sir, i received e mail from swisslotto that i have won prize through internet postol ballot system.is it true?
926969
Congratulations.....Now just send them $49.95 to collect it.
669798
Its a spam or worse a scam...\nThey will be looking for your personal information(its worth it to them if they can confirm that your email address works)\nOr they will ask you to pay "fees" to collect your "winnings"\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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If you are asking if you have won an international lottery or some other prize you received in an email, the answer is NO.\n\nIf you didn't enter a lottery, or a contest, then you did not win one.\n\nDo not reply to the sender and do not send them any personal or banking information
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!!!
13050
Unless you personally bought a ticket and were sent something showing that those numbers won, then for the Love of God, delete the email and block the sender.\n\nYou are being scammed.
118360
I received an email saying I'd won $500 and telling me to click a link to claim my prize.  When I clicked on the link the page could not be displayed.  I wrote to Yahoo! admin. to ask how to claim and I have had no response.  I seriously think it's a scam.
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...
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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.
212994
If you are talking about e-mail you are recieving, it is probably spam.  However, you can find information on the UK National lottery through the link below.
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Here's some signs of a lotto scam:\n\n*You never paid money or bought a ticket to enter.\n*Your "winning" notification is probably not personalized.\n*Your "winning" notification came by email, probably from a free email address such as yahoo.com or msn.com.\n\nIf you answer the email, after one or two email exchanges with the so-called "lottery officials" or "claims agent," perhaps accompianied by some official looking but fake documents, you'll be asked to pay fees for "taxes" or "handling" or some other reason. This is the scam - you pay the fees and never see any winnings, mainly because there are none to see.
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It sounds like a huge scam... Does this letter look familiar?\n\nCONGRATULATIONS: YOU HAVE WON AUSTRALIA LOTTERY PRIZE !!!\n\nAUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.\nDate:21/02/2006\nRef: 200658961725 \nBatch: ALLINC 0064943902/188 \nWinning no: FGAGN2701/LPRC \nCONGRATULATIONS ....................\n\nDear Sir/Madam, \n\nWe are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the  \n 20th of  FEBUARY 2006 from the Australian International Lottery programme.\n\nWhich is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their \ne-mail addresses \nYour name was attached to ticket number; \n0061725 07056490902 serial number 6641145002 \nThis batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 4-13-22-38-46 bonus number \n17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. \nYou hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00\n(DOLLARS) \nin cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of \nUS$5,000,000.00 shared amongst five lucky winners in this category "B".\nAll participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn \nfrom Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United \nStates, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our \ninternational \npromotions program which is conducted annually. \nThis Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomeration of some \nmultinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the \ncitizens in the communities where they have operational base. \nWe hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year \nhigh stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. \nHOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE \nSimply contact our fiducial agent, Dr Mr David Akume at \ninfolotteryaus@yahoo.com.au to file for your claim . \nPlease quote your reference, batch and winning \nnumber which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well \nas your \nfull name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily. \nFor security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information \nconfidential from the public until your claim is processed and your \nprize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid \ndouble claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by \nnon-participant or unofficial personnel. \nNote, all winnings MUST be claimed by the  2nd of  MARCH - 2006\notherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to \ncharity \nCongratulations once again on your winnings!!! \n\nBest Regards \n\nSandra Dean(co-ordinator) \nPLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS \nAGENT:infolotteryaus@yahoo.com.au\nBREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT \nTO \nDISQUALIFICATION. \n \nTHANKS:\nMANAGEMENT.\n\n\n\nIt's a scam letter, originating in Nigeria: check out the website \nhttp://www.quatloos.com/Posted_Letter.php?ID=13136\n\n\nHope that helps!
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Apparently just another one in a line of increasingly popular internet lottery, lotto, giveaway scams.  See here: http://blog.supersurge.com/scam-arrest-actions/2005/9/18/philemb-pretoria-warns-against-internet-lottery-scam.html
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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!
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I searched and came up with nothing. How can they PROMISE you you'll win? Is there an address or phone number? I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't even in the US. My wife enters tons of sweepstakes but she contacts them. They don't come to her.
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SCAM, dude. I read an article about it awhile back.\n\nThey told me I had won and I live in the US LOL.\n\nStay away and do not give those people any personal info, please.\n\nI beg you.
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The email is a Nigerian Scam called a 419. Reply to them and say that you have forwared their message to the US Secret Service and Interpol.  They will eventually try to take money from you by telling you that in order to access your prize you need to send them a couple thousand to unlock it or some crap like that...
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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.