I would like to know about the British Lottery, they say I won or is this a scam.?
86772
They say you won, but they will want some money to get everything in order and legal fees, and what not. Then you never hear from them again.\n\n"If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck"
344961
It is a scam.\nYou cannot have an international lottery as the gambleing laws differ in every country.\nThe scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is\nSource(s):\n\nwww.fraudwatchers.org\nI spoke to Bill Gates lastnight and he knows nothing about it...honest...I did!
1157959
I got an email like this that was a scam. If you win a lottery they will not contact you like that. You can report the site but I can't remember the site I reported mine to but just type in scam lotteries and you will be directed to many sites. Just give them all the info you can.  Be carefull of your email.
1024793
Questions:\n    1. What is your age? Are you 18? Since you're not qualified to \n        play the lottery, why did you buy the lottery ticket? If you are \n        found to be the one who bought the ticket, you'll be \n        disqualified (see rules of the game). There are specifics \n        about age in the rules re lotteries.\n    2. Considering the situation, you have relegated the claim to \n        somebody else (by all means, it should be a member of the \n        family). Your family should get a finance manager to work \n        out some financial management in order to manage your \n        money (now the family is involved). You said a million is \n        being given to you, there are technicalities on this. Even \n        giving you a million is not easy, it may be in the form of a\n        gift, atrust fund, etc.? \n   3.  If you are found to be the one who bought the ticket, you\n        might be be disqualified (see rules of the game). There are\n        specifics about age in the rules re lotteries.
225031
There isn't one....sadly it's a scam.\n\nIf you type in the name of the lottery in Google you will find lots of sites concerning scams that are doing the rounds...\n\nIf you get something that tells you you have won some money and you haven't entered anything.... then the chances are that it's a scam.\n\nTake a look here.....\nhttp://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/internet/lottery_operatives.shtml\n\nEDIT\nIgnore codrock....I am in the UK and there is NO lottery of this name here.....it IS a scam.....\n\nCodrock... \nIt may not be much to you but £25 is a lot of money to a lot of people.
985536
if they are harrassing you then it is almost certainly a scam-if you have won a holiday the organisers will have informed you of this and may contact you at some other time (arranged at your convenience) to make the neccessary arrangements to collect your prize. they will certainly not harrass you. so beware.
362877
This is basically a lottery scam.\nYou end up paying for the fees with a fake cashiers check.\nThese can be faked as well as a personal check but make people feel safer because they are "cashiers check"\n\nYou cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.\nThe scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is\n\n\n\nThe money orders will be fake....very good fakes.\nYou can hand them to a 25yr old bank teller and they wont know the difference.\nThe checks go in your account.\nYour bank "HONOURS" the checks\nYou send the money to the scammer in Nigeria\nThe bank sends the check back to the issuing bank (can take up to 6 months)\nThe Issueing bank refuses to "CLEAR" the check.\nYour bank says"Hey...you put in a fake check ....wheres the money?"\nYou say" I sent it to [insert scammers name here] by western union money transfer(untracable) to that lovely man/woman/both in Nigeria"\nThe bank says"??? you robbed your own bank???"\nYou plead Ignorance..."Im innocent" etc\nThey say "But YOU put the check in our bank...." and you do jail time for bank fraud\n\n"419" scammers....dont ya love 'em\nwww.fraudwatchers.org\nwww.scamomatic.com
172286
Call the bank it's drawn on and find out if it is a legitimate check and whether funds are available.  If you didn't play the lottery, though, most likely you didn't win, and I'd consider it a scam until you find out for certain whether the check is legitimate and has funds backing it.
703230
Did you buy a lottery ticket?\nIf not this is a scam. I get about five per day.\nJust delete it and ignore it..\n\nwww.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/lottery_scam_names.htm www.scambuster419.co.uk/lottery.htm\nantivirus.about.com/cs/hoaxes/p/lottery.htm\nwww.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/lotterywin.htm\n\n please forward it to mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com.
537239
Anything that comes out of Nigeria is a scam.Be careful about the UK also because they use that as an address for scams. Lotteries are also scams. Use your head when you get emails like that.
804697
It's a scam.  Pay no attention to it.\nIf you didn't enter a contest or buy a lottery ticket, how do you expect to win it?
1181776
Scam, scam, scam.  I got the same thing.  Look up Lotto scams on the net and look up their name.  You'll see.  Sorry, I know it's a bummer.
57225
Why would you have to send them money for them to send you money. They way the lottery works is you give them money in advance if you are chosen then they give you money. It's nothing like you've but we need more money from you. This is definitely a scam please do not send these people or anyone you do not know money.
339969
Lotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to    "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is
220562
First of all did you even enter this Lottery?? If not then its a scam if you answer it the next thing they will want your bank account details so they can transfer the so called winnings into your bank But the only that will happen is they will steal all the money from your account. Don't even answer the letter cause that will confirm your details and the scammers can do many fraudlent things with YOUR identity.\nP S its proberly a Nigerian money transfer scam
65095
No, it is a fraud.\n\nThe UK lottery, is run by a company called Camelot.  You have to buy a ticket for it.\n\nYou can't claim a prize without the original ticket.
568820
It is a scam.\nYou cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.\nThe scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.\nIf you want to check a email you think might be a scam go to www.scamomatic.com\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is