alleycat
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The e-mail you received is most likely a scam in which the person who sent you the e-mail is probably trying to get your credit card or bank account information. I received a similar e-mail recently (but mine wasn't the "Australian lotto", it was some other country).
A great website where you can check the validity of e-mails/forwards is http://www.snopes.com
Here is a link to their page which addresses the specific e-mail you received: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/lottery.asp |
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wallflower
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most likely its a scam. i get lots of those all the time. |
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lurch
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it is one of many internet scams outthere so if i was you i just forget about it and block them as spam |
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grayladygranny
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Tell them to send you the money,tell if they said you won,you will carry them to court and collect. |
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alias_dictus_tony
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It's a hoax. Delete it and carry on. |
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cyanne2ak
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If you didn't enter, then you didn't win..... |
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sorry, just a scam most likely. careful! |
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runnergal08
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those are all scams. they ask for bank account numbers and what not, then take your money and you'll never hear from them again. delete it immediately. |
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irina
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Well, if you DO live in Australia and if you HAVE ENTERED the lottery, it may as well be.. if not, almost surely it's a scam |
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dharap123
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I have also received same message in inbox,I completed formalities of filling form, sending scanned copies of identity card,and an application to the person to whom I was asked to apply. Afterwards I was asked to pay $1200US as charges for bank transfer. I requested to deduct from winning amount which was turned down. Hence I stopped further communications. Again I receiveed same message twice,I again informed about previous details and asked them to stop sending such messages.Now I don't receive such messages. If you want to try sending $1200US,you can do so and if you get cheque of winning amount,please convey me ,so that I also can arrange to send that money and win lottery really. |
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Tollguy
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A few people mentioned that you would have to have bought a ticket to win.
To receive a message, you would have also had to register as a regular buyer. Tickets bought over the counter, need to be presented over the counter, because otherwise they don't have a record of you buying. The third check would be, if it is an Australian Lottery, and a substantial amount is involved, (and you are a registered user) The Lottery office would make contact personally.. ie a phone call to arrange a face to face meeting and during this meeting they would ask if you needed advice on how to invest.
Otherwise if you are an unregistered user, you present the ticket, they tell you a substantial amount is involved and give you a form, then the office contacts you and both process have a similar ending... |
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shirtliff632
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yes it could be correct but in actual sense no. |
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JStrat
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Unless you recently entered an Australian lottery and were waiting for notification, probably not. Was it an email? If so, it's even less likely it's real.
If you had no idea that you were even eligible to win an Australian lottery and this notice was a complete surprise, that puts you in the "100% scam" region. Ignore it or report it, then delete the message and get on with your life. ;) |
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superjoecrazy
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Maybe if you entered in it, and live in Australia. If not, don't even bother, it's a scam! |
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Stargater
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Yeah, you won!!!!
Just send them $50,000 dollars so that they can send the prize to you!!!
I also have some ocean-front property in Arizona that I will sell you cheap!!!
Or would you rather be part-owner in the Brooklyn Dodgers? ;o) |
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@ndrewmeni@
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once i reiceved an email tells that i won $250,000,000.00 and then i followed all the instructoin and then they asked for about $1,000.00 for transvering it to ur account
so it's a big LIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE |
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