05-15-2008, 01:05 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 135
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Sounds scam
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Originally Posted by kim73
i have gt a mail from a lottery in uk stating that i have won 6lakhs $ and they are asking for few details to encash the price money.they have selected me for prize by selecting my email id..wat shall i do.is it true or false  |
Dear kim73
Welcome to 419Legal
Without checkinging the email you received, it is difficult to say something but.....
Please consider the following educational information in general,
First of all
#You can not win without first buying a lottery ticket.
Then
# not notify winners by email.
# not randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
# not use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to get in touch with you.
# not tell you to call a mobile phone number.
# not tell you to keep your winnings secret.
# never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
So any "courier service", "lawyer", "fiduciary agent" or "bank" that a fake "lottery" may have introduced you to
should be redflagged as SCAM!
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