Have you received an email that you won in a Lottery?

Philippines
May 3, 2007 5:02am CST
Just recently, I was so amazed when tthere was an email popped up in my account, stating that I won in a lottery amounting to USD 650,000. To good to be true, the message was so clear.. I hurriedly checked their website and whatta a big surprise that my raffle and ticket number was there, the same as what the email message contained. So, I tried to confirmed and checked to the person who is incharge for claiming the prize. It was so believeable because we exchange emails and calls, stating how will I claim the prize? what are the procedure etc... But here's the trick, when everything turns well and according to the person I am talking with, the bank which is affiliated to the lottery company will transfer my winning prize but as per policy, I have to give 1 percent of my winning prize which cost for about S650, before I get the whole amount. It was stated also that it should not be deductible to my prize because it is insured under my name. I started to doubt and feel nervous about the whole situation and to his advise. So many things that play around my thoughts, Is it true or fake? Good thing, I prayed to God and ask wisdom for the real situation. I feel so overwhelmed about the money and all the things i will buy for the winning prize, what will I do with the money etc.. stuffs that made me so excited. But you know what happened, it was a very instinct to me to check first the credibility of the bank before I spill out the =USD650. When I checked the website of the bank. there was a big warning saying that be careful of the spam messages that roaming Around emails and saying that they are not engaged to any lottery program.. So, I was really shocked and thankful for saving me to that situation..The whole thing was just a fake and a scam.. At least, I checked everything first before I get hooked with their modus operandi.. too good to be true, there is no easy money. We should work hard in everything we want to achieve and now, I believe with that... So how about you? Have you been fooled by any suspicious and too goood to be true emails from internet? share your experience.
4 responses
• United States
3 May 07
I've gotten so many of those lottery e-mails I don't even look at them anymore, they get instantly flagged as spam. Also be very weary of e-mails that claim that your a beneficiary or supposed long lost distant relative of such and such and they need to you to claim an x amount of money. Those are also scam and you'll never see the money, if you send the required money, or possibly totally have your whole bank account wiped out if your give out that information.
• Philippines
4 May 07
Thanks for sharing your own experience. It would help a lot also to warn other people.
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
3 May 07
Oh yes I often receive this it is a scam, Yes there are a lot of these emails floating around the internet and they ask for all your details including most of all your bank details so that they can have access to it so please be very careful as you are right that you have to work for your money in this life,.
@joyce959 (1559)
• Philippines
3 May 07
I have also received emails like that but i did not respond because I know it is just a fake or modus operandi of people who want to take advantage of other people. I also receive text messages or sms that I won a lottery or raffle but I dont waste my money answering to those messages because they are fake and just want to deceive people. I know cases ot that sort where person responded and they deposited certain amount to an account and turned out they were just cheated and deceived. It is good that you have made second thoughts and not carried away for that money. Just be careful next time.
@nanayangel (7879)
• Philippines
3 May 07
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Hi there! I have received lots of emails telling me I won something but I learned to ignore them. I receive lots of those mails when I was just starting in the internet, trying out things and things like that attracts my attention before. But seeing that it's just too good to be true and that I didn't enter a contest or raffle or things like that makes me really sure that it isn't true. Now, everytime there is an e-mail from a person I don't know and haven't even heard off, I just mark it as spam.