Lately I have been the "lucky" winner of some online sweepstakes. How can I be sure these are for real or not?

It seems like all these winning numbers and the people e-mailing me are from different countries. How do I know if they are for real or just trying to get my personal info?

Lately I have been the "lucky" winner of some online sweepstakes. How can I be sure these are for real or not?
Hi, FORGET IT M8, there not genuine and if you send any money to them you will be sending good money after bad, they will bleed you dry. .Take it form me you NEVER EVER WIN ANY money online ever. all the special offers, price cut's etc are all way's in making you part with your heard erned cash. Never mind what they promis forget it, your probably better of puting a pound in a post office savings account at least you know it's there and you can get it out when every you want to.All the GET RICH QUICK SCAMS never work it don't matter how clever there ad is dont get tricked out of your money.





I charge £20.00 for this info I'll send you my bill.. need I say more.








All the best





Dr K.I.A..
Reply:Consider all of them scams. Never respond to them even to ask them to remove you from their mailing list as that tells them they have a valid e-mail address. Just delete anything that looks like a sweepstakes message.
Reply:You are opening, reading and believing spam. Junk email. Of course they come from other countries, the spam originates in Nigeria, or China, or France, Russia, Germany or any of several other European countries. You haven't won something you didn't enter, and you didn't enter them because they don't exist. Put this crap in spam where it belongs, and don't open any more email from someone you don't know.
Reply:you don't win contests that you haven't entered.





report them as spam
Reply:There are a lot of scams like this out there trying to get peoples private information. NEVER and i repeat NEVER give any information to these sites or emails. All they are trying to do is get your personal information to steal your identity. You didn't win anything.
Reply:A quick google search is the best way.
Reply:NNNEEEEEEEVVVVEEERRRR believe spam its EVIL they take all of ur private information and dont even say thanks so never ever believe evil spam sometimes they give u viruses and they suck (if u want to find out what happens listin to "virus alert" By wierd al it can be found on u tube)
Reply:lol if you belive them then you must be stupid.
Reply:its a scam to get you to send money usually 200dollars to have a courier to deliver a package to you .theres a place you can report it, [spam@uce.gov]