Has anyone received thier money from the british lotto?

i received a letter of the same sort with a check to pay the taxes on the money i won i have called the number and spoke to the agent and have deposited my check into my account but have not called back to have it deducted. has anyone actually went through with the process to see if this is real or not.

No, but than again I live in the U.S.:)

If you don't pay money to enter a lottery, it most certainly is a scam.

Here are the hallmarks of a lottery scam:

You never paid money or bought a ticket to enter.
Your "winning" notification is probably not personalized.
Your "winning" notification came by email, probably from a free email
address such as yahoo.com or msn.com.

The way this scam works is, if you respond to the email, after one or two email exchanges with the so-called "lottery officials" or "claims agent," perhaps accompianied by some official looking but fake documents, you will be asked to pay fees for "taxes" or "handling" or some other reason. This is the scam, you pay the fees and never see any winnings, mainly because there are none to see.

Source(s):

www.fraudwatchers.org

It's a Scam, you can only win the Lotto if you buy a ticket, if you've not bought a ticket, you've not won.

No, it is so obviously a scam.

Did you ever think about the fact that you never entered this lotto? It's a scam! what they "gave" you is just an attempt to access your bank acct. btw- did you get the other one about the guy in Ghana that needs to move here to the US and needs someone to store his 33 million in their account , and for this he will give you 1.3 million? My neighbors fell for that one , even went to a car dealer and ordered 2 custom vehicles in anticipation of becoming rich , haha. IT's ALL a SCAM!

This is a scam. No government licensed lottery anywhere in the world awards prizes to people who don't hold a lottery ticket.

Here is how the lottery check scam works.

The criminals who run the scam are a Nigerian gang. They mostly use stolen checks from real businesses.

When you receive one of these checks and deposit it in your bank account, your bank will verify if the account on which the check was drawn exists and has sufficient funds. This will generally be the case. Therefore after a few business days you will receive funds in your account.

Now this is where it becomes really dangerous to you: You have just passed a bad check, which is *illegal* and you can go to prison for that. Furthermore, the check can and will still bounce. When that happens it is *you* and not the bank who will be liable for any losses! Checks can bounce for months after they have already "cleared" and it is the depositor who endorsed it with his signature on the back who is responsible. You vouch for the check with your signature.

Once the bank that holds the company's account forwards it to the company's accounts department they will see that it doesn't match any check they signed. They will find that it came from a stolen checkbook. They will notify their bank, which will notify your bank and the funds will be removed from your account.

If you have already withdrawn the cash and forwarded it to the criminals (they will tell you there are taxes and handling fees to be paid) then your account will be thousands of dollars in the red. It will get frozen. The bank may report you to the police. You may be charged with and prosecuted for passing bad checks and for wire fraud.

If you receive any check under an arrangement where you are to cash it and forward funds from it to the check sender or a third party nominated by the sender, you can safely assume it to be a scam. Take the check to the police. Possession of fake checks is a crime under US Federal Law.

FAKE! FAKE! FAKE! I work at a bank and these scams are going on all the time. Be very careful! You could be out a LOT of money! Don't touch the money you deposited. Chances are the check you deposited is legit but written fraudulently off of that account. Again....be CAREFUL!!

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