england lottery scam
england lottery scam
Is this email a scam, or is it for real?
I got this email, and I want to know if it’s a scam. Here it is:
Attention: Lucky Winner,
We are happy to announce that you are one of our Lucky Four(4)StarPrize Winner
in this months edition of the Irish Lottery in England.This makes you a proud
winner of a cah prize of £1,350,000 To claim your prize. Send 1.Full Legal
names 2.Occupation 3.Tel. number
(Email: irishcustomerservices003@live.com )
Name: Dr Alan Brian.
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This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net
I want to accept the prize, but I didn’t enter any lottery, I’m not of legal age for any lotteries, at least here in America, and, I’m from America, and this lottery is from Ireland, why did I get this email.
This is a SCAM. If you click on the below link this site confirms various email scams hitting the internet and provides an online form for the reporting of such, with links for your own country.
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/IrishLotteryScamsSamples9.php
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya…
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.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
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