are a scam. You must live in the state or country to win. And there is never a fee to collect lottery winnings. Only untill the goverment gets ahold of it atleast.

Answer 6

had the same thing to me too. only i get about 2 or 3 a day. another person answered to mine, to report them if you want

this is his answer...

It's scammers pretending to be the UK lottery; they aren't soliciting by e-mail

If you want to bother, forward the fraudulent email to [e-mail], [e-mail], and [e-mail].

FBI: http://www.fbi.gov/

Answer 7

scam

Answer 8

spam! just bin it.