Got an email saying i won Lottery E-games award,true??

Question

the email is almost like this:

WINNING NOTIFICATION

http://www.lotto.nl

You have won a prize money of €400,000 (Four Hundred

Thousand Euros) for the Month of July, 2008. Your email

address was drawn on our Random Computer Ballot System.This Lottery E-games award was organized by IT companies worldwide in a bid to compensate internet users like you.

... ...

You are to contact the claims agent with the following

details for the release of your winnings.

... ...

i mean..does the e-lottery things really existed??

is that email true?

Answer 1

sorry sweetie it is fake

they want to scam you for something

www.iwon.com is real and legal

Answer 2

It's spam.  Anything that sends you a message through e-mail telling you that you won the lottery, the foreign lottery, the UK lottery is a scam.  Just spam it and delete it.

Answer 3

No, and don't go to the website.

If you already did then run a virus scan.

Answer 4

No. It doesn't. It's a scam!! Do you remember entering anything. No, because you didn't your information was sold and now you're getting scams which put Malware on your computer. Run a virus scan if you already visited the website.

Answer 5

It's a SCAM!! so be careful. Some have viruses too.  If it's too good to be true, most of the time it is.

Answer 6

No that is not true. Don't trust the internet.

Answer 7

it's a SCAM!

Answer 8

I think its spam I mean come on its bull.