Winning lotto through email
By pehpot
@pehpot (4762)
Philippines
September 2, 2008 10:23am CST
have you received this type of mail? saying that you won a lottery? it annoys me and I never bother to reply on those, because I know it is a scam. Just now that I received more two in the day that I ma bothered..
here is an example of the mail:
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Sponsor Bingo Loterij, The Netherlands held on 1st September, 2008. Your e-mail address attached to e-ticket number: 700530811, with Prize Lucky Number: 174086298 drew a prize of US$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the Sweepstake. You will receive the sum of US$500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from our authorized bank. Because of some mix-up with sweepstake prizes, including the time limitation placed on the payment of your prize; We advice that you keep all information about this prize confidential until your prize/funds have been transferred to you by our bank.
You must adhere to this instruction strictly, to avoid any delay with the release of your prize to you in person. This program has been abused severely in the past, so we are doing our best to eliminate further occurrence of false claims. This sweepstake was conducted under the watchful eyes of 3000 spectators. Your e-mail address was selected and came out first by an e-ballot draw from over 190,000 e-mail addresses (personal and corporate e-mail addresses).
This program is sponsored by CFI Networks to compensate faithful internet users around the globe. Congratulations for becoming one of the few lucky winners. With your permission, your e-mail may also be included in the next sweepstake of US$1,000,000. To file for your claim and in order to avoid unnecessary delays with your claim, please contact our fiduciary claim agent. Please note that your winning prize must be claimed not later than 20th September, 2008. Please quote your winning information in all your correspondence with our fiduciary claim agent.
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15 responses
@michfroi (413)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
yeah i have received that kind of email and youre right it is scam... theyve been emailing me for more than years but sorry for them, they cant fool me, i knew it they were scam and they only want my information. so to those who continues receiving that kind of email, dont bother to take a look at it cause its only a waste of time...
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@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
2 Sep 08
Just to be a pain in the buttocks to them, sometimes I have replied and said, "Please send me my money. This is my lawyer's name and address. Make the check out to him and he will distribute it to me."
Most times it comes back undeliverable and of course no reply on the others. I don't get the point! Are people that stupid?
@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
2 Sep 08
Sometimes I do send them contact info, I just make it up, like...
Ima Ontooyu
1234 Noscam Lane
North Paymee, NJ 08000
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@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
2 Sep 08
Forward all spams to spam@uce.gov. That's where I send them all.
I have replied, now and then, many times over the years, and no one has hacked into my computer. I have massive amounts of protection programs on my computer, that were put on by a computer geek that went to school with my daughter. He is amazing.
@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
2 Sep 08
You cannot win lottery or sweepstakes that you didn't enter, so you know it's a scam. The problem is that any communication from you even if you don't give them personal information can give them an opening to your computer. You never know what a hacker is capable of and you don't want to find out. They can steal your identity so easily it's really scary.
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@sharie16 (2212)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
I too receive 2 email that I won such lottery...I receive it from UK NATIONAL LOTTERY...and i don't also reply to any emails since i know they are scams...before i reported such to yahoo and i haven't heard from them if they blocked such senders of those scams...and hopefully they could do something that would block those scammers...
@abhichin (159)
• India
2 Sep 08
These days, many email related scams are happening, so if someone receives such type of mail, the person should get knowledge of each and every thing related to the mail like mailid, company which is giving lottery etc. So only after you have done full interrogation go for it..
@shoepuff7 (44)
• United States
3 Sep 08
aw that is not fair! when I get emails like "congratulations you have won a free labtop computer!" my heart raced so fast and then when I found out that I had to pay I was thinking "wow I am never going to answer a email like this again!
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@celestial052506 (2914)
• Philippines
3 Sep 08
Oh! now I know that I am not alone on this scam victim. After few days signing up in yahoo mail, i receive those scams. And I am not aware of this kind of scams so I follow what they ask me to do. They need you to play a lotto game you ask to select the best number you want and then submit to theme. After playing the lotto another step is you enter your information and lastly is your Bank account number. Aha..... that's totally scam. Its better i dont have bank account so I leave it. But everyday I receive mails stating that I have to claim my pending prize! My problem now is how to stop them sending mails.
@rainmark (4302)
•
2 Sep 08
Couple of months ago, i recieved that kind of emails but different winning lotto category.It said i won fromt the internet raffle promo but i never joined that internet game. Just ignore it, it's a scam, before you get your prizes you need to pay for etc.etc.just take extra careful in giving your information,cheers!
@laila675 (528)
• United Arab Emirates
3 Sep 08
i do, and it is true i'll be more than a billionair....
one time. instead of answering them back with their requirements i ask a question then they answered back with a thank you and here's your airwaybill number in receiving my price. then another time, they do replied my question and attached is the informations they needed then below the message has the prices of the courier e.i. dhl for $400 which is so funny coz even though there is an insurance still it will not cost that much... so whenever i receive such winning stuffs i just play around with them by send a MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!!! 
@laila675 (528)
• United Arab Emirates
3 Sep 08
I DO a lot of times and if it's true i'll be a billionair now....
one time instead of answering them back with the requirements they need, i sent them some questions and in return they said, thank you and here's your airwaybill number... and then another time, they had replied on my msg and answered my questions which is good but in the end they have provided a list of courier service i can choose in sending my price. and guess how much the courier costs and it can not be deducted to the price e.i. dhl $400, which is funny coz i don't think that they will accept a cheque to be delivered and beside it will not cost that much if they do. so now i always send them back a message with MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!!! 
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
3 Sep 08
Oh yes my dearest, it is a scam. Good thing you are aware of this! It also annoys me and it does not come just once but almost every day ha! I hate them for messing my mailbox everyday.
A friend of mine fell victim of this scam. He admits he was so stupid to believe he won in a lottery that he did not even join. He paid some amount to cover the processing fee which the scammer demanded of him during the course of their negotiation. After he remitted the amount, the scammer did not send mail anymore. The poor fellow is now crying in despair. So beware !
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
3 Sep 08
My friend can't even tell me.. how much! He'd rather not talk because it's adding salt to the wound he has. So I did not insist on asking. Suffice it to say that he was fooled and he should blame himself because he did not listen to my warning!
@dong1970 (1572)
• Philippines
3 Sep 08
Hi there,i receive also an email that i won in a lottery in Australia,the first time i've read i was surprised and wondering if this email is true,but i just ignore it and they keep on sending email and notification that i should claim my prize.Anyways its sound to be a scam on email.
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@hichamov (507)
• Morocco
2 Sep 08
Simply do like i do, i take the emails and i add some keywords, so all tha kind of email go to my Spam Directory, like that you don't get annoyed with tha kind of Scam/spam emails which most are generated by the Fake companies.
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
3 Sep 08
Few months ago, i've also received an email informing me that I won the jackpot. I just ignored it because i know it's a scam! i never joined a lottery or any contest online so it's really impossible for me to win any amount of money.
@orochi (318)
• Denmark
3 Sep 08
I remember a woman who won i think it was 100 million kronas. She had to give there account information and she was stupid enough to do it and they stole 2 million kronas from her just too bad she cant get them back. And some other guy he wasnt scammed but he just got alot of money because of a account information mistake. Some bank from denmark had to send 400 million dollars i think. But by mistake they sended it to a 68 year old man with the message saying a little present from us. Well kind bad but it also says account information can be messed up. Too bad for me i always get a email saying i won every day i get like 5 emails saying i won and it is really annoying.
@showe71 (38)
• United States
3 Sep 08
I get those types of e-mails every day it seems. UK Lottery, Microsoft Lottery, etc etc. It's getting rather annoying to open my mailbox and see a bunch of scams waiting for me.
Every day I also get the Nigerian scams ("we're contacting you because we need to transfer funds of 50 million dollars and you get to keep a percentage"), although now they're using other countries as well. Thank goodness for the delete button! I don't understand how these people get away with this junk... and there's people that still fall for it.
@MissGia (955)
• United States
3 Sep 08
i don't even open mails up like that. Only lotto i play is the kind where you buy the ticket from the store. Most emails like that are scams to get your personal information, or just to get your hopes up.
there is a reason why they go to your junkmail most of the time..because it is junk.
