winning lottery
Date: Mon, 08/06/2007 - 11:57
email address removed as per forum rules - Mike
Please let me know. Thank you.
Yes it's a scam... if u win the lottery, NO one will ask u for m
Yes it's a scam... if u win the lottery, NO one will ask u for money! Have u even bought a lottery ticket in the UK????
Also, i dont' think it's legal to pay foriegn lotteries!
Do NOT send them money!
Ang
You're totally right Ang. Plus, in the UK it's not called power
You're totally right Ang. Plus, in the UK it's not called powerball, it's the Thunderball lottery. I get those emails all the time, load of garbage.
Yes, it is definitely a scam. There have been other emails simil
Yes, it is definitely a scam. There have been other emails similar to this one, saying that your email address was submitted into a UK lottery and you have won. It is illegal to submit email addresses without permission of the user.
Any lottery that claims that you have won something without your knowledge that you yourself have entered is a scam. No lottery ever asks for large amounts of money to "claim" your winnings either. It just doesn't stop there either; once they get your first Western Union or check, then they ask you for more sensitive personal info, like SSN, DL's info, bank account, etc, to milk you out of even more money. They will claim something like they need more funds to further "process" your claim or some such nonsense.
DO NOT SEND THEM ANYTHING! IGNORE, DELETE, AND KEEP YOUR FINANCES SAFE!
It is not legit! Please do not spend any money on this. If you c
It is not legit! Please do not spend any money on this. If you check around the web you will find many people that have been scammed by these oversea lottery scams.
i would send that email to your police department and to the NSA
i would send that email to your police department and to the NSA asap.
SCAM!!!!!!!!!! Turn them in to your state's attorney generals of
SCAM!!!!!!!!!! Turn them in to your state's attorney generals office!!!
ladybug
They just had the re-run on Oprah the other day about scams like
They just had the re-run on Oprah the other day about scams like this. They are run by people in places like Nigeria and they prey on US people because we are supposed to be gullible. One woman lost money because they sent her a "check" and the bank initially cashed it, then she sent the "fee" for the check - then the bank came back & said the check was fraudulent. She was liable for over $8000 since they sent her 2 checks. Most of the time the checks are for less than $5000 because the bank doesn't usually verify them first- something like that. Always use the rule - "If it sounds too good to be true, prob is" I am sure they would have more on this on Oprah's website
Yes, it's one of various scams currently going on. How would th
Yes, it's one of various scams currently going on. How would they know your email, or that you purchased a ticket? There are several scams of this type which ask you to forward money so that they can send you the "package" etc. There's also a similar money order scam. They usually prey on persons such a eBay users. They send a money order to you for a few hunderd dollars, or more, over the price owed to you. They say, "I made a mistake, just cash the m.o. and send me the overage." Turns out the m.o. is bogus, and when the bank learns this, you're responsible for the entire amount.
The "Nigerian" scam is the oldest. It's been going on since fax machines really came into being. The lads from Lagos are also the subject of a Secret Service and FBI investigation.
