I thought I won some money off of the Internet?

If I have ever won something on the internet, I have missed out on it, due to my lack of curiosity. If I do not recognize and email, I either erase it or junk it. I do not care how good it looks. I am just chicken that way. There have been a few times when I have had to go back through my trash or junk, but I would rather do that, than to get stuck with a virus or something. I believe that it was the Reader's Digest magazine where I read that the scammers will listen to the news and see what is going on and build a scam around it to lure people in. I remember getting an email during the time that Barack Obama was metting with President Bush. It said that Bush had just shot Obama. My heart dropped for a moment, then I realized that it was a ploy to get me to panic and open the email, so I junked it. The money winning ones are a dime a dozen right now. I have gotten some in the mail recently that I wished were real.

lol sorry about that but you are not the first and you wont be the last .i similarly won millions of dollars via some lottery of the sort. Often they use the names of reputable companies like Microsoft and Shell claiming they are the ones who are supporting the lottery .When you need to get suspicious is when they say you should some money but nothing that will affect your winning ,maybe a 100 dollars as shipping or handing or courier or processing fee in order to claim your million. I have always believed that if I won million why don’t you take your fee from it and send the rest .Many persons however often feel that paying 100 dollars is miniscule compared to the amount they will win and so they willingly do it and that is when they get scammed.

I f you have not participated in a lottery or any other scheme and you have received a notificaiton letter out of the blues that you have won something that common sense tells you that it is a scam. There is no need fo further inquiries. Just deleted the email or throw the notification letter in the bin.

I have never won anything in my entire life - online or not! I used to do the Publisher Clearing house and all those that would come in the mail - sign up for drawings at the mall, put my name in the hat and you name it I did it, but not a single win ever. I don't even bother any more and especially not on line. However, since it appears (on commercials) that only older folks ever win the Publishers Clearing house and I am getting to be that "older" age, maybe I will start entering that one again!

u have gotten mant of them they are scans they just want your information and your money good you checked and found our before you sent any money,

I get emails like this everyday. Most of them are just a scam to get you to sign up for a bunch of stuff. I don't know what would happen if I ever won. I'd probably end up deleting the email. lol

I get those all of the time, you name it...it's been in my inbox lol. In between those ones that seem to come from reputable companies (like Mircosoft) etc, I also get those ones that say I inherited a few million somewhere in Nigeria lol. I get about 4 or 5 of those a day too. If it was true I'd be a multi-ba-jillionaire hahaha. I think one good rule of thumb is that if you haven't entered a contest specifically online, then it's definitely a scam. And if you enter contests OFFLINE, like at the fair or something, never give your email address. In this day and age where every company, good or bad, sells their lists of names and email addresses, everybody is vulnerable to this kind of phising scam. Geez, I even got one the other day saying it was from the sercret service saying to send them $500 bucks to get this money that has been shipped from overseas! I delete all of that stuff. They take advantage of the fact that our economy is so bad a lot of folks are somewhat desperate for money, and I think we'll see a whole lot more of this kind of thing. Isn't it just terrible that the unscrupulous would try and target the people who are low on bucks and could use more...gee whiz, at least Robin Hood took from the rich to give TO the poor (and not the other way around) lol. I hope you have a happy and healthy New Year too :-)

yes I don't bother with anything that says I won money on the Internet I think they are all scams, happy New Year to you too hon.

I got a lot of that winning notifications on emails my junk mailbox is always full I can't believe they still send those out they still think they can scam people these days I guess good thing you checked it out before giving out personal info to them btw merry belated christmas and happy new year from me and hubby :)

I get these type emails everyday. They keep trying to come with an angle that I'll fall for. My rule is if I did not enter or request it, its isn't real. It is true that things that sound too go to be true usually are. Be careful.

That is a real shame, it is not fair that these people pull these scams on the unsuspecting people. I have had a few of these things but I never pay any attention to them, I just trash them so even if I had really won I would never know because I trashed it!!

these scammers really make me sooo angry .. i get some 20-30 messages of this kind daily to my mail box .. i have 1027 unopened mails because of this scams anyway, stay safe friend and don't fall for these scams.

Hey Marcia, I get thoughs all the time, mine come from overseas and they say I've won or inherited thousands of dollars so I send them my Phone number to call me and you know what they never call. I think it's a way for them to steal your identity. "Happy New Year"!

naw i thnk tht is a spam be careful! happy lotting and have a nice day!

it did happen to me some years back.after that ,i am very cautious.i had never played but somehow they said i had won some money and they did send me a check.i couldnt encash it,they did try to get some membership fee from me. belated happy new year

No I don't bother with the internet for that, it seems there is always a catch, you have to buy something to get something free

I am always a winner in spam, if i get all the reward that i receive on my scam box everyday than i would be able to feed my whole country too. Sometimes these messages seemed too real to be to fake, because of its standard procedure like email address, their office address and they also give out their numbers. when we dial those numbers we hear they service provider say that the number we are dialing does not exist. These days i don't read messages from people or company that i don't know and so am not sure how far these spam messages have been standardized.

Hi there marciascott Aww that is a shame but more often than not they are a scam and I have have never acted on an email that I have received saying that I have won some money especially on the Internet!

yeah..it always happen to me almost every month. I usually received the information thru internet if not..when i open a website..at first when i do not yet know about the word spam..i always feel excited and hoping..waiting for the response..until no one come true..nowadays..i do not anymore entertain it..when they say i won in lottery, game and etc...

in my opinion i wanted to earn some money from the internet before .but now i still not earning anything.forgive me ,because i am to laxy . some day if i have the free time ,will go home .i miss home som much.