they took my informations...now they are telling me to send money in their accoubnt for the corrier charges should i trust them ..how would i know if they are not lying
2007-12-30 16:30:48 · 19 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.hotscams.com/articles/759/1/Lottery-Scam-Yahoo-Awards-Center---Yahoo-UK-amp-Ireland/Page1.html
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
2008-01-02 00:09:32 · answer #1 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely do not do it. If you won the lottery, they should be sending you money not the other way around. This has scam written all over it. If they are so concerned about the courier charges tell them to deduct it off your lottery wins and send the check on. Don't hold your breath though. It will never come :-) Delete it, move on and go buy a lottery ticket. Good luck!
2008-01-03 19:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about it.
Why would a company give you millions, but charge you to recieve it? Why didn't they lower your winnings? When did you buy one of their tickets? Why do they need your info? Why haven't they come to you for pictures so they can promote their lottery?
I could go on. This is a scam...and not a very good one. If you have given them any infomation, then you're in trouble. In England, we only have 1 lottery and I am positive that Camalot (Or whatever they are called) aren't posting out e mails.
Dump it-it's not real. Sorry!
2007-12-31 01:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by johnstonemac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If some MALE came all the way from London just to tell you that you won the lottery, you may be on to something! After all, do you think he'd come all that way for nothing?
2007-12-31 00:38:38 · answer #4 · answered by pathstr8 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a big scam. In a legitimate lottery, they send you the check. If they can afford to run a lottery, they can afford the postage. If this came in the regular mail take it to your post office.
2007-12-31 00:43:49 · answer #5 · answered by hamrrfan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe I should send an email to Shaun F asking for some money to send him his lottery winnings. He seems naive enough lol...
I have won a reasonable large sum of money, camalot deliver it in person to you door. (Please nobody email for loans, it was a while ago. Been there done that).
Deffinate scam dont send anything, check for virus and delete.
2007-12-31 00:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by DJ Steve 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, but you ain't won jack! 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.
Complete list of SCAM e-mail addresses.
http://www.419baiter.com/_scam_emails/scammer-email-addresses.html
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2007-12-31 21:07:45 · answer #7 · answered by Punter P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't send them money mate i get it all the time by email and post if you send them money they will come back for more but use another way of contacting you they will just use a different name its all a scam and it happens all over the Internet if you get an email saying you have won a free mobile or something don't give in your details they scam you by sending you the product and because they have sent you it you have signed an invisible contract i should know my brother done it and ended up paying £400 he hasn't done it since or if you see a link on the Internet just ignore it its all a scam good luck and don't fall 4 there scams
2007-12-31 14:01:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.
www.hoaxbusters.ciac.org
www.scambusters-419.co.uk
www.truthorfiction.com
Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful
2007-12-31 11:52:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How could you be possibly win if you don't buy a ticket? If anything sounds too good to be true, that must be scam.....
2007-12-31 02:09:56 · answer #10 · answered by Blue_sky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋