is U K STATE NATIONAL LOTTERY a FRAUD?

Question

if the lottery is a fraud then why is the govt. not doing something about it
Mr. John Blake the Fiduciary Agent and others involved seem to be operating with total arrogance and impunity

Answer 1

Mr John Blake is likely to be a fake name. It is not easy to trace the conmen who send these emails, please read my standard answer below for more details. The best thing you can do is ignore these messages and help to ensure that no-one falls for them. That way the money-grabbing conmen will have their source of income cut off.





It is scam. Yahoo (insert any company name here, this answer works for all!) do not run an email lottery, if they did you could guarantee it would be advertised all over their home page. Check out these links and search answers to see how many people 'win' the exact same lottery every day



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lottery_sca...

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery-scams.html



Do not click on any links, the page you will be taken to will look authentic but is not

Do not send them a 'courier fee' or any other money

Do not hand over any bank details or passwords



Do report spam

Do delete



Remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. You cannot win a lottery if you haven ot bought a ticket. Anyone can set up an email account with Yahoo, they can use any combination of letters they choose. I could be '[e-mail]' or '[e-mail]' That doesn't mean that I am either of these and is fine as long as I don't try to use the address to mislead people. Don't be fooled by legitimate looking email addresses which end the same way as any other free account, don't be fooled by fictitious titles such as 'Dr' or 'Executive Director of Winner Claims'.





(I've answered this question so many times that I now keep this answer on my desktop and just copy and paste....that should give you a clue!)

Answer 2

These fake emails often come from obscure Internet Cafes in places like Nigeria. These countries don't have the resources to track down the criminals who are doing it. They have grinding poverty and other social issues to deal with.



The UK can be annoyed that their national lottery is being used by name in online scams, but there is nothing they can do about it. They do not have jurisdiction over small third world countries.

Answer 3

Its a SCAM..

Think about it.. If you won a Lottery... Anywhere in the WORLD..... Don't you think they would fly you out there so, they can have you on TV and whatever else...

Think about it.. Here in the US.. If anyone wins anything even near a million.. Its all over the newspapers and TV...



There probley going to try and steal your identity or after you fill out Payment Processing.. There going to say please send us (about) $5,000 for the taxes and processing fees...



So, I wouldn't do anything but, just ignore them.. Or write back and say.. Send me the money and I'll send you the info back once I received it..

They will never answer you back.. and I would try and call you Internet provider and tell them about it...



Good luck with everything and let us know what happens...

Jay

Answer 4

we have a national lottery but its not called the UK state national lottery so yes it is a fraud. The government can not do something about all frauds, there are thousands of such scams going around the internet

Answer 5

The government has got more important things to do than babysit every moron that falls for these scams.





Next they'll be hunting down everybody who proclaims to be selling magic beans