i had a email from united kingdom lottery that says i won ,is their such a thing?
339969
Lotterys 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
293264
Never heard of them. If you got an email asking for personal details or saying a relative has left you money, or that you are owed money from a lottery win or anything like that, and they need you to send a deposit or release fee or need you bank details... ITS A SCAM. Delete the mail.
565957
Sanook.com is a website which amongst other things offers a free email address.(exactly like yahoo does)\nYou can (If you mess about with the strange writing long enough)get an email address "elvis @ sanook.com"\nThat makes you elvis like "lottery @ sanook.com" makes them a legit lottery.\n\nIt is a scam.\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.\nIf you want to check a email you think might be a scam go to www.scamomatic.com\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
805786
I'd say it's a hoax.  try this link with simular emails.\n\nRemember always check out www.snopes.com if in doubt.\n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/lottery.asp
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!
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Hi I have just received an e-mail today from Scoop Lotto\nstating that an e-mail address drawing was done and that \nI have won a large amount of money. No they did not ask for a bank account I have not answered them yet and I also have been searching for the company My gut feeling is that it is a scam.
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There isn't one...it's a scam!\nIf you don't believe me take a look here, it's the National Lottery homesite,\n\nhttp://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do\n\nYou could just type MS_Word lottery UK into a search engine and you will soon find out if it's a scam or not.
220562
First of all did you even enter this Lottery?? If not then its a scam if you answer it the next thing they will want your bank account details so they can transfer the so called winnings into your bank But the only that will happen is they will steal all the money from your account. Don't even answer the letter cause that will confirm your details and the scammers can do many fraudlent things with YOUR identity.\nP S its proberly a Nigerian money transfer scam
1108295
First - did you play in the UK national lottery? Did you pay money for a ticket?\n\nSecond - you and about 10000 other people got the same email.\n\nDo you still think you won the lottery? If so, then do whatever they tell you to do. Enjoy living in a cardboard box.
964861
NO. Its a fraud/scam.Ignore such mails they are use uy card no.
222980
watch out! if you have an email informing you that you have won millions in a lottery it's an internet scam to 'phish' for your personal information. don't ever send your personal details. search the web, type: "internet scams" to learn more...
949629
I couldn't find anything on it.\n\nIf you seriously won a large sum of money, your notification wouldn't come by e-mail.
703230
Did you buy a lottery ticket?\nIf not this is a scam. I get about five per day.\nJust delete it and ignore it..\n\nwww.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/lottery_scam_names.htm www.scambuster419.co.uk/lottery.htm\nantivirus.about.com/cs/hoaxes/p/lottery.htm\nwww.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/lotterywin.htm\n\n please forward it to mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com.
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You are almost right...\nThe "Euro-Afro-Asia Sweepstake Lottery organization" is a real,professional,Euro-Afro-Asia,fuel-injected....scam..\nIf you search for "Euro-Afro-Asia Lottery" (in quotations) on any search engine you can see how much of a scam it is..\n\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
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It's a scam to get your personal information from you.  If you respond, there will start asking for your bank account information, etc.  They might ask for a "processing fee" to get the money to you.  It is a total scam.  Thing about it for a minute:  did you enter any foreign lotteries?  Probably not.  I get about about a dozen of these emails per week and they all go into my spam folder.
228287
It could very well be a scam, if it is genuine then they won't ask you for any money, and they will have an address you can write to. Have you entered a Euromillion lottery? If you haven't then be very very very cautious!!!
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.