Better Business Bureau warns of lottery-winning scams

Comment #9

CASH Only — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:45:20 GMT

You don't get notified by mail (for winning the lottery) unless you played by subscription.

Comment #8

bellyache — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:12:09 GMT

Yeah tomsue, that is a scam. If you didn't enter a drawing or contest and it comes from an email it's fake.

Comment #7

DoubleDown — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:45:56 GMT

If it seems too good to be true-- IT IS

Comment #6

tomsue — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:53:15 GMT

I RESENTLY GOT AN E-MAIL SAID I WON THE EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE .MY SHARE 615,810.00$. THEY ASKED I KEEP THIS TO MY SELF TO AVOID OTHERES FROM TRYING TO CLAIM IT COUSING UNDO DELAYS SAIOD I NEEDED TO OPEN AN INTERNATIONAL ACOUNT TO HAVE IT DEPOSITED IN .THEY DIDNT ASK FOR ANY MONEY OR PERSONAL INFORMATION BUT IT SEEMED TO GOOD TO BE TRUE SO IVE SPENT SEVERAL DAYS TRYING TO FIND OUT IF IT WAS REAL. TOO DAMNED GOOD!!!TO BE TRUE. TOM E-MAIL tnsa2rocks@yahoo.com

Comment #5

CASH Only — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:18:07 GMT

That's why contests often include in the rules no purchase necessary .

Comment #4

bellyache — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:34:37 GMT

I would think that sending money would be a big tip-off to most people. If you didn't enter it odds you didn't win anything and it's a scam.

Comment #3

KyMystikal — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:27:28 GMT

After reading the story on the BBB site I realize I had gotten a letter like this but it didn't say I won a lottery. It said that my wife was the beneficiary of a large sum of money from a distant relative who passed in 1908 and they finally found my wife to receive the money. They had also said that through the years the interest on the money had made it over 8 million dollars. We were instructed to send a check for $99.00 for processing and 1% of the total payment for a finders fee. I didn't... [ More ]

Comment #2

Todd — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:27:22 GMT

Sadly, lots of people do. PT Barnum was talking about these types of people when he made his famous statement.

Comment #1

KyMystikal — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:14:45 GMT

Why would anyone send money to get a prize??? That sounds kind of fishy from the get go.

Better Business Bureau warns of lottery-winning scams

Lottery Post — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:06:00 GMT

Congratulations! Your name was attaached to a ticket that was recently drawn from a pool of 50,000 names for the lump sum of $250,000! Sound familiar? Many consumers have reported receiving phone calls and letters from Judith Thompson, Fat Payment Securities Inc., Sweepstakes Resources and Payment Verification Center, Canada, congratulating them on winning the lottery.According to the Better Business Bureau, those are the names that scammers are using this week. The names change from day to d... [ More ]