Lotto winner giving away thousands on Instagram... Scam!

Diamond_lover

I saw this yesterday because my daughter had commented on the post. Basically the latest euro lottery winner from the uk is giving away money to anyone who supplies their email address... One of the things that stands out is the fact that he's giving away his money in dollars not pounds! He also refers to his accountant who makes sure that the money is sent out... But this so called accountant spelled cheque incorrectly, he spelt it check! I can't believe the amount of people falling for this! I commented on it voicing my concerns and was basically called stupid! So I removed my comment and blocked the user. Anyone else seen this on Instagram? Is it really another way for scammers to get hold of your details... I believe also he asks for 99 cents to process the payment! :eek:

bod1467

Seriously? You're asking IF this is a scam?

Diamond_lover

No, I'm basically saying it has scam written all over it and people are falling for it...

bod1467

Lotto winner giving away thousands on Instagram... Scam?

A ? denotes a question being asked.

Diamond_lover

If you read my post you would see that I had said that people were actually falling for it! The ? Should have actually been an ! Thank you for pointing that out...........:T

Diamond_lover

I have now edited the title. Hope this clarifies that it was not meant to be a question.

TadleyBaggie

Diamond_lover wrote: »

But this so called accountant spelled cheque incorrectly, he spelt it check!

It's not misspelt based on the context, it's the US spelling.

meer53

I get emails every single day from people wanting to give me money, usually hundreds of thousands of pounds.

I always assume that other people are clever enough to realise they're not real. If i didn't, i'd be on here every day.

Azari

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

It's not misspelt based on the context, it's the US spelling.

The 'context' is that it is coming from an English accountant working for an English philanthropist in England.

So, yes, it is misspelled.

shaun_from_Africa

meer53 wrote: »

I get emails every single day from people wanting to give me money, usually hundreds of thousands of pounds.

You must attract cheapskate scammers.
My offers are often in the tens of millions!

Tropez

Yes, of course it is a scam but there are a lot of stupid people out there who will fall for it and I figure, what the hell? If they cough up 99c or they end up on some mailing list for specialist material of an adult nature featuring clowns well that's their lookout. Maybe it'll be a nice lesson for them?

You could always give them a link to the Cat in the Hat's words of wisdom on the matter if you wished to be helpful: http://www.dailyfailcenter.com/202879