I gotta mail from Grace.adamss stating I won a lottery of 300,000 GBP is it true. my name is Mary?

Question

I gotta mail stating I am the winner of the month of april I just wanna know if its true cause I do not have a lottery ticket and its my email address that won the lottery. in return I have been asked to send a sum of 372pounds through western union money transfers to process the money to my account

Answer 1

No it's not true. Anytime anyone asks for money or personal information, it's a scam. Send nothing, don't even reply. Consider this as a rule of thumb, if you didn't play to win anything, why would someone suddenly offer you something? Especially from another country. Just spam those emails and or report them.

Answer 2

NO - never never answer those emails, they want your personal and bank info, then they clean out your bank account.

Report as spam and never answer them!

Answer 3

For the LOVE OF GOD please send the money because obviously you have no common sense and this will be a good lesson learned.

Please don't procreate.

Thanks,

THe World

Answer 4

This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them :

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/in...

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.

Check out these sites for further information :

http://www.scambusters.com

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

Answer 5

It's a scam, DO NOT SEND THEM ANY MONEY!!!!!!!

Answer 6

IT'S A LIE!!!!  DON'T SEND ANY MONEY!!!

Answer 7

Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or any other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...

http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showt...

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...

.Also If you go to the following site you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful