if  an illegal migrant  wins £100,000000  lottery  can he or she claim for  the prize???
598784
Since it's pounds sterling, I assume this is in England, which I do not know the laws for.\n\nThere is nothing to prevent the migrant from claiming the prize, except, of course, that the money will be spent on solicitors and barristers trying to make sure the migrant can keep what's left, after taxes, penalties and the legal expenses. \n\nThe migrant would be better off consulting legal advice before making the claim, and arranging for the money to be claimed by someone without those problems, for a suitable payment, of course.
837100
No way, but what you are talking about doing is essentially gambling on someone's death. You might be able to get a british bookmaker to give you odds on that, so long as the person was not on death's door.
836540
Delete it please....It's a big scam.    The UK lottery do not have details of anyone's email address, you purchase a ticket either in a shop or online.   If you haven't entered for the UK lottery, then there's no way you could have won.    Those who reply to this scam, end up with an empty bank account - so please do not respond to them and delete any other future emails from these scammers.
392707
dont worry, any illegal immigrants that arrive in spain will only be making their way to the uk to claim benefits, so they wont be in barcelona for long!
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
471986
Basically any lottery with the word "International" or "Global" in it is a scam.\n\nLegitimate lotteries only operate within the particular territory they are licensed for (e.g. California, UK). They do *not* operate internationally or they would risk falling afoul of anti-gambling laws. For example, it is against US Federal Law to mail lottery tickets or money to purchase lottery tickets in interstate mail. US lottery winners have been prevented from claiming prizes for out of state lotteries.\n\nBecause of this you can safely assume any "international" lottery winning notice to be a scam. Most of the fake lottery scams are run by gangs from Nigeria. The fake lottery scam is a variant of the "419" scam. \n\nThis email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:\n\nThey don't notify winners by email. \nYou can't win without first buying a lottery ticket. \nThey don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to. \nThey don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you. \nThey don't tell you to call a mobile phone number. \nThey don't tell you to keep your winnings secret. \nThey will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
678417
totally bs...the only people hitting the lottery from that scam is them...
459758
how can you win something you didnt enter?! its a con!
698253
This is a well-known Nigerian "419" fraud. I can assure you that Camelot, sole operator of the UK lottery, does not have any free online programme, nor any prizes for those who don't buy tickets in person at a lottery sales outlet in the UK or directly from them.\n\nI have never bought a UK lottery ticket. Therefore if somebody tells me I have won the lottery I know they are lying.\n\nOur nanny, on the other hand, won GBP 1,000. She never bought another ticket after that, figuring she'd done as well as she ever would, and not wanting to give any of it back.
104408
no its a scam give it to the authorities so that they can try to catch these people.\n\nJust think about one thing, if you win something you usually don't have to pay to get it.
694256
Simple answer. Don't.\n\nYou are in New York. Euromillions is illegal in the United States (along with all other European lotteries).
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
1007089
Lol.  No.  If any one of those lottery scams were true then I've won the English lottery about 10 times.  (I'm in America)
15298
I have had a few friends who have applied for this lottery, a few of them got their visas more easily because of it. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you & your family to win!\n\nGood luck!
582035
If someone is working outside the terms of their visa (whether is it a student or someone else with restricted working rights: work permit holders, etc) then they are in breach of their visa. This is illegal and they will be deported as it is criminal offence. This will affect future visa applications to the UK and to be honest for most other countries which asses visa applications in detial.\n\nThere are several ways to report abuse of the immigration system, which this is. The first and easiest option is to call the police or you can get in contact with the Croydon Enforcement Unit, part ofthe Home Office that looks at people in breach of their visa conditions (overstayers, illigal workers, etc).\n\nA first step would be to have a look at the Home Office website www.homeoffice.gov.uk which, I think also has confidential numbers to call to get advice about this type of query.
568820
It 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
706331
It is absolutely real.  Here is the site:  as someone else has already warned you, be careful of scams.  Entry is free.\n\nWhile the chance of winning is small, I issue these immigrant visas every day to people who have tried as many as nine times before they won, and others who won on the first try.  Good Luck!!!!\n\nhttp://www.dvlottery.state.gov/