have i won anything ot this is just a scam :S ?

Question

i recieved a mail like that :
Your email won £738,000.00 from the Global promotion,Liverpool.Contact MRS SANDRA BERNOIT, for more information on how to redeem your price. Email:[e-mail][phone]
however i was realy bored so i sended a mail saying ok i won how can i get the money ?
and i recieved that:
Dear Winner,

Congratulations once again from all the staff here.Your email address won you this lottery.Email addresses of individuals and companies were selected through a computerized ballot system were your email address along with 2 others were selected as the lucky electronic mails.


Below, is a copy of our VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM , please you are expected to fill accordingly and send immediately back to us, so we can proceed with the clearing of your file.

We will then send you a complete information of our official cosultant to send you your funds which is £738,000.00 Great Britain Pounds Sterlings..and things to fill in ..wtf

Answer 1

Scam, very common. If they have not already asked you for payment of 'administrative fees' or "taxes" on your winnings before they release them, they will. Note that no legitimate lottery wil notify you by emai that you 'won,' use a free email address like Yahoo or gmail to inform you that you won, select a winner who did not actually enter the lottery, or ask for any money in advance of releasing the funds. These scammers prey on the people who would like so much to beleive they won that they ignore common sense - please don't be one of them.

Answer 2

You have won the right to be swindled out of a lot of money. this scam has been circulating in a variety of forms and some people actually fall for it. They wind up sending money abroad and they get nothing in return.

More recently the ploy has been actually to send the victim a large check. the victim is told to deposit it in the bank and then use the money to pay the fees by wiring a portion of the money to the scammer. Of course the deposited check turns out to be fake, and the bank demands the money back from your account.

Answer 3

Yes, it sounds like a fraud. Firstly, I picked up this typo "how to redeem your pric{z}e". If it were an official email from the lottery agency, then there would be no mistakes.
Secondly I googled it and it appeared in this forum, which was set up to stop fraudsters (http://antifraudintl.org/showthread.php?p=18930)
Finally, the rule that if it sounds to good to be true then it is!!!
hope this helped

Answer 4

I've received many of these, by email. In reading them carefully with the information they request, I believe they are trying get access to my bank account information, through a long list of information they request, including Bank address, account number, routing number, my birth date, address, etc. I did try to lead one of these on onetime, but found they try to keep you engaged in email exchanges for as long as possible. I now delete all these types of messages.

Answer 5

So you finally got your notice. Well, many of us have all ready received ours from various parts of the world. I am sorry to disappoint you but this is a classic scam. Stay away and do not respond.

Answer 6

Smells like a scam to me! You didn't give them any personal information, did you? Maybe a virus? Maybe having your e-mail is enough...i don't know, I'm always weary and never reply. Do not give out any information!