They Said I Won

Comment #7

Rick G — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:11:11 GMT

LP members who attempt to solicit money from other members using this forum should be banned from the site. It is tacky, inappropriate and shouldn't be allowed.

Comment #6

Tenaj — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:08:23 GMT

And about a month ago I got an email from an LP member asking for $1000 to help bury a dead father. I confronted him/her about it (felt harrassed/solicitated) and even sent the email to the webmaster. No response from the webmaster but the person who sent me the email came back with the attitude, I have right to ask for money from LP people and said he/she asked 6 LP people. So we do have scammers on this board. I say scammers because you can't believe any sob story regardle... [ More ]

Comment #5

johnph77 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:27:18 GMT

The Email address with the suffix "za" indicates that the claims agent is in South Africa. Since Hot Lotto is played only in the U.S., why would they have a claims agant in South Africa? Scam. Period. Any Email telling you that you are a winner in a lottery you never entered is a scam.

Comment #4

Tenaj — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:24:20 GMT

I got one that I hadn't seen before. It was a scam saying I had a refund from the IRS saying . It looked so real. It even had the .gov in the address and the IRS graphics and all. That is too bold.

Comment #3

ochoop17 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:04:06 GMT

It a scam. I received a similiar e- mail.

Comment #2

justxploring — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:33:07 GMT

All joking aside, I often get over 1,000 junk emails every day. It's gotten to the point that I direct every email, except for the addresses I've listed in my address book, to go directly into my bulk mailbox. Then I just delete them. I have another email address I use just for family and business purposes. Spammers will get your email address from a variety of sources or just "phish" for active email addresses. Let's say my email address is justxploring@aol.com (it's not... [ More ]

Comment #1

JAP69 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:23:36 GMT

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