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UK lottery email???

when i checked my email this morning i get one claiming that i won 800,000 pounds from the UK lottery (i dont even live in the UK) heres what some of it says

"You hereby have been approved a lump sum of £800,000.00(POUNDSSTERLING)the totalcash prize of £800,000.00(POUNDS STERLING) shared amongst Ten luckywinners in this category. All participant were selected through a computer balloting systemdrawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses fromcanada,Australia,United state,Europe,Middle East,Africa and Oceania aspart of our international promotions program which is conductedannually." then it asks for a bunch of my info "1.Name:2.Address:3.Marital Status:4.Occupation:5.Age:6.Sex:7.Nationality:8.Country Of Residence:9.Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):10:Cell Number:(Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):11.Fax Number:12.Draw Number above:"...

**My question is... do you think this is some sort of scam or should i go for it???**

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  • 1 decade ago
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    This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams. There is also an online form for the reporting of all scams and frauds. - (with links to your own country) :

    http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/sweepstakes....

    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

    Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Please remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.

    Check out these sites for further information :

    http://www.scambusters.com/

    http://www.hoax-slayer.com/

    Source(s): Experience within Criminal Justice Dept. U.K. (dealt with various scams and frauds and innocent victims of them.)
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information

    http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...

    http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showt...

    http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...

    .Also If you go to the following site you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The ONLY UK Lottery is the National Lottery and to win it you have to buy a ticket first. If you didn't buy a ticket you haven't won anything. And they will never ask for your personal details via email.

    It's a scam. (Sorry to disappoint!)

  • 1 decade ago

    Scam, dont fall for it. Its one of oldest scams.

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