Pay Attention! Frauds and lottery scams

@berry9 (590)
India
January 16, 2007 5:56am CST
Hi dear friends.We have or atlest 90% of us would have recieved this scam lottery e-mails. I have few question -------------------- 1. Is there anything in the world like this "COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN" Lottery using all e-mail addresses? 2. Have any of you genuinly got a proof people who announce your winning? 3. Does any lottery ask winner to give some amount for fund transfer? 4. Have any of you had this kind of experience of sending that amount and getting your winning prize? Please answer anything you know so that it would help others.
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36 responses
@forfein (2507)
17 Jan 07
Hi There is always a new scam on the internet! This one has been around for a while! They play on peoples greed! Or Gullibility! Anyone with any sense will know that NO ONE is ever going to GIVE AWAY Millions of Dollars for FREE It will NEVER happen my friend! When was the last time any one GAVE YOU for FREE 100 Dollars never mind MILLIONS!!!!!
@berry9 (590)
• India
17 Jan 07
haha.wow wonderful answer.
• United States
16 Jan 07
Thanks for the heads up. I never trust the lottery scams online anyway. Another one to look out for is the ones that tell you a loved one has passed and you have inherited money. I fell for that one once and paid the price for it. About 800 dollars worth of unwanted charges. There are alot of scams out there. Thanks again for the headsup. Best of luck to you
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@dip_cool (411)
• India
16 Jan 07
just ignore all of these emails nobody gives you cahs like that and you yourself have not enrolled in the lottery too.and for your answers, lotteries are sometimes conducted by computers where the computer randomly picks up a nuber or the winner.but in this case it is just plain scam. the companies that announce the winnings are nowhere to be found if you try to track them. no geniune lottery will ask the winner to pay any amount to receive the winning sum,any deductions like tax are deducted from the winning sum itself. i dont have any personal experience but i know some people have fallen for that and they have lost their money like that.
@flordz (269)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
i got emails from that freelotto everyday saying that i win millions of dollars, whoaa! too good to be true, it is very simple to predict scams and fraud raffle, see to it that it didnt ask you even a single cent. dont be a victim, be very vigilant.
@igreen (94)
• India
17 Jan 07
Out of the 456 mails I get daily, nearly 120 mails are scam lottery mails.What to do ? Just iam ignoring them. In the last 2 months alone i have got nearly 1500 unread scam lottery mails.
@berry9 (590)
• India
17 Jan 07
In my business mailbox,I get this very often.
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
12 Feb 07
Lo...after reading all these responses, I thought at first my computer was infected with a virus or something coz I also received a lot emails junkie like that. Its a good thing that we can be able to voice out this scammers.
@banta78 (4326)
• India
17 Jan 07
yeah i too had got such scam lottery emails . I used to get emails from freelotto daily saying that i have won, when i didn't play freelotto and i knew it was a scam. And they had guts to ask for my creidt card to get money. I complained to freelotto to stop sending me such scam emails as i don't want to spammed by them neither i want to get duped by them. Thankfully they got the message and have since kept away.
@budhie (257)
• Indonesia
17 Jan 07
Dont ever trust email tell you winner a lottery , everyday i'm received it and all of them is Scammer ... be carefull if you contact them ... keep your security info out of their. http://tinyurl.com/uaaq8
@katenkim (238)
• Singapore
17 Jan 07
There is no nsuch thing as a real lottery in the internet, They're all scam.
@maru_047in (1007)
• India
17 Jan 07
No v dont have any proof for the "COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN" simply it is a trick to drag the mind towards gambling my brother also got this kind of mail saying that u have won 1 million dollar in a lucky draw which was fake it was asking for the account number if he is not registered for anything like that how can he win such a big or huge amount.
@trysameer (219)
• India
17 Jan 07
hey i also got a mail similar like u told...is that fraud or scams? i don't know whether they r genuine or not...but really, thaks a lot for awaring me of this..!i will also forward this message to every one
• Ukraine
17 Jan 07
yea,i get this emails almost everyday,i thought i was the only one who won $7.5million..its very funny,these scammers think people are fools,i wonder why people in the world still fall for tricks like this..its never through and i don't beleive in earning money i never worked for..thanks for the post,atleast it assist,most people are not yet acquainted.
• India
17 Jan 07
Hi,I'm geting daily minimum of 9 to 10 spams from the lotto's. They try to get your attention, by saying that you have won 10 million US$.you need to respond to thier site to claim the prize. I do get this kind of emails from free Lotto an US company. Just ignore these idiotic spams just like that. Lottery is one of the worst way to bunk you out.Once you start responding to them,you loose and they gain.
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
Yeah, I also receive those e-mails. I believe its totally a scam.. So I don't reply to any of it.
@telulas (459)
• Indonesia
17 Jan 07
are you beleive about its.. i think its bullshit about lottery.. cos its very frauds
• Thailand
17 Jan 07
I do receive a lot of this scam emails lately stating that i win in a lottery or that my email address was randomly choosen and won a certain prize. This types of emails are fraud and usually want to ripped you off. There are even some emails which said that a certain person of a certain bank has recently passed away and he left a hefty some of money, then they would request you to claim the money by inpersonating as the persons sole benefactor. I advised you not the believe in this scams.
@charmz07 (85)
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
Hey girl, first all...have you participated in any lotto games online? If not, then you should be aware because that for sure is a spam. And just be very careful on spammers of asking you an amount of money. They will simply vanished once they get monies from you. Been there already.
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
i dont give in to this kind winnings if they start asking your account number or asking a certtain amount in return of your claiming for your winnings. it definitely is fraud. if its legal, they will send notices to your address & you just have to present copies of true identification cards & the notice they sent to claim your winnings
• United States
17 Jan 07
I had gotten these lottery scams before. I would usually respond back to them with some stupid question like: How do I get the money? If they tell you that you need to give them money first, it's usually a scam.
• India
17 Jan 07
i hav played freelotto.com once aftr that i used to get mails from freelotto k i hav won $35000 i send them reply with all the necessary details . but alas i failed to get that amount. they never send anything. aftr about 40 days i got mail saying sorry for inconvenience and it mentiond that i deint send any details so i lost my prize. :-(