I received notification of a lottery win by e-mail - is this a scam?
The lottery was Draw (#942) of the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY, online British National Lottery program held on 11th December,2006.
The e-mail return address is
Barrister Paul Jones.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,UK NATIOANL CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
OCEANIC BT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: + 447024036366
Fax :+447092876242
email: info_claims.department(a)yahoo.c...
Answer:
This is a Nigerian scam. If you respond they will tell you to send funds to either cover the taxes and then they will forward you your winnings or a line similar. The Internet Survey companies that tell you they will pay you to take surveys are the biggest source of the low life's getting your email address. These companies sell your information to other companies who in turn sell it again. The U.K. Lottery does not operate by just finding a name and email address out of the billions of people in the world and telling them they won. There would be no sense in the Brits buying a Lottery ticket then would there if they were going to give the prize to someone who didn't? If you did not buy a lottery ticket, anywhere, you did not win. I am a retired Police Officer that for years has investigated these Internet scams and advise law enforcement on scams much more complicated than these, and there are a bunch.
it may be a scam
yes it's a scam. if you didn't enter a lottery you're not going to win it!
Most probably. . .Have you ever heard of anybody winning a lottery witout buying a ticket?
yes of course its a scam
iTS A SCAM ALRIGHT
probably so because I received something like that. I don't trust any website that doesn't have a personal email address but a "yahoo" one. Thats odd, its a scam. They even wanted my "account number" so they could transfer my money to my bank account. I'm like, yea right.
Im sure it is! then they may ask for your account details including a/c no., etc. i get atleast 4-5 every week on email and about 2-3 by snail mail every month! sorry to have burst your bubble!
The big question is - did you buy a ticket that you have not checked?
If not, then you know it's a scam.
Not only that, but if you bought a ticket -did you give your address to the seller - if not, then you know it's a scam also.
I am sure the head of the British lottery has a yahoo address...
OF COURSE IT IS A SCAM!!
Put it this way ... did you give your email address when you bought your ticket?
Methinks it's a SCAM.
NO, open ur e-mail and get ur virus
It is a huge scam. Did you ever enter it? Didn't think so. Even look at how it is written. Would a big organisation like that if it existed be using a free Yahoo! email address??
It's a scam did you enter a lottery no you have to be in it to win it and as you did not enter is a big SCAM
I got this info from a web site that deals with these type of scams....
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/lotter...
If you didn't enter the lottery, then chances are, you aren't a winner.
I ask you! As if somebody would put 'Barrister' Anybody on a return address! It's obviously an iggy foreigner who doesn't have a clue how people in this country write names and addresses.
my mum had one of these a few weeks back and it turned out to be a scam, emil back if you can or report it on the lottery website, they will soon tell you! :)
if your not in it you dont win it
I will tell you if I get 10% of the winnings.
That is a total SCAM. I recently got a lottery notice and I thought O'h I have just won a million dollars. I try to sign up and it takes forever and then you have to buy a bunch of stuff...don't bother with it.
if you never entered the lottery, NO you cannot have won it, so it must be a scam. ESPECIALLY if they want a payment from you.
If you win the lottery you should already know about it.
1. Did you buy a ticket?
2. If so, did your numbers match the ones drawn out?
If the answer to either of these questions is no, then it is a scam.
This is a well known scam...don't even think of emailing as the spam you will get will clog your inbox for a month. AND if you try ringing the number iot will be at £1.50 per minute - minimim of 20 mins!!
yes it is.it will be a false name and payment and release means that they will ask you to send money to release the payment.its a load of rubbish.you wouldn't have to pay to get your money if you won anything.that's how they get their money by silly people sending them it.if you didn't enter you cant have won.
scam
I have won the lottery several times in the last month, which is no mean feat considering I don't buy a ticket. I have also been told by Barclays bank that my onine banking account has been compromised and that I need to confirm my details to them by clicking on a link - again, no mean feat since I don't bank with them, but then just to make sure I've also received letters from HSBC, Halifax and Nationwide telling me the same thing - and I don't bank with them either.
I file them all with the same letters that come from the desk of Mr Um Bongo from Nigeria who tells me that I have inherited $US10 million dollars. They are all scams. Press your delete button and think nothing more of it.
And besides all that, the UK National Lottery do not use free Yahoo email addresses. It is about the most pathetic scam attempt I have seen. After all, everyone knows that the Lotto is run by Camelot, and that it is up to you to file a winning ticket, not for them to contact you!
Yes, it's a scam. Many people have reported getting this email.
I won £60 doing the lottery online. If you don't have an online lottery account and haven't bought any tickets then no it is not for real.
They notified me in a very short and simple email saying something like "you have some exciting news in your lottery account. Please log in to your account to get more details."
If you haven't had a message like that then it is a scam.
If you need help, send me some money
yes it's a scam, if you didn't play, do didn't win. if they ask you the following: for you to send money to claim prize, you name, address, social security number, phone number, credit card number, bank account info, or other personal info questions, then this is a scam. all instant wins you receive via telephone, email, mail door to door sale, and you didn't play to win them are scams.
the only person getting money out of this is the person(s) sending you this stuff. all you'll get is debts.
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The e-mail return address is
Barrister Paul Jones.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,UK NATIOANL CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
OCEANIC BT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: + 447024036366
Fax :+447092876242
email: info_claims.department(a)yahoo.c...
Answer:
This is a Nigerian scam. If you respond they will tell you to send funds to either cover the taxes and then they will forward you your winnings or a line similar. The Internet Survey companies that tell you they will pay you to take surveys are the biggest source of the low life's getting your email address. These companies sell your information to other companies who in turn sell it again. The U.K. Lottery does not operate by just finding a name and email address out of the billions of people in the world and telling them they won. There would be no sense in the Brits buying a Lottery ticket then would there if they were going to give the prize to someone who didn't? If you did not buy a lottery ticket, anywhere, you did not win. I am a retired Police Officer that for years has investigated these Internet scams and advise law enforcement on scams much more complicated than these, and there are a bunch.
it may be a scam
yes it's a scam. if you didn't enter a lottery you're not going to win it!
Most probably. . .Have you ever heard of anybody winning a lottery witout buying a ticket?
yes of course its a scam
iTS A SCAM ALRIGHT
probably so because I received something like that. I don't trust any website that doesn't have a personal email address but a "yahoo" one. Thats odd, its a scam. They even wanted my "account number" so they could transfer my money to my bank account. I'm like, yea right.
Im sure it is! then they may ask for your account details including a/c no., etc. i get atleast 4-5 every week on email and about 2-3 by snail mail every month! sorry to have burst your bubble!
The big question is - did you buy a ticket that you have not checked?
If not, then you know it's a scam.
Not only that, but if you bought a ticket -did you give your address to the seller - if not, then you know it's a scam also.
I am sure the head of the British lottery has a yahoo address...
OF COURSE IT IS A SCAM!!
Put it this way ... did you give your email address when you bought your ticket?
Methinks it's a SCAM.
NO, open ur e-mail and get ur virus
It is a huge scam. Did you ever enter it? Didn't think so. Even look at how it is written. Would a big organisation like that if it existed be using a free Yahoo! email address??
It's a scam did you enter a lottery no you have to be in it to win it and as you did not enter is a big SCAM
I got this info from a web site that deals with these type of scams....
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/lotter...
If you didn't enter the lottery, then chances are, you aren't a winner.
I ask you! As if somebody would put 'Barrister' Anybody on a return address! It's obviously an iggy foreigner who doesn't have a clue how people in this country write names and addresses.
my mum had one of these a few weeks back and it turned out to be a scam, emil back if you can or report it on the lottery website, they will soon tell you! :)
if your not in it you dont win it
I will tell you if I get 10% of the winnings.
That is a total SCAM. I recently got a lottery notice and I thought O'h I have just won a million dollars. I try to sign up and it takes forever and then you have to buy a bunch of stuff...don't bother with it.
if you never entered the lottery, NO you cannot have won it, so it must be a scam. ESPECIALLY if they want a payment from you.
If you win the lottery you should already know about it.
1. Did you buy a ticket?
2. If so, did your numbers match the ones drawn out?
If the answer to either of these questions is no, then it is a scam.
This is a well known scam...don't even think of emailing as the spam you will get will clog your inbox for a month. AND if you try ringing the number iot will be at £1.50 per minute - minimim of 20 mins!!
yes it is.it will be a false name and payment and release means that they will ask you to send money to release the payment.its a load of rubbish.you wouldn't have to pay to get your money if you won anything.that's how they get their money by silly people sending them it.if you didn't enter you cant have won.
scam
I have won the lottery several times in the last month, which is no mean feat considering I don't buy a ticket. I have also been told by Barclays bank that my onine banking account has been compromised and that I need to confirm my details to them by clicking on a link - again, no mean feat since I don't bank with them, but then just to make sure I've also received letters from HSBC, Halifax and Nationwide telling me the same thing - and I don't bank with them either.
I file them all with the same letters that come from the desk of Mr Um Bongo from Nigeria who tells me that I have inherited $US10 million dollars. They are all scams. Press your delete button and think nothing more of it.
And besides all that, the UK National Lottery do not use free Yahoo email addresses. It is about the most pathetic scam attempt I have seen. After all, everyone knows that the Lotto is run by Camelot, and that it is up to you to file a winning ticket, not for them to contact you!
Yes, it's a scam. Many people have reported getting this email.
I won £60 doing the lottery online. If you don't have an online lottery account and haven't bought any tickets then no it is not for real.
They notified me in a very short and simple email saying something like "you have some exciting news in your lottery account. Please log in to your account to get more details."
If you haven't had a message like that then it is a scam.
If you need help, send me some money
yes it's a scam, if you didn't play, do didn't win. if they ask you the following: for you to send money to claim prize, you name, address, social security number, phone number, credit card number, bank account info, or other personal info questions, then this is a scam. all instant wins you receive via telephone, email, mail door to door sale, and you didn't play to win them are scams.
the only person getting money out of this is the person(s) sending you this stuff. all you'll get is debts.
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