I was picked as a winner in an italian national lottery. they have sent me a certificate that needs notorized.
105688
yes i have and it is a scame. they want your banking info so they can wipe out your account.
407499
It sounds like an email that you received which is a scam. You should only play the lottery if you are in the UK and you buy a lottery ticket.\n\nPaying charges is definitely a no no!\n\nIf you get emails asking you to send money, ignore all of them.\n\nTo check, pick out some of the key words or phrases in the email and search google. Then you will have a better idea who else is getting the same email and whether it's a scam
1122685
Just watch your email, I am sure that you will be winning th overseas lottery (that you never entered) very soon and probably more than once (everyone else does).\n\nThat ought to solve your problems.
9069
It's a scam to get you to send a huge amount of money to have the winnings shipped to you and they collect your personal info and use it. My mom had that show up in her e-mail. It's a scam sorry.
233560
The e-mail you received is most likely a scam in which the person who sent you the e-mail is probably trying to get your credit card or bank account information.  I received a similar e-mail recently (but mine wasn't the "Australian lotto", it was some other country).\nA great website where you can check the validity of  e-mails/forwards is http://www.snopes.com\nHere is a link to their page which addresses the specific e-mail you received: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/lottery.asp
866749
It means they need you to confirm that you have received something.
1032237
Congratulations on your lottery win!\n\nYou will need a financial sponsor who will fill out an I-134 Affidavit of Support for you.  If you don't have one, you won't get the visa.
203897
IT'S A SCAM!  They are trying to get you to cash a big check (that is fraudulent) and pay them some bogus amount for Euro Tax so they can then mail you the huge check for the lottery winnings (which never arrives).  Meanwhile, the initial check bounces and the bank comes after you for the money!
1147117
I'm not sure.I thought they were suppose to give it to you in person and get your signature which insures them that you got it.
1011847
If you did not actually enter the lottery and got an email or postal mail that you won, it's a scam. You gotta be in it to win it!\n\nNo matter how legitimate it sounds, don't fall for it. You'll probably find that before you can claim your "prize" you have to give them a "processing fee" or some such fee. When you pay the "fee" to get your money, you'll find that the company disappears.\n\nIf you still aren't convinced, then stay in contact with them. Don't give them ANY personal information-- no bank account numbers, social security numbers, not even your phone number. See how long it takes for them to ask you for money!
168187
No, you probably have not won anything. Did you enter anything? \n\nThe tell-tale sign is usually if they ask for personal information. If so, it's probably an attempt at identity theft. Delete it.
224938
Just a scam. Be smart there is not such thing as something for nothing. If you did not participate in any kind of lottery, how is it that you won? At the end they will ask you for personal information which you should never share with anybody  that you do not know.
362877
This is basically a lottery scam.\nYou end up paying for the fees with a fake cashiers check.\nThese can be faked as well as a personal check but make people feel safer because they are "cashiers check"\n\nYou cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.\nThe scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is\n\n\n\nThe money orders will be fake....very good fakes.\nYou can hand them to a 25yr old bank teller and they wont know the difference.\nThe checks go in your account.\nYour bank "HONOURS" the checks\nYou send the money to the scammer in Nigeria\nThe bank sends the check back to the issuing bank (can take up to 6 months)\nThe Issueing bank refuses to "CLEAR" the check.\nYour bank says"Hey...you put in a fake check ....wheres the money?"\nYou say" I sent it to [insert scammers name here] by western union money transfer(untracable) to that lovely man/woman/both in Nigeria"\nThe bank says"??? you robbed your own bank???"\nYou plead Ignorance..."Im innocent" etc\nThey say "But YOU put the check in our bank...." and you do jail time for bank fraud\n\n"419" scammers....dont ya love 'em\nwww.fraudwatchers.org\nwww.scamomatic.com
211048
I hope you didn't get scammed by someone telling you that you won a lottery or something...
502264
This is a classic scam.  It's known as an advanced fee fraud.\n\nThe way it works is they send you a letter/email or phone you and say you've won a competition or lottery.  You're due a huge cash payout!! (with the exclamation marks and everything).  There is a fly in the ointment however as you have to pay a small handling fee/fedex charge/local tax.  It's never that onerous, although inexplicably it can't be paid out of your winnings.  You send your money through to them and they vanish.\n\nThe key questions to ask yourself are \n1)  Did I ever enter an online International Lottery?\n2)  Why can't the fee be paid out of the winnings?  Better yet have them pay the fee and keep 10% say as a 'handling charge' and send you the rest (it's still over 200k).  I bet they won't do it.\n\nSeriously though, if you have sent them money it's probably gone forever.  Your national law enforcement agency will probably be interested in this and you should probably let them know.\n\nIf you haven't sent them any money, great, keep your money in your pocket.
172589
I would have it notarized to make it official.
335303
You are attacked by fraud people.They  stole your identification like name, address,bank account number and more.It may be from lottery company as they pretend or related to property.They ask for Notary fees which they have to pay to authority to transfer the part of money to your account.I received similar mail from Nigeria.They use yahoo id, which does not go to bulk folder usually. So you can report to spam by clicking on'spam' in inbox.