About the Lottery

May 29, 2006 3:06pm CST
I recieved a message on 25/05/2006,that I won the westafrica lottery,please I want to know more about how to recieve the winning prize.THANKs
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152 responses
• United States
19 Nov 06
Uhm. If you never entered the lottery, then it is probably a scam. You should watch out for stuff like this. You can't win a lottery you never entered. If you did enter however, they should tell you how to claim your prize. Remember NEVER send out any money to them for ANY reason-- they should be paying YOU if you won the lottery!
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• India
19 Nov 06
hey its all fake...i also got one same type of message but it was all fake....be careful abt these things
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@mythmoh (3984)
• United States
6 Oct 06
i think the same question has been asked so many times and check those threads you will be better informed
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@budhie (257)
• Indonesia
6 Jan 07
yeah , it's a scam topic ... dont believed it if you wanna received money from internet please visit my site and learn more there www.freewebs.com/cintaegold/index.html
• India
8 Jan 07
it`s a scam ...don`t even think about it.
@BELMCstar (1341)
• Australia
6 Oct 06
It sounds like a SCAM. It is definitely not the sort of thing you want to be dealing with. They ask for you to pay a small fee to help to transfer the money into your account, or to change it from African, to your currency. When you pay that amount, they do not give you any further money to replace it with.
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• United States
19 Nov 06
All are part of the Nigerian scam.If you have not entered or purchased a lotto ticket they obtained your name by Internet phishing.Wouldn't you be just as suspicious if a stranger knocked on your door and told you that you have won money? Be very careful and check out all offers on the Internet.
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• United States
19 Nov 06
Its a FAKE... I saw something about this on 20/20 on tv.
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@katyzzz (2897)
• Australia
17 Dec 06
It's a scam.
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@wyykidd (1460)
• Singapore
21 Nov 06
Hey, that's probably a scam! Just dump that mail! I received one from the wife some president of can't remember which country & the money was US$20 million!
• United States
17 Dec 06
its a scam contact your local authorities
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@nhtpscd (1416)
• Australia
17 Dec 06
ahh don't you just love these!! I got one the other day from yahoo but can't claim as I am not an upgraded member and have no egold to do it.
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@riscodim (78)
• Indonesia
8 Jan 07
that is scam, i always delete if received those email....
• India
8 Jan 07
yes me too :)
@Ladynaye (23)
• United States
17 Dec 06
It is a scam. If you are a resident of the United States of America, you cannot, by law, win an International lottery of any kind. It's illegal.
@SK401001 (934)
• United States
5 Jan 07
Yes I agree its a scam, I live in the states and didn't know that. Cool, thanks for the info.
@ONUVICTOR (135)
• Nigeria
8 Jan 07
be sure is not scam i ve not heard of anything like westafrican lottery
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@poknat (7)
• Philippines
8 Jan 07
hmm...just wanna let you know that its just one of the famous internet pranks.. those people dont do any better than fooling people telling them that they won the lottery prize of a million, what is more surprizing is that you didnt even bet on the f*cking numbers.. ...well just sharing..
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@ash6666 (819)
• India
28 Jan 07
dear we will recieve such type of mails daily.There are many such mails in my inbox.They are just junk mails.so enjoy.leave it.
• Romania
9 Jan 07
I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF MESSAGES LIKE THAT TOO. BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS SERIOUS. SO DON'T THINK THAT YOU WON IN REALITY. THEY JUST WANT TO GET SOME MONEY - I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT FOR SURE YOU WILL NOT SEE ANY MONEY FROM THEM!
@shk1983 (142)
• India
9 Jan 07
i have won canadian, austrailan, british, american etc. company like ford. all are fake , scams. they will tell us to fast depoist a some amount in bank because of NRI problem. then after i don't no.
@sj_chaudhry (1537)
• Canada
9 Jan 07
these kinda mails are totally spam. kindly do not reply them and do not forward your personal information to them. beware of these kinda mails in furture. just simply ignore it. me myself get these kinda mails 100's of times... i just simply delete them.
@andy_baex (428)
• Indonesia
9 Jan 07
my frend don't let some people cheat your money, just ignore it, that's just spam and fakes not real prize.good luck
@masca11 (320)
• Romania
9 Jan 07
That message is a spam i recevet that one to but if you whant to get posesion of the money you have to deposit 1000$ then i got on the real lotery site and they said that if you won you dont have to make any deposits to get posesion of the money plus they didn't heard about the man that sent me the e-mai.