I have recevied a mail from Fondazione di vittorio a donation company that you have been selected for the winning prize of
$ 500,000 ( five huundred thousand ) from them they sent through the Swift Express Courier Service one day i.e.on the 16th November 2007 in the hands of their Diplomat Officer Mr. Billy Garry.who reach in Mumbai yesterday & called me on my cell & asked me that i have been reached with your parcel at International Airport So, you please pay the custome duties of Rs. 35,000/- So i may bring up your parcel at your door. but i told him that suddenly it was not possible for me to be ready for the payment by cash or by mentally.
So, please guide me that is this mails from such organisation are true or just to fool people ,please guide us.
2007-11-17 01:46:29 · 7 answers · asked by vijay r 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It's a scam. You will lose any money you give to the person. Drop all communications with them. Hope you haven't given them any of your personal information as far as bank accounts.
2007-11-17 01:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pay rs 35000 to the person and then u can forget about your money ( 35,000 ) No lottery organisation takes courier charges from the winners.
this is a clear case of scam to loot 35,000 rupees from you and other people like you who respond to such messages and give out their personal details to unknow persons.
Tell me, can u ever win a lottety/raffle without participating in it, i mean, without buying a lottery/raffle ticket. Did u participate inthis particular lotter , if not how could u beleive that you have won a prize.
secondaly how can there be a customs duty on a letter or a drafts .
and u were nice enough to give your cell number also.
congratulations on being so intellegent.
This is a pure SCAM, DONT FALL FOR IT. As per E mails received I have already won more than a few hundred lotteries, I just see the mail and delete it. thats what should be sone with such mails.
2007-11-18 19:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by chit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is false they just want to ****** you in so you would give them all of your information it is spam and I really don't know how to get rid of it but it is getting annoying and someone needs to do something about it. Basically if you haven't entered yourself into a lottery you didn't win anything.. If you know that you don't have some uncle in another country that just died then you are not an executor of his inheritance or his will. I live in America and I always get these stupid emails where some Habibi dude from Habibi land died and they want me to be the executor of his estate supposedly its some attorney and he is my uncle or something blah blah.
just email this one dude and give him all of my information like where I live and my phone number full name and everything. Yeah right like I would do that! hell no!! ok well just don't get suckered into it. Delete it hit spam do something to keep blocking them it is all false its a big scam!
2007-11-17 09:56:36 · answer #3 · answered by biking for life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answers above are correct. It is to fool people into giving them money, you get nothing in return.
2007-11-17 09:56:57 · answer #4 · answered by JP32 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. Forward it to www.cybertip.org, which is the FBI cybercrimes unit.
2007-11-17 11:16:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had also received these types of e mails.
2007-11-17 11:28:47 · answer #6 · answered by Rana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u tell them to send your winnings first and then u will pay the fees required!
2007-11-17 10:11:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋