how will i know that i really won in the Australian lottery draw?
612237
You can only win the Australian Lottery if you buy a lottery ticket in Australia.\n\nThere are a lot of scams that say you have won a foreign lottery.\n\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.\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
225031
There isn't one....sadly it's a scam.\n\nIf you type in the name of the lottery in Google you will find lots of sites concerning scams that are doing the rounds...\n\nIf you get something that tells you you have won some money and you haven't entered anything.... then the chances are that it's a scam.\n\nTake a look here.....\nhttp://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/internet/lottery_operatives.shtml\n\nEDIT\nIgnore codrock....I am in the UK and there is NO lottery of this name here.....it IS a scam.....\n\nCodrock... \nIt may not be much to you but £25 is a lot of money to a lot of people.
68807
Did you play the Australian lottery?  If the answer is "no" then how could you win a lottery if you didn't play?  Those tnings are SCAMS that rake in billions of dollars a year.  If you call the Better Business Bureau and have a chat with them, U will know what I mean.
11723
Look to this sites & find it:\nhttp://www.eightdegree.com/weblog/2004/12/lottery_winners.html
1127814
The New Zealand Lottery is real. Thier claim office is in Christchurch, NZ\n\nThat Alberta Canada address is a 509 fraud scam.
188944
cannot predict.. Only Jesus can help you out to offer the lottery amount to you. :o)
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.
514153
I am sorry to advise you it is a scam. Ask yourself. Did you buy a ticket, do you have a proof that you have a ticket with winning number? When did you go to South Africa to buy a ticket?? And they would have called you.\n\nIf you just got an email.. and they write back for more info from you.. you know you on a way to be robbed. DO NOT GIVE ANY DETAILS> No one knows who wins a LOTTO till the person with a ticket goes to the LOTTO themselves.
199031
The first thing you do is send a text messag to the number 59595, and the message would be the case number.  You know if you have won is if they call you back and you tell them your name and the town/cityand state you live in.  They will anounce the winner at he end of the show.
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
150613
Any lottery website will tell you exactly the percentage of where the winnings go. For example, the MegaMillions, "approximately" 35% goes to the government, 50% goes back to the players, and 5% goes to the retailers who sell tickets. For more information go to http://www.megamillions.com/ or do a search for any local lottery and you should easily be able to find something.
1135510
if you participated in the dv lottery and you won they contact you.\nif they haven't, that means that you didn't win so don't even bother
712874
WIN THE LOTTO, THEY WILL SHOW UP
255375
It's fraud man don't beleive them, I'll tell you something have u ever participated in an English Lottery contest or any linked thing?? I guess not, if they emailed you again just send them an email telling them to send you some of the money for you to go and receive your prize.
65095
No, it is a fraud.\n\nThe UK lottery, is run by a company called Camelot.  You have to buy a ticket for it.\n\nYou can't claim a prize without the original ticket.
972849
When did you enter this Lottery?\nBy responding you have let them know they have an Active E-Mail Account, you may win many Lotteries now.\nWhat you want to do now; You may want to watch for money to disappear from your Bank Account. Keep an eye on your Credit, if you gave them enough information, they can now get a Credit Card in your name. That about all I know you can do now. Good Luck.\nIn the Future never respond to Lotteries you never entered.
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!