claimining amount
2007-10-02 01:33:06 · 7 answers · asked by chander prakash s 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various lottery scams, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them.
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/
2007-10-02 03:16:16 · answer #1 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well ask yourself this question:
Do you have in your possession a lottery ticket that you purchased in the past 180 days in the UK?
If you do, then go to the official web site, read the warning about spam and con tricks involving the lottery, and then go and check the numbers on your lottery ticket with those published on the web site.
If you match your numbers to their numbers on the appropriate date, then you have won a prize. Call the claim number on the back of the ticket to find out how to collect.
If all you got was an email, still follow the link below and read about how it is clearly a con trick, and not real.
2007-10-02 03:14:30 · answer #2 · answered by ZCT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where you are, but the US has no international lotteries. Also, no one can win a lottery they didn't enter.
If you try to claim this prize, they will ask you for a bank account to deposit the winnings, then they'll withdraw whatever you have in the account instead, or they'll ask you to pay the income taxes on those supposed winnings.
If you hit the spam button, it will help track the address so these scammers can be arrested.
2007-10-02 01:52:49 · answer #3 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a friend that won the National Lottery in England a few months ago.....
I asked him what he was going going to do with his winnings.....
He said 'im thinking of buying a football team.....i think i'll buy Tottenham Hotspur'......
So i said 'and what would you have done if you'd got more than 3 numbers!!!' :)
People from Britain will understand that!
2007-10-02 05:59:38 · answer #4 · answered by winningfootballsystem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you are not, if you received this information in an e-mail then mark it as spam and delete it. I would also recommend doing an entire computer system virus scan as well as a scan for malicious software or any other nasties that may have infected your machine as a result of opening the e-mail.
2007-10-02 01:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by dances with cats 7 · 2⤊ 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.
2007-10-02 07:23:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
me too! can there be 2 winners?
2007-10-02 04:09:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋