Comments on: HAs any one ever got a email saying they won money from microsoft lottery promotion?

By: saul_sabia

saul_sabia — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:03:59 +0000

Do not respond to any email claiming to be from any sort of lottery, whether you know of the company or not. Use your common sense – lotteries are held to make money, so if you didn’t give them any money to enter it, why would they give you lots of it for nothing? If it’s too good to be true it probably isn’t.

Do not respond to any email from a banker, president, or a relative or associate to a banker, president, or other type of financial leader from a foreign company asking you for personal information. Usually they are trying to get money “out of” some African country (Nigeria is a popular one) and into yours, and they even offer to let you keep it if they can use your bank account!

Once again, use your common sense. This is a type of money laundering, and money laundering is illegal. Getting 10% of millions of dollars for just giving someone your bank account information? Once again, if it’s too good to be true, it probably isn’t.

Saul

By: LadyOfSteelHorse

LadyOfSteelHorse — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:50:04 +0000

IT IS NOT REAL!!!!! Do not give them any information, report it as spam. It is a hoax for sure, I received one a couple of years ago.

By: ABE O

ABE O — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:39:12 +0000

I receieve these emails everyday and I’m tired of it. You don’t need to respond to such email because they are scams by those fraudsters on net. Almost all of these emails come from Africa specifically Nigeria. Ignore them is the solution.

By: Patricia D

Patricia D — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:34:51 +0000

Beware of these emails. They’re scams. They aim to get as much information from you, like your personal particulars–until you are asked to provide the scammer with your bank account particulars. Never reply to these messages. Never volunteer personal information to strangers.

By: sugar bear

sugar bear — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:08:40 +0000

Your being scammed!!! Report ot immediately!!! What ever you do, do not allow this person to con you into giving them any of our ersonal information!!! & by all means, do not send them any money!!! Nor should you take or receive any checks or money orders from them to re-deposit! They will all turn out fraudulant!!! Wisen up! This internet is full on people preying on the good intentions of other people!!! They will ***** you amy way they can!!!!

By: Barry M

Barry M — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:18:45 +0000

Nope. But I’ve won a lot of money in many other lotteries. I must be one lucky SOB, because I win something just about every week. Haven’t got any of it yet, but when I do, I’m buying a new car for everyone here. Please email me your choice of model and color.

By: Clara Nett

Clara Nett — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:06:02 +0000

It is a fake and a forgery. They are trying to get you to divulge your bank accounts and other personal information. Usually, they want you to send them a “tranaction fee” up front to pay taxes or other fees. What you find is they then need money for this or that, and people have found themselves thousands of dollars in the whole.

There is NO money!! Think about it, if you play the lottery, you get a ticket. These guys send you and email telling you you have won MILLIONS of dollars! But isn’t it interesting that they have your email address, but don’t know your name, or address??

I am enclosing a few links to help clarify this.

One other thing, under U.S. Law, it is illegal to play foreign lotteries. . .

* 3 weeks ago

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Here is an interesting new story about the scam:…

A site from the Federal Trade commission about the issue:…

Site from the FBI:…

By: Peter C

Peter C — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:11:45 +0000

Yeah sure it is…Microsoft is known for giving away money…ROFL

By: Owlwings

Owlwings — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:33:15 +0000

No, not real! It’s a scam to get your personal/banking details.

By: deedee

deedee — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:08:20 +0000

i get at least 20-30 different ones a day. the microsoft ones are just as fake as the others.