Tax payment in uk?

Question

Dear Sir,

With reference to above i want to say that i have won swiss lotto in march first week about 500000GBP.I paid courier charges 15,900INR to DIAMOND INTERNATIOL COURIER,UK for delivery my winning cheque now he said that courier is in custody of british inland revenue board which say me to pay tax of lottery about 550GBP.Now what i do because

i have no money to pay.I want my winning cash after deduction of tax is it is possible or not suggest me.

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WARM REGARDS

JYOTIN KUMAR

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Answer 1

Dude!

You've been scammed! No such lottery or courier.  You have won nothing, but you have lost the 15,900 rupees that you paid to the courier.

Answer 2

It's a scam.  You didn't win a lottery in Switzerland.  If you did, the prize would probably be in Euros, not Sterling.  Also you'd have a winning ticket in your hand, not some bogus email from someone using a free Yahoo email account.

Also if you won half a million pounds, which is approximately a million US dollars, do you really think that the tax would be just £550 (or $1,200).  Does that really sound reasonable?  And wouldn't they just take your tax right out of your winnings and give you what was left?

Do not contact these people, do not give them money, do not give them your personal information.  It's a scam.