Is the UK national Lottery real and the air wings courier services honest and official to believe or a scheme?

Question

Hello everyone I have an urgent question couple of days ago I received an email that i won the national lottery of uk and other email that says that i won also money prize with the air wings courier services and I need to send them first shipping payment that costs around1000$ please anyone can advise me if it is real and ooficial or legitimate in the UK or is it just a scheme , does anyone know anything about it or of someone been there please I need to knoww ???urgentt thanks anyone for answering and helping in advance

Answer 1

No, the national lottery here in the UK is completely real, millions of people take part each week.  See: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/

Congratulations by the way.

Answer 2

Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or 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

Answer 3

This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet. There is also an online form for the reporting of such. (with links for your own country.) This site also gives excellent advice on what steps you can take to achieve a spam free inbox :

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...

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. Please 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/