Filthy Lucre
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of course not!
Did you enter a lottery or sweepstakes?
Well, if not, then how could you win something you never even entered.
Think about it.
PS - it's a COMMON scam! |
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Ray P
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I can't believe that after all the publicity on these scams that there are people out there who think they can win some thing they haven't entered! Of course, I could be wrong. Send your bank details and/or a large sum of cash to claim your prize. Oh, and when you get the next e-mail, probably from Nigeria about your long lost uncle/brother/grandfather who has died and left you zillions of pounds do the same for them. Be very careful when you get unsolicited e-mails. Don't open them, delete them. Once you open them the sender knows your e-mail address is valid. |
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Leo
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Wow, you must be the 1000th user today to get that email, and worse still you opened it and you could have infected your pc with a nasty infection. You must scan your pc has soon has possible. |
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thatmy's useful eunuch
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Remember the simple rule = No free lunch in this world, especially the poor one. Only the rich has the free lunch. lol... |
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Dora
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It's a scam lovely just mark it as spam and delete it. I had 4 emails like that this morning and I didn't even bother opening them. Take Care xox |
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bean
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South Africa has the currency of Rands (R) not US$, also the email address is hotmail.com, thats just a free email address server.
Its highly unlikely that you won anything. When I searched I found this link http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070423031515AAJZ0Zn it is another person who got the same email as you. Im from South Africa, and that number is a cell phone number ... most legitimate business operate from landlines and can afford to purchase email addresses |
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RevPeter3rd
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Well, looks like enough has been said. These are known as 419 scams and come in many different formats. Sadly, most of these originate in Africa, mainly Nigeria.
Learn more about these types of scams from 419eater. |
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iain
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Obviously you have been in Q&A for a short time,
otherwise you would have noticed that many participants
have received the same or similar mail, and all told to stay
out of this game. If you answer and give information, you
will be bothered with follow up SCAM for a long time to
come. As mentioned by another answer above, you can‘t
win if you haven‘t played or bought a lottery ticket. DELETE
immediately without opening. |
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sparky0107
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This is a physhing scam that's been doing the rounds on the Internet for a while now, like my dad used to say you get out for nout, remember, all these people need is your account number, name & address and they can clear your account out, and also you can be accused of money laundering, take care with these scams on the internet, if you get any more just delete them. Don't get caught out! |
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Ayiza
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Scam |
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-One Love-
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Hell no. We've gotten many of those. Delete it. |
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DolphinLami
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Don't you want to check first if there were any other people who asked the same question?
If you didn't enter the lottery, you didn't win it. Spam them. |
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redhead
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strange that - I got one from someone's uncles cousin who had died in Nigeria and this man had left him over two million dollars in his will. So the cousin needs someone out of Nigeria with a bank account to transfer the money to (and then he offered me thirty percent of the money for doing such a nice favour) Don't believe these scams - they are complete crap!!! |
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Manu
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Hi,
Im sorry to break ur heart but i get these emails pretty often too. Like, two or three emails per week, saying i won this lottery from the UK, that lottery from Australia, the other from America. All big money like u mentioned above. I just dont understand why i keep on winning so much money.. lol
Its really unbelievable that i should win some lottery which i dont even know exists. Not only me, some of my friends too receive such emails. Once, one of them responded to the email by sending her details like it was requested. She received a reply that, in order to claim this sum she won, she has to first send them a certain amount of money (smaller sum of course) to fascilitate their sending of the sum she won. It is to be a confirmation money too.
Well now, that is something..
Say 1000 people are sent these emails and they send $100 each.. U do the math. lol
You and i can start sending such emails to others too... lol
Good time. |
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sarch_uk
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So did this person....
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070423031515AAJZ0Zn&r=w&pa=AptqD2bwHTHf6eaPY6k0t31eRdLFg0Qop1gbJByRRK6Pgg--&paid=voted
You are being scammed, there are countless variations of this type of scam doing the rounds all the time..
If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is, and unless you actually entered any competition or lottery, how could you possibly win it... |
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happy
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If it sounds too good to be true, it probably IS!!! I live by this motto. Always remember there are people out to screw other people so never give out personal details ie name, date of birth etc. to just anyone. (Even if you get an email from a 'bank' asking you to. It's called Phishing and it's illegal)
I watched a documentary a few months ago where they were asking these people in the high street just normal, seemingly innocent questions, but then they went and opened bank accounts with that info.
Another thing, be very careful with your old PCs/laptops. If you recycle them the local council sells them to Africa and then the africans (moslty nigerians on this documentary, although I'm sure it happens all over) then take out the hard drives and they can get peoples' bank account numbers etc. So if you want to recycle your computer, take out the hard-drive and bash it with a hammer (seriously, I saw it on This Morning) It's the only sure way of keeping your info safe.... |
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jack daniels
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99% of these scams are from Nigeria that is a established fact and not from South Africa, they even pose as being in Hong Kong, i have received a few of them and just delete it. |
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mr.mars-"H"-mallow
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Probably some Nigerian in South Africa! South African lotto works in Rands [R] [ZAR] not in $! Scammed |
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Aussie
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Does it sound true ? It's a rip off ...bet they want your bank details so they can deposit a cheque & probably for you to pay a small fee to cover some admin costs ...
As you have already been advised , don't even open ....delete it ! |
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General Proud
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can you spell gullible? |
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BoyRacer
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Do you really think that anyone is going to just give you over $2 million dollars for no reason? And even if they did do you believe they simply would just send a e-mail to let you know? Come on, wake up and smell the cheese! |
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phemmy
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wow, congratulation!!!, you now become a millionaire, friend i am sorry for you... it not a joke but it fake, by the time they get access to your password, account or anything private to you that is when your eyes will clear.
please come off it, how could someone will a lottery that he/she does not participate in... think of it and be wise |
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Peace
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SCAM SCAM SCAM. I get 15 emails like this everyday!!! Mark it as spam and report it! |
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thequiteone2006
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congratulations |
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phorwanted
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99.99999999999999999 % of e-mails from South Africa stating you have won a prize or you have a dead long lost relative that left you a new life as Ms. Got Rocks are BOGUS ! ! ! Do not reply to them. |
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k0rva1
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YA RIGHT!!! the penis enlarging tablets REALLY work! |
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Mr Big
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Why would they e-mail you if it wasn't, congratulations! |
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