How do you know if you play on-line lotto if you've really won?

Question

I was told by UK that my email was attached to a winning # and they want 520.00US dollars to help me claim this money.

Answer 1

If they want funds to secure the claim it's a SCAM....

Answer 2

Well, first of all, you should not be asked for money in exchange for your winnings. This is a scam. If there were fees involved, wouldn't they just deduct that from your winnings?

Look at the e-mail address of the sender. Is it a free, Web-based account like Yahoo! Mail or GMail? When did the real UK Lottery switch to this type of e-mail account?

Also: you can contact the real UK Lottery to verify that you've won. Don't just call the number in the e-mail, though, as that is the scammer's number. Look up the real Lottery headquarters number using Google, or maybe the telephone book.

The best thing to do is to simply delete the e-mail and forget about it. The scammer might not even be in the UK. He could be anywhere in the world. So if you report the e-mail account to the provider, and they close the box, you could mess up somebody's investigation.

Answer 3

You can look at your tickets on line

Answer 4

You look them up like the rest of us!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Yeah...that was probably a spam email.

Never,ever ever send money to anyone you don't know who emails you.