This Company tells me i won a specific sum of money but i need to pay a service charge is it legitimate to do?

it is 480 GBPounds for the service charge and it is almost 900 Australian Dollars.|||The rule is if you win anything then it is FREE totally.





Here he is asking for your money and its not a small sum .





So what I would advice you is to stay away as its bogus.





However if you want to tease that person tell him send me the money first and I will send you the payment later.





See the excuse he gives and you will realise.








My advice : Stay AWAY|||No..its a scam.|||its fake, dont do it|||No!|||NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOO|||dont pat it dummy|||Scam scam scam|||Scam|||Heard stories like this one before, and no, it's not legitimate. Sorry.|||Its a fake. I work in a Bank and I have had customers whom have had the same problem. What they are doing is sending bad checks and waiting on the people to deposit it then when the person sends the money the check that was deposited would have no funds. Or what they might do is once the check is deposited they can view your account from seeing the imagine of then check that was deposited and there it would have your account number. Just remember nothing in live is Free especially Money.|||i'd do research on it first, sounds like a scam|||scam, i used to do the same sort of scam when i was younger (a job was a job but i lasted 3 wks)do not do it!!|||It sounds like a scam to me. Why would they need money from you to give you money? Chances are if you give them your money, you won't see any of it back. Or get the other money either.|||tell the company you are not an idiot|||NO, do NOT pay anything. That is an old way to ripoff gullible people. I didn't know that scam was still around. When some one tells me I won some thing but must pay for delivery or good faith money I tell them to take it OUT OF MY WINNINGS. Ha, they hang up pretty fast after I keep repeating that. IF you WIN anything it is FREE. If you must pay for some thing you win it is not true. It is a scam. It's good you were smart enough to question it. Keep your money in you pocket. Your winnings is what you didn't send them.|||who would offer you money then ask for some in return do your self a favor save your money.|||Sounds like it is a scam. Do not even give them your checking account information or you social security number. There are a lot of scams I have read about on the Internet. IF THEY ARE ASKING FOR MONEY IT PROBABLY IS A SCAM.|||BEWARE!!


I have had the unfortunate experience of falling for an interenet scam and it's no fun at all. Based on your question and the limited details you have provided, I would venture to say it's a scam. Depending on the contents of the email, there are a few actions you can take to prevent scams like these and protect yourself now and in the future. Regarding this email, do not click any links contained in the email. Do not respond or reply in any way to the email's author. I would go to Yahoo! Help and research SPAM and fraudulent emails. I believe there is a way to forward the email you received to someone who can better research and deal with the scam. Best of luck! - Erin





PS Whatever you do, DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, Reveal your private financial information and DO NOT send ANY money!|||This is a standard form of advance fee fraud. A fake lottery or company sends you an unsolicited email saying you've won a prize in a lottery you never entered, asks you to pay for fees, taxes, or other charges through Western Union, MoneyGram, or some other untraceable money transfer method.





Do not pay them any money. Do not give them any information about yourself. You are talking to a dangerous criminal. Just drop him entirely. Never talk to him or anyone else like him ever again.





Also, do not talk to anyone who is offering you a trunkbox full of money from a deposed regime, unclaimed petrolium contract money, bags of alluvial gold, a job as an agent for an export company, or help to claim an inheritance which isn't actually yours. These are all standard advance fee fraud scams (also known as 419 scams). You can read more about them here: http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.sh鈥?/a>





It doesn't directly address lottery scams, but these types of scams work the same way.|||I suggest you to see the film "Matchstick Men" starring Nicholas Cage.