The meeage i got was i won the BRITISH State lottery i received the message from the company stating that u won the lottery amount is 552,00,000 pounds the cheque was already handed over to frontier courier u contact them for receiving the cheque i contacted them they are telling i have to pay 750 pounds to get the cheque with in a 24 hrs, how genuine it is
kindly suggest this.
A.Srinivasa Rao
2007-09-05 06:45:12 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
its a stupid thing its a lie you must not trust them it is a joke i have many mails like that.do you think that you really won some billions $?
2007-09-05 06:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a SCAM. You haven't won anything. There are several email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo lottery scam. See below link for confirmation of this scam and how to report it to Yahoo:
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lotteryscam_Yahoo2.php
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. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
2007-09-05 09:49:54 · answer #2 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm starting to get very fed up with the number of people posting this question on YA. Surely you recognise a scam when it jumps out of your inbox and slaps you across the face! If you didn't enter the lottery, you have won NOTHING. If someone asks for your bank details unexpectedly you have won nothing but the opportunity to have your bank account emptied.
2016-05-17 09:57:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't even have a Uk State lottery, it's a scam, why would you have to pay money to get money don't hand anything over. In UK only official lottery is The National Lottery.
2007-09-05 06:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by Clare 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first clue that it's a fraud, is that it refers to the 'British State' lottery.
Britain is not a state; it is a country. Therefore, we do not have a 'State' lottery. Simple, really...
(By the way, any lottery, anywhere in the world requires you to BUY a ticket in order to enter. There is no such thing as a 'free entry' lottery. Anywhere. Ever.)
2007-09-05 06:59:40 · answer #5 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scam
2007-09-09 05:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by curious connie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam
2007-09-05 20:05:39 · answer #7 · answered by Clare 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ignore it. It is a scam. If you won a lottery they would not contact you through your email
2007-09-05 06:52:52 · answer #8 · answered by jachooz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds about as genuine as a £6 note
2007-09-05 06:52:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I once got that same thing from a UK lottery in my email and I took it to an attourney and they assured me it was fake and I emailed them telling them how I didn't appreciate them playing with my dreams like that. I let them know how I felt.
Good luck. Let them know how you feel like I did.
They never replied back after that.
2007-09-05 07:13:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry friend. If you did not buy a ticket remember this.You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information. www.scambusters.org www.scambusters-419.co.uk The iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
2007-09-05 06:57:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋