I WON oh yes it"s not true?

Question

i answer these spam questions all the time
have you got this uk spam??
Fri, 6 Jul 2007 9:22:35 -0700
From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO." Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject:

Dear Winner,
We happily announce to you the Draw (#671) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY held on the 6th July,
2007.Your E-mail Address attached to Ticket Number :4156189324, Agent ID Number:110 won you a total sum
of £2,750,000.00 POUNDS STERLING.
Contact Mr. Anthony Flowers
Claims and Release Order Department,
Email:[e-mail]
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: [phone]
For claims validation.
Yours Truly,
Angelina Ashton.
Congratulations! Your E-mail Address Won In Our Sweepstakes.

Answer 1

if by any remote chance you actually have won all that money can I be the official first begging letter

Answer 2

Email scams that claim you have won a Lottery prize



These scams work in two ways:



Method 1: Persuade the victim to part with personal information to allow the scammers to carry out Identity Theft.



Method 2: Persuade the victim to part with money as an up front payment in order to release a winning Lottery prize which does not exist.



Signs of a fraudulent email:



* There may be a sense of urgency, eg ‘respond within X days or your Account will be closed’

* There may be embedded links (links within the body of the email) that look legitimate because they contain all or part of a real company’s name. These links may take you to spoof sites which ask you to update personal information, or may download key—logging software onto your PC

* Spoof websites can be difficult to spot. To make sure you’re on our site, type www.national—lottery.co.uk into your browser and see if you arrive at the same place

Answer 3

Oh yes, I have several like that, and it's either a lottery, an inheritance or some kind of business adventure. They are all not from the UK though, I have some from China too. Here are some of the address :



"SCI, HONG KONG OVERSEA OFFICE" [e-mail]

SINOSTEEL CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL(SCI)

HONG KONG OVERSEA OFFICE,

7th Floor, ChinFung Tower

101 Cheung Sha Wan Road,

Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Telefax: [phone]



Mrs Aisha Mohamed c/o Mr Mike Obi Esq.

May God [Allah] be with you and your family.





Leon Chambers,

Legal Practitioners,

10 Ago Palace Way,

Gbagada Lagos,

Nigeria

PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO: [e-mail] to the Louis's inheritance.



Barrister.KEN IBE.

Email: ([e-mail])

Answer 4

Yes, that Spunds like Spam, PURE, SIMPLE & COMPLETELY WRONG!!! How can ANYONE TRULY WIN a Centest/Sweepstakes/Lottery that He or She hasn't Entered & had Probably NEVER Heard of until Receiving that Message!? The General Rule of Thumb is NEVER Give Out Your Financial Information; also, if You HAVE to PAY, then it's NOT FREE & YOU HAVEN'T WON IT!!!

Answer 5

I get these all the time I just dump them into Spam and then I Block them . Sooner or later they go away. There is one out there that says MSN and YAHOO LOTTO you have won and that goes to SPAM also. I never open anything that is not something I requested. I don't end up with viruses because of it.

Answer 6

Yes, here's another list, more of the same thing, either I won a lottery, and inheritance or they want me to join them in some kind of business adventure. I have pages and pages of these e mail, every time I try to block it, they come back with a different e mail address. Check it out!





FROM THE DESK OF Mr,GILBERT POLOM.

BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,

BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) OUAGADOUGOU,

BURKINA FASO WEST AFRICA.

PHONE CONTACT 00226.76.440.441.

Mr,GILBERT POLOM.

Bill and exchange manager,

BANK OF AFRICA



AKINTOLA WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATE

ATTORNEY AT LAW 14 WILLIAMS STREET

IKOYI- LAGOS-NIGERIA

PHONE/FAX:-[phone]



HELAND ART WORLD INC.

34 Dafur Crescent, Labone

Accra, Ghana

Tel: [phone].



FROM:The Desk of Mr Nelson Sata,

Bill And Exchange Manager,(BOA)

(Bank Of Africa) Republic of Benin.

Tel:[phone]

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE







[e-mail]>

Answer 7

I report all spam/scam mails and send one answer that the mail has been sent to "KRIPOS" in Norway.

Kripos is the same as "Specialist Crime Directorate"



Specialist Crime Directorate

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialist_Crime_Directorate

Answer 8

Lol thats sounds like it wouldnt be a spam.

But still dont even call them.

They will ask for your credit card number and social security number and will like take all your money,

Answer 9

yes i get those too..i dont answer them i have a guy in iraq now who wants me to give him my information so he can send me like 5 million dollars..lol..i told him that sounds too good to be true..so it cant be..he says i reassure you maam that it is ligit..lol yea right..i told him no but thanks..and ive gotten that same letter exactly..the one on here...

Answer 10

yup.. and the nigerian scams too, that there is this giant wad of cash and they just need your help wiring the money around...



i started reading them, and replying to them with thier grammar mistakes.

Answer 11

i get them all the time..the sad part is the people who think they really won it and go ahead and send over the money they want to give you your money.....

Answer 12

it's all false, don'y trust them, i m always gettin these kind of mails

Answer 13

I get that all the time.