It is true?

Question

SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL,

CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,

Customer Services.

Winning Email: [e-mail]

Ref: SHL/9420X2/68,

Batch: 074/05/ZY369.

ATTN: Ms

Congratulations once again on behalf of the Shell Lottery International, we hope that your winnings will be put into good use for Community, Educational or Business Development. On Behalf of the Screening Committee of Shell Lottery International, I wish inform you that Your funds is ready for disbursement but due to some difficult bad past experience we do not transfer funds from our own account Internationally, this means you are to create an account with our private bank's affiliate ( DIAMOND BANK PLC) and send the account details to us where the funds can be transferred into.

Transferring of funds from our private bank to the is Diamon Bank Plc very swift which means your account will be credited in less than 6 hours upon receipt of your banking information. Diamond Bank ONLINE BANKING system gives acce

Answer 1

I wouldn't trust it if you didn't do anything that would have you sent money.

Answer 2

No, it is not true, its a scam.

Answer 3

It has to be true. It's on teh internets.

Please don't procreate.

Thanks,

The World

Answer 4

definitely not.  anything asking you to transfer/wire funds is a scam.

Answer 5

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 6

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/id...

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/