They said I won in email !!
By pimagro24
@pimagro24 (1046)
Thailand
7 responses
@shell94 (990)
• Canada
2 Oct 08
No!!! These are scams as well. Delete it and don't think twice. Do NOT share any of your information with the person that sent this e-mail. Remember that nothing in life is free, and if it sounds too good to be true it very likely isn't.
@Starlighter (8)
• United States
2 Oct 08
Hello :)
Be very careful about this. There are MANY of these types of scams happening right now, and as much as I would like to tell you that I wish it was real, I must warn you that this is probably a scam.
About 1 year ago I got a check in the mail for $3500 as a down payment prize and deposited it in my bank account. Luckily I didnt spend any of the money. THey (scammers) told me to deposit the check and then from that check (amount in my checking account) to send them a $1200 wire transfer for the fee to process my $200,000 winning.
I didnt send the money. In about 2 weeks their $3500 check bounced and if I had spent the $1200 to send to them the fee...I would have overdrawn my bank account by $1200 dollars. :That would have been horrible. The bank could even call the police on me for fraud on that, even tho I was an unknowing victim at the time.
Things to NOT do: do NOT give them your bank account number or any other personal numbers.
One website I go to that has helped me understand these scams is:
http://www.scam.com
(I hope it's ok to post links in our messages...if not someone please let me know..i didnt see that in the rules)
Sometimes people on that site can be rude, but I still find out alot of good info on what things/scams to avoid online and offline.
Hope that helps!
Starlighter
@jend80 (2071)
• United Kingdom
3 Oct 08
of course you're not going to win a competition that you never entered
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
2 Oct 08
Hello Pigmaro24!
I would be very happy if it happens to me too, and I would congratulate you if it was true but I am afraid that it was not true. My partner also had the same emails every day, and it was vary from winning money to winning a house, but it was not real.
They sent you mails so that they would be able to get your identity. Do not give them any because the info you got would be misused if you really give them. If you really think that it is true, it is still a good thing to be careful and tried to contact them first asking of what kind of lottery that you got. Try to remember if you ever join some kind of lottery program or not.
Good luck, pigmaro24
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@wanderer086 (759)
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2 Oct 08
I hope ths is not a scam but I am afraid it is. I get emails promising me lots of things like this and non of them are genuine. I get fed up with people sending me rubbish. If it is not this it is people from Nigeria or whereever wanting my bank account details. There is not end to it. Sorry I blew my top. It is one of my pet hates.