Is this right? someone sent an e- mail to me?

Question

is this right? or is a common scan? i 'd like to beleive 'cause it seems wonderful ,bt wining the lottery is not as easy as seems.Here is the e-mail.

Attn:Hazel Grados Briceño

The notification mail sent to you is to inform you that you emerged as our lucky winner.and this explains how you became a winner,The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from anexclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category \\"B\\" You are therefore been approved to claim the sum of £1,000,000 (One million pounds Sterling's Only).

You are required to make contact with the courier company with all the details written below

CONTACT INFORMATION:-

Company Name: SCARLET COURIER COMPANY

Phone Number:[phone]

Contact Person: Mr. Richard Peterson

Email:scarletcouriercompanylimited@bti...

With this you are required to fill the form below to enable you recieve your cheque at your residence without further delays.

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

(1.) FULL NAME

(2.) FULL ADDRESS

(3).NATIONALITY.

(4) DATE OF BIRTH

(5) OCCUPATION

(6 )WINNING EMAIL

(7 )TELEPHONE NUMBER

(8) s*x

(9) MARITAL STATUE

You are to respond to this mail by sending the above informations needed to the Courier company so that your cheque can be delivered to your residence without delays.

Yours

Dr Pinkett griffin

THIS IS OUR SITES http://www.lottery.co.uk/info/about.asp

Answer 1

DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER.  stay away from that, it goes beyond scam and into illegal identity theft.  I am sad for all the people that will fall for this, it will ruin lives.

Answer 2

it,s a SCAM

Answer 3

It's a scam. I get those almost every single day. No telling how they get your email, I guess they just search and make up the emails hoping that someone will send all kinds of info about themselves. If someone that you don't know gives you a website to look at, don't look at it. It usually contains cookies (a type of tracker that will tell them what you look at online) or viruses that can sometimes crash your computer.

If someone ever mails you a check (which some can be very large), they hope that you will deposit it into your account and they will take out all of your money, or write your checks. I tried to give away a dog a couple of years ago, the lady was going to pay for the carrier company and she sent me a check worth $6,000, and another worth $7,800.

I'm warning you of this because it happens to a lot of people. If you don't play any lottos, it's fake. Lotto companies do not work this way, you have a winning ticket and you call or take it to the gas station. They don't contact you. Always mark as spam.

Answer 4

Where is your brain? Do you want to get robbed. Don't be so greedy, and think. You did not enter this lottery, so how do you expect to win? Even the spelling and grammar say it is written by some scammer. The phone number is only a mobile. They do NOT have a company email address. I have just sent a complaint email to btinternet (check their email address). This is what you should have done as soon as you received it.

Answer 5

no no no no .do not give your info to any thing one or at all.spam scam wam.

Answer 6

I think you already suspect the truth. 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 7

Be careful, research the info.as much as your can.

Answer 8

Don't fall for it.  It's a scam.  Look at all the misspellings in it.  Once you fall for this part and give them all this info they will want you to give them further info such as SS or drivers license numbers, bank numbers, etc.

Answer 9

It sounds like a phishing scam to me.  They try to collect data and other information about you.

I would NOT do it.