e-lottery help!!!

United States
July 24, 2007 8:32pm CST
ive been sent an email sayen that i won a e-lottery, i have no idea if its legit can som1 please let me know if they have any info about it?
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8 responses
@Angela07 (202)
• United States
25 Jul 07
it is totally fake..i have gotten several emails fromthem over the past couple of days...it was on several talk shoes how it is fake...they put a companies name on it and since the company did not approve of this check you get sued for more tha a million dollars!!!!!!!!
@funnysis (2619)
• United States
25 Jul 07
It was explained to me to as the scamer is stealing vredit card information to pay people then you find yourself in trouble with the law as they make it appear as though you have stoled someones information so be very careful.
• United States
28 Jul 07
thank all of you for the info, hopefully this also helps others out in the future
@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
25 Jul 07
No, it's no legit. Nothing is for free in this world...
@funnysis (2619)
• United States
25 Jul 07
I have to disagree with that I have won small amounts like a dollar and actually got it from some lotteries just never a big amount but I only play to be having fun it doesn't matter rather I win or lose it is just something to do if you should win I am sure that they have a legal team to contact you.
• United States
25 Jul 07
I also got one a couple of hours ago from a supposedly big win in a lottery in the UK. According to snopes.com all email mail notifications of lottery wins are fraud/spam. Even if they send you a certified check it will bounce and they will have spammed you out of a process of handling fee of any where from $200.00 to $2,000.00. Ignore it and do NOT send them any confirmation or information.
@rrkj1982 (42)
• India
25 Jul 07
dear friend i have also got many emails saying that i have won the big big amount of lottery but all these are fake. i have contacted one of them by telephone and found that its all a great fraud
• Indonesia
25 Jul 07
I agree with all response. It's totally fake! I've been sent two different e-mail, which inform me that I won some big cash, only in a week, how is it possible. Please ignore them, it might be the best for you.
@guss2000 (2232)
• United States
26 Jul 07
I think it is fake too! Don't give them any personal information!
@funnysis (2619)
• United States
25 Jul 07
If you haven't played any lotteries then you know this is wrong there are alot of scams out there that say that but if you email them they will send the email right back to you marked unable to send address wrong so it is more and likely a scam as they probably want you to send an amount of money before they can process your claim.So I would lose the idea if it was real they would contact you in a legal manner letting you know.Good luck and hope you don't get taken by the wolves who prey on the misforunate people of the world.
@DJ9020 (1596)
• United States
25 Jul 07
Scam scam scam! Contact the Consumer Fraud Reporting center at: http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting.php