Do people still give money to the fake lottery emails?  Like Nigerian internet scams?
952832
They're FAKE?!?!?!\nThen who is getting all the money I sent to the man who needed a kidney for his puppy?
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!
126227
I like 419eater which fools around with those annoying scammers sending you those emails about millions of dollars being ready for transfer in Nigeria... as long as you send them a few thousand dollars. \n\nThe dudes on the site make the scammers go through a bunch of funny stuff (getting tattoos, flying to cities for fake meetings, etc.) \n\nAlways makes me laugh
656119
Its a scam!\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
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...
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
787828
Ahh...the Nigerian scam. Actually, sometimes these people are prosecuted. I wouldn't make a HUGE deal out of it, since it would be a waste of your time. But you could forward it to authorities. \n\nThen delete it.
16368
This is a scam most likely originating in a foreign country. DO NOT reply to the email and DO NOT send them any money. A lot of these scams say you've won X amount of dollars in a foreign lottery, but require you to pay a small fee to secure the winnings. People pay the money and the crooks make off with their money. I would alert Yahoo about this.
855822
Scam alert!!!!\nReference to any banking or finance company in Cotonou is an immediate tipoff for a scam.\nDid you get a letter or email that is "too good to be true"??\nDo not send them money!!\nTake a look at this web site that lists most of the ongoing scams.\nhttp://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/known-lottery-scams-a-e/bank-giro-loterij/\nHope this helps!
689691
No,  when you receive an email like that, it is a scam.  You can be assured of that.  Never give money or your bank account information to anyone who contacts you over email.\n\nPlease see the website below for further information.
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
1187633
This is a scam, pure and simple.  There is no such lottery.  Never answer or reply to such e-mails, never give them any information.  If you want, you can forward the messages to abuse@<domain>, where <domain> is the return address listed in the message.  For instance, if it says to reply to dradobo@yahoo.com, forward the message, with the message headers, to abuse@yahoo.com.  They will investigate and usually close the account being used to receive the replies.\n\nThousands of people have lost thousands of dollars to these scams.  They tell you that you must pay all kinds of fees and taxes to collect your winnings, and when you finally wise-up and realize you are being scammed, they disappear with all your money.
765078
It's a scam. \n\nThey want two things from you - \n1. Your ID details so they can impersonate you; and/or\n2. Your money\n\nBasically they will either ask for your details (including bank account details) so they can transfer the money to you - and of course what they will actually do is steal money out of your account\n\nAND/OR\n\nThey will ask you to send them money for such things as "registration fees" or "money transfer fees" etc etc.\n\nRemember:-\n\nNO-ONE EVER WON A LOTTERY THEY DIDN'T ENTER!\n\nThere is no money. You haven't won anything!\n\nWHAT TO DO:-\n1. The simplest of all - DELETE it. Never reply, even to say "ha ha I know you're trying to scam me" This just confirms that you have a functioning email address and the scammer will then try to sell it on to someone else - and what you will get is more scammer emails!\n\n2. If the email comes from an email provider that you recognise and trust, like Yahoo, Hotmail, Netscape etc then forward the message headers to the email provider with a note of the complaint. [The message source maybe faked but often a contact email address is quoted in the message the scammer actually writes to you.]\nTo do this on Outlook Express:-\nRight click the message and select Properties\nClick on the Details tab\nClick on Message Source\nRight click the mass of code you see and click Select All to highlight the entire message\nRight click again and click Copy\nPaste into your message to Yahoo, Hotmail or whoever\n\nThe address to email this to is "abuse@(the email provider) eg. abuse@yahoo.com
88799
They are definately a scam.I have gotten several.Don't respond.If you receive an offer via email from someone claiming to need your help getting money out of Nigeria — or any other country, for that matter — forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov.
537239
Anything that comes out of Nigeria is a scam.Be careful about the UK also because they use that as an address for scams. Lotteries are also scams. Use your head when you get emails like that.
93426
Do a Google search for the phrase "nigerian bank scam".  The email that you received is one of the most common scams on the  internet.  \n\nSome poor soul passed away, leaving behing millions of dollars and you as the only known heir.  An attorney or some government official wants to get the money out of the country and wants to pay you a percentage.  Suddenly, they need money for transaction fees or bribes.  You send them money and suddenly you never hear from them again.\n\nI get lots of these emails.  Law enforcement doesn't have time to deal with it.  I forward a copy of the email to the abuse department of the ISP were it came from and leave it at that.
940773
Lottery winnings  Info. If you really want to know if it's a scam, IT IS!  When they ask you to send money, give bank account numbers credit card info ect .Do not give this info to anyone in an email!. If its real all they need is your mailing address to send you the money, with no up front fees to pay. REMEMBER IF YOU DID NOT SEND IN AN ENTERY FORM YOU CAN NOT WIN!  http://www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lott