Is there any truth in emails stating that you won the lottery from the UK?

Question

I keep recieving emails stating that I won the lottery which amounts to 3 million US dollars from the UK i was just wondering if there was ever any real money paid to people or if they are just trying to get your information from u. Such as address, phone number, email, name etc...

Answer 1

Did you ever buy a UK lottery ticket? If you haven't purchased any numbers either online or in real life, i doubt it's true. Probably just a hoax, they'll ask you to phone so-and-so and charge you an absurd amount of money to use the line.

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

You cannot win the U.K. lottery unless you participate and purchase a ticket.  The emails you are receiving stating you are a winner (without purchasing a ticket) are SCAMS.

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.)

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/id...

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

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.

Check out these sites for further information :

http://www.scambusters.com

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

Answer 4

it a scam i get them to just delete them  

Answer 5

Its a scam based on the Nigerian scam that claims the same thing.  They will wire you the money, but wait, they sent you too much- go cash the check ( which is a bad check) and send them the money for the taxes the you owe on your winnings.  They will insist that you use Western Union and once you do that, the paper trail is gone and you are out the money and have to cover that bad check you put in your account.  I have even received these in snail mail.  Delete/ throw in the trash where it belongs!  

Answer 6

Your question has been asked a hundred times over, so there must be a million people who have received the same e-mail. If you did not buy a lottery ticket from the UK, then of course you can`t be a winner. It`s a SCAM, same as any other company or financial org. sending out e-mails claiming big winnings. No one is giving away millions of dollars for no apparent reason. It`s all a hoax looking to obtain info from people in order to rip them off. Never reply to such e-mails. Delete or treat as spam.

Answer 7

NO!.. i get those all the time in the us.. there just junk.. how do they know that you purchased a ticket first of all?