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2007-09-13 21:12:49 · 18 answers · asked by Michael C 1 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Sydney
As I am starting to become socked at the lack of common sense displayed by some people on here, there're a few things to remember.
1. You can't win something you didn't enter
2. No real competitions need you to pay out to get your prize
3. If it sounds to good to be true, it is.
4. No one asks for money or passwords/bank details via the internet, letters or phone without being super legitimate. Even then, you should only be volunteering this information as your choice, for example, if you are receiving a payment from someone you've sold your car to, they might need bank details if doing a direct fund transfer. Secrecy is good!
5. If you get a letter and the logos on it are pixelated or in slightly odd colours, it's a fake. Like the letters from the Spanish department for trade and commerce I keep getting telling me to fax them my bank details. I am not that dumb.
You should always report these scams to the police. They ARE illegal, and they NEED to be stopped. Think of all the poor old people who are trusting of these scams. If you don't report any scam e-mails/letters etc you get, you're as good as helping them con people.
2007-09-13 21:26:56 · answer #1 · answered by electriclove18 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hey, electriclove, at least Michael is asking. Think of the suckers who don't ask and plunge right in.
Michael, the senders of that email might have got your address from something and have sent the same thing to you and a thousand or more other people. This is much the same as the Nigerian fraud that has been going since before the internet where you get an email asking you to help get x million dollars out of the country. Just send details of your bank account!
Do not reply, do not give them any details of your bank accounts and do not send them any money. Even if you email them to get stuffed their computer system will not recognise that but it will recognise your address as a real one and you will get garbage emails till the cows come home.
Just delete it.
2007-09-14 00:01:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi..
Unfortunately, it's a scam Michael..
If I actually did win all the money The Australian and UK lottery said I won, I would probably own Yahoo by now..lol
Have a great weekend Michael!
2007-09-13 21:24:34 · answer #3 · answered by howdoilvthee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi! Michael, this is definitely a scam, I receive them all the time, not just from one source but different ones, If I really won them I'd be a multi-millionaire!!!
2007-09-13 21:27:48 · answer #4 · answered by nosy old lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam!
Make a google search for 'lottery scam', and you'll probably see that they're just trying to get money out of you!
2007-09-13 21:17:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well Michael,i am sorry to say this it's a big scam.
2007-09-13 21:20:25 · answer #6 · answered by Spot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam, don't open any link in the e-mail.
2007-09-13 21:21:50 · answer #7 · answered by bilbotheman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you have.
You've also won £10,000,000 on the english lotto.
I work for them. Send me £1000 to process the "winners release documentation"
Then I'll get it processed straight away.
2007-09-13 21:19:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Its a scam
2007-09-13 21:18:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam
2007-09-13 21:17:35 · answer #10 · answered by Tank A 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋