do you think its a con?..i have to fax my bank details over to recieve my cheque
2007-11-09 07:47:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various scams, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them.
http://www.svbizlaw.com/lottery.euromillionsspanishlotteryintl.jose.htm
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/
2007-11-10 01:14:25 · answer #1 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having seen the answers you have submitted to other subscribers questions and also your posted questions, my first thought is to say yes!! Go for it and send them your bank details. If indeed you have got an email saying you have won the lottery.
That way you might get back a little of what you are dishing out to others.
Having said that, if indeed you are old enough or even more importantly, considered mature enough to actually have a bank account, one of the quickest ways of getting it emptied is to supply your personal details to anyone or any organisation you don't know.
You must know that this kind of thing is an out and out scam. The only way I know of winning a genuine lottery is to buy a ticket and have the numbers come up.
Did you buy a ticket for this lottery? Of course not as it does not exist.
May I suggest that rather than trying to disrupt a site like YA, whose main intention is to help those in need or in trouble, you put your talents to better use and try to help those people too. I feel sure that you have the ability to do so if you really put your mind to it.
100s if not 1000s of other 'subscribers' have tried to disrupt or destroy YA, but as you can see, none has yet succeeded. You are fighting a losing battle.
Poseidon
2007-11-09 08:07:08 · answer #2 · answered by Poseidon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't ever post your bank details on the Internet. The lotto is a scam. You receive an unsolicited email, which states that you have won a major prize in an international lottery. Supposedly, your email address was collected online and attached to a random number that was subsequently entered in a draw for the lottery. In order to claim your prize, you are instructed to contact the official "agent" in charge of your case. You are also advised to keep the win confidential for "security reasons". This part of the scam is basically a random phishing expedition. If you respond in any way to the email, the scammers will send further messages or even contact you by phone in an attempt to draw you deeper into the scam.
You may be asked to provide banking details, a large amount of personal information, and copies of your driver's licence and passport. Ostensibly, these requests are to prove your identity and facilitate the transfer of your winnings. However, if you comply with these requests, the scammers will have enough information to steal your identity.
Sooner or later, the scammers will request some sort of advance fee supposedly to cover administration, legal or delivery costs. At its core, this scam is just a reworking of the Nigerian loan fraud, in which scammers also eventually ask for upfront fees to facilitate the "deal". Like Nigerian scams, victims who do actually pay the requested fees will probably find that they receive continuing payment demands to cover "unexpected expenses". The requests for money will go on until the victim realizes what is happening or has no further money to send.
In some cases, the scammers give victims the option of opening an account at a particular bank as an alternative to paying upfront fees. However, this "bank" which is completely bogus, will insist on an initial deposit of $3000 as a requirement for opening the account. The fake bank will have a legitimate looking website to reinforce the scam. In other cases, the victim is given the option of travelling to an overseas destination and paying a cash fee to facilitate the release of the funds. However, any "winnings" released to the victim will be counterfeit and therefore worthless.
The details of the lottery scams vary regularly with regard to the name of the lottery itself, the country of origin, the sponsoring organization, the amount of the "prize" and other particulars. The scammers try to add a patina of legitimacy to their claims by mentioning real financial institutions, government departments or well-known companies. They may also provide links to slick looking, but fraudulent websites that are designed to back up information included in the scam emails. If the scammers are successful in establishing a dialogue with a potential victim, they may provide "proof" such as a scanned image of a supposed government official's ID and even photographs of the "winnings" in cash.
2007-11-09 12:27:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the point at which they request you transfer an amount of money by western union for tax / handling / shipping / exchange fees before you get your hands on the money, you know it's a con. If you didn't buy a ticket, how can you have won anything? I worked for a law firm a couple of years ago, advising several people who had lost money to these 419 scams. V. sad.
2007-11-09 07:55:22 · answer #4 · answered by Matt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry mate ...any lottery win which u have to pay money to recieve it is a con...
there are hundreds of these types of emails doin the rounds right now...ive had a few myself which i just delete immediately...
if you want to be totally sure check the email/the reply email add...if it is real it wud be from official email account..but i expect it wil be a yahoo or hotmail or other free email account which is untraceable..
2007-11-09 07:55:11 · answer #5 · answered by snafu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fax 'em to me. I'll clear out your bank account before they get a look in.
2007-11-09 07:51:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a con both my friend AND her husband received identical letters saying they had won the exclusive prize!!
If it seems too good to be true it probably is!
2007-11-09 07:57:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you haven't. It's a scam. They're looking to steal your money, not give you money. Just delete that message and others like it you may get because they're ALL scams.
2007-11-09 07:55:53 · answer #8 · answered by Navigator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey, you and me both I received a letter today also - its a con (its easy to look up online)
EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVIA LOTTERY ?
Do not send your details
I have written B*ll*CKS on mine and sent it back !
2007-11-09 07:51:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my friend won the same amount of money last summer. yah its a con
2007-11-09 07:50:57 · answer #10 · answered by i am jacks fingers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋