Laura A Gumke

it a scam

First of all, think about what you have received. I know of no state-sponsored lottery that contacts winners to inform them they have won. The winners must come forward and claim their winnings or, after a set period of time, the winnings revert to the state. Thus, there is no incentive for the state to contact you. Secondly, there is no way for the state to know who bought a particular lottery ticket as identification is not requested nor required at the time of purchase. This is strictly a scam, trying to get some of your money by playing to your greed.

I HAVE RECEIVED EMAIL MESSAGE FROM YAHOO AND WINDOWS LIVE MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY AWARD 2013 BY MRS PAULINE KERRY THAT MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON 5000.000.00 GBP AND TO CONTACT WITH MR.EXCELLENT HOLMES TEL +447012926722 FOR CLAIM.
PL INFORM ME THAT THIS MESSAGE IS TRUE OR NOT. THANKS ,SINCERELY M.ILYAS

It is surely a scam e-mail.
Why would they need personal info when they already have it in their database.

Hello,

First try to contact the seller to resolve the issue, if no response you can file a dispute. The steps below outline this process.

How do I get my money back? If you would like a refund, start by getting in touch with your seller. Most sellers welcome the chance to work out any problems.

To request a refund, send the seller an email. Ask the seller to click Issue a refund beside your payment details. You can request a refund up to 60 days after you pay for your item.

Here's how to find the seller's contact information:

1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Click History.
3. Click Details next to the transaction you want a refund for.
4. Use the contact information to send the seller an email.

If the seller won't refund your money, you have 45 days from the date you paid for your item to file a dispute.

Filing a dispute

Here's how to file a dispute:

1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Click Resolution Center.
3. Click Dispute a Transaction.
4. Select Item dispute, then click Continue.
5. Click Find transaction ID, then click the transaction ID you want to dispute.
6. Click Continue, then follow the instructions.

If you purchased your item on eBay, go to eBay's Resolution Center to open your dispute. Go to eBay and click Resolution Center at the bottom of any page

If your dispute is not resolved or escalated to a claim within 20 days it will be closed.


Escalating your dispute to a claim

If you can't resolve your dispute with your seller, we can help. Just escalate your dispute to a claim and ask us to look into the transaction. We'll review your case and decide whether you're eligible for a refund. We can usually decide if you're eligible for a refund within 30 days.

Here's how to escalate a dispute to a claim:

1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Click Resolution Center.
3. Click View next to the dispute you want to escalate.
4. Click Escalate this dispute to a PayPal claim, then follow the instructions.
5. Click Escalate to a claim.

To check the status of your claim, log in to your account and go to the Resolution Center.

To learn more about our dispute process, look for the How to Dispute a Transaction tutorial in the Resolution Center.

Dear Mr MOHAMMEDARIF,
Hello.good day!
from Yahoo corporation in Holland have informed me that i have won 250,000,00 Euro in a lottery.they gave me your contact information.they told me that you can guide me in the procedures.pls kindly cooperate me .BTW,pls give me your MSN to talk more with you.
awaiting your prompt rely.
thanks&best regards.
my id is: parviz_s2613

I personally request you that you don't be trap in this type of fraud activities being carried out. There are few things which you should note before you proceed towards it : -

ITS A SCAM BY A GROUP OF MOTHER ******* BEAWARE OF THIS EMAIL FRAUD
Lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud which begins with an
unexpected email notification that "You have won!" a large sum of
money in a lottery. The recipient of the message - the target of the
scam - is usually told to keep the notice secret, "due to a mix-up in
some of the names and numbers," and to contact a "claims agent." After
contacting the agent, the target of the scam will be asked to pay
"processing fees" or "transfer charges" so that the winnings can be
distributed, but will never receive any lottery payment.[1] Many email
lottery scams use the names of legitimate lottery organizations or
other legitimate corporations/companies, but this does not mean the
legitimate organizations are in any way involved with the scams.

There are several ways to recognize a fake lottery email:

Unless someone has bought a ticket, they cannot have won a prize.
There are no such things as "email" draws or any other lottery where
"no tickets were sold". This is simply another invention by the
scammer to make the victim believe that they have won.
The scammer will ask the victim to pay a fee before they can receive
their prize. It is illegal for a real lottery to charge any sort of
fee. It does not matter what they say this fee is for (courier
charges, bank charges, various imaginary certificates - these are all
made up by the scammer to get money out of their victim). All real
lotteries subtract any fee and tax from the prize.
Scam lottery emails will nearly always come from free email accounts
such as Yahoo!, Hotmail, Live, MSN, Gmail etc.

Hi:
This is a scam. Do not reply to it. If you reply, they will ask for your banking info to "deposit " your prize , or credit card info, and you will get your account cleaned out! Congrats for not responding to them immediately!

Beware! Its a scam. Do NOT give out any personal information. If you do, they (the senders) will probably ask you to deposit a small fee so they can send you the prize money. After receiving your cash they will move away!
Just send this email to your spam folder.
Just for your information, I also received one of these.
Thank you.