I just received a Mail inmy Mailbox saying i have won 1 Million pounds?
By naman95
@naman95 (1552)
India
9 responses
@flex90 (1441)
•
25 Dec 06
Delete it. I find it hard to believe that people actually comtemplate what they should do about these kinds of emails. Only a fool would believe such a thing, to be honest. Do not be that fool. Press the delete button.
@kritipen (4082)
• United States
20 Feb 07
I too got many such mails from different sources. Sometimes 2 in a week. Just delete them and it dosent even worth a reading. There are many lottery scams out there on the internet. We dont get any money besides we are at a greater risk of losing our identity because these fraudsters ask our details in the mail. I also got another mail which asked me to send money for the release of the lottery. Why on earth would someone ask for the release of lottery money instead of taking that money from he lottery. All scams out there filling our mail boxes.
@ravi19872005 (628)
• India
25 Dec 06
i also received once the same kind of email...i was very excited but then my friends told me that they have received this kind of mail many times and its fake and they dont give even a single $ and you should also not waste your time in thinking about the money....
@kris182_2000 (5453)
• Canada
25 Dec 06
I've been told a few times that I've won $500. Total scam, and I agree you will receive more and more of these from different sources. Report them and ignore them. Usually when you report them as spam they cannot email you from the same email address and they create a new address to send from. Be wary of that.
Also be wary of anyone who wants personal information from you. It's not just that they want money from you, they want your identity as well. This is called identity theft and it's extremely hard to recover from. It almost happened to me the first time I ever saw one of these messages.