Have You Gotten Any Emails That You Won A Lottery That You Didn't Sign-up For?

[girlswin2]

I got one this morning that I won a Microsoft Lottery so I used a search and checked it out and its a scam!!!  So Beware if you get one also.  

[florezitta10]

Yes I have from foreign coutries too lol 

[kimfusion]

I think every one had... they all scams ...
Please block them out ...
It is so sad that someone still be a victim of that ..

[Mojoshog]

Yes emails and a real check in the mail from a real bank in Washington state. I think it was for $4,700 and looked very real. They wanted me to cash it and send them a fee for alot more. I considered just depositing it to see what happened but I'm sure my bank would have charged me when it bounced.

[smileycoop]

Not recently.

[Fotoguy]

I get them all the time from non US countries. They all seem to follow the same exact format and ask you for the same information to send them in order to CLAIM your prize (LOL) 

[lvstephanie]

I had a friend that fell for one of those lottery scams... She was always entering in her e-mail address for a bunch of different raffles and drawings, so she didn't think twice when she got an e-mail notice saying she'd won the 3rd place prize of $50K (sneeky to say it was only 3rd place instead of the grand prize). She only had to pay a $5 processing fee and give her home address before they got the "check" from their winning ticket. And of course when they got the check, it bounced and so they had to pay the bank for the bounced check. And becuase it was a foreign country, they couldn't sue them to get their money back. Costly mistake, but I'm sure my friend has learned her lesson not to trust everything you get from e-mail.

[swogden]

Yes, figured they're all scams, so I've never answered them.

Another version of the same thing, is the notice that you are a beneficiary for x.x million dollars/pounds -- just send lots of personal identifing information  -(for ID theft?) -- another type of scam.

Generally believe, that if the offer sounds to good to be true, it's not.  So beware of anything you're offered on the net.

[lynnc35]

I have seen an increase in these, I mark these as spam and don't open them. People keep waiting on that one nieve person to answer it, of course there is one in a million.

[girlswin2]

I got one this morning that I won a Microsoft Lottery so I used a search and checked it out and its a scam!!!  So Beware if you get one also.  

Yes I agree with you all it is a shame that people are so mean that they have to try to cheat people to get there way up the money tree.  I never answered it or anything just deleted it and checked it out on a search engine alot of problems out there.  The better business review has a listing of the ones that is the worst right now that they have checked out.  So does Clark Howard site.

[mommagoes]

i've gotten the microsoft one before, just clicked spam and deleted it because i was sure it was a scam. more often though i get emails from so-and-so in nigeria/london/tibet whose spouse died and will pay me if i help him/her claim the inheritance and asking for my name address and bank account information. reall? do i have stupid stamped on my forehead, that they think i am going to fall for that? its hilarious! those also get spam/deleted right away!

[mrisha]

The con artists are always sending  out checks like that and they always look legit.  I received a check for almost $4,000 with my name on it with a different address telling me they were withholding so much for taxes.  Scams like that immediately go thru my paper shredder.  They are always looking for the gullible and naive to fall for stuff like this.