Me??? Lottery winner?!?!?

Question

okay, so I got a couple of emails about me winning some lottery online and its all very convincing to me..... and its soo weird cause it all came from UK and I dont even live there...... okay so can anybody help me or give me ideas about this??? a copy of the email: (I received 3)

GUINNESS ONLINE LOTTERY

Unit 11,Ashford Industrial Estate,

Shield Road, Ashford, Middx,

TW15 1AU,United Kingdom.

FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the winners of the

GUINNESS ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO PROGRAMME,held on the 20th of March,2008.Your e-mail

address was attached to these lucky winning numbers below:09 14 26 28 30 45 38

Which subsequently won you the lottery bonus draw.You have there fore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand PoundsSterling) payout in Us dollars;1,120,646.55 in cash credited to filektu/9023118308/03. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent MR Richard Cook With the feed Verification/Fund Release FormBelo

Answer 1

Don't tell yor boss where to stick his job just yet, because you haven't won a bean.  Don't even try to file a claim as all you'll get asked for is some kind of mythical upfront "administration fee" in order to process your winnings.  If you give them your bank account details, they'll empty it, not put money in.

Most emails telling you that you have won an online lottery are fakes.  I get at least 5 a week plus all the usual guff about people dying in tsunamis or air crashes and having several million dollars they would like to give me, not to mention all the 'online banking security notices' I get from banks that I don't even have an account with and others that I've never even heard of.  I've also been offered dozens of highly paid jobs.  All are completely fake.

I have one simple rule.  If I don't know you or aren't expecting an email from you, then your message gets deleted.  Never reply to random emails purporting to be from companies that you have never dealt with or people you have never heard of inviting you to claim large piles of cash.  They're just scams.

Answer 2

probably  a scam, but you could find out if you want, reply to them but with false information on your part, see what they will say, if they start asking some kind of deposit or upfront fee or something, then its definately a scam!

Answer 3

Now read this VERY CAREFULLY: IT IS A SCAM!!! Don't believe a word of it! Report it to the authorities and your ISP, period. No questions and don't even think any more about it. The only way to win the lottery is to play it with your money and have the actual, winning tickets in hand. Anyone claiming otherwise is FULL OF IT!

Answer 4

It's a scam.

Answer 5

This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of this scam :

http://www.hotscams.com/articles/643/1/F...

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 6

100 % scam

Answer 7

Its a scam.  They want your details so they can take your money out of your bank account.  There is no prize money.  You have not won anything.

Answer 8

if you're ever wondering if these are scams or not, type in the title of the email, or in this case, something that would distinguish this from the rest (Guiness online lottery) in google...you'll usually find these are fake.

http://www.hotscams.com/articles/643/1/F...

Answer 9

omg i got  the same e-mail!!!!!!

I think its a scam it was from the uk too

I THINK ITS A SCAM

Answer 10

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 11

There playing you, you'll be smart NOT to pay attention to that

Sorry my dear, but richy rich you are not lol