still want me to believe itis for real...
Complaint
Denis Roussel
Country: Canada
I had an email a few weeks ago telling me that I just won a price and I told them to send me my price but after that they were asking me money to claim it... After a few e-mails Mr Keegan from Free Lotto from United Kingdom told me it was not a scam and they will charge me only 510$ US to get my price and I told him again that I went on the internet and find his name and the same letter send to a lot of people and it was a fraud.. Is it for real or a scam!!!
Denis (french guy from Canada)
Denis (french guy from Canada)
Comments
You don't win contests or lotteries you never entered.
You would be a fool to enter even "legitimate" lotteries.
You would be a fool to enter even "contests", as today they are just ways to build "sucker lists" for other scams, getting around the Do Not Call list call prohibitions. Scammers know the best "mark" for another scam is someone who already responded to a scam.
You don't pay to collect legitimate winnings. Anyone asking you to pay "fees" is running a scam.
You don't give account information to strangers.
What a scammer says ("it is not a scam") means nothing.
What ANY stranger says means nothing.
E-mail cannot be trusted.
Phone calls cannot be trusted.
Web sites cannot be trusted.
Even calls from "your own bank" cannot be trusted. Always reply even to calls from your own bank by calling back on a number you already have, such as a customer service number on your statements. Any legitimate bank employee calling you ("about your account") will appreciate your caution. Anyone who does not, is suspect.
Unless known otherwise, everything is suspect. You have no obligation to prove anything, or listen to anyone. The best defense is no contact. Decline the gambit.