Million Dollar Experiment

[jtrikster]

Okay guys so I'm apart of the Million Dollar Experiment and have been for about a few weeks. Today I receive an email from the UK National Lottery and they have told me that I have won 500,000 aka $1,017,252.60.

This email is completely random. I don't live in England and I didn't sign up for their lottery. I'm also a little bit worried about it being a scam. They want me to give them my information;
FULL NAMES:
COUNTRY:
TELE/FAX IF ANY:
MARITAL STATUS:
SEX:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
NATIONALITY:
ADDRESS:

Ya you know how it goes. So for those of you who are a little more experienced in life, should I go for it? I don't want to give out my information like this and I can't really tell if it's legit or not.

All I know is I think it might be a sign from the Uni telling me yes it's received my intention and yes it's working towards it.

Any opinions?

[Shamou]

jtrikster!

There is not a chance in hell that this could be legitimate... but chances are very high that this is an attempt at "identity theft" which could have some very serious repercussion for you... like someone getting a credit card in your name... loading it to the limits... and leaving you holding the bag...

For God's sake... don't fall for that crap...

If you want a million bucks... work for it...

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[Iff]

I think it would only help to say this again - it is a fraud. First of all, one can rarely win anything without knowingly participating (and pretty much never when the lottery gives cash payouts). Second of all, you can pretty much ignore any cash winning notice that comes by e-mail, or at least know that while there is a tiny change they could notify you by e-mail, you would have to show up in person to get the winnings (and they never, never ask for any funds to "process the winnings").

But I am sure you can view this as a confirmation that your intention has been received and is being processed.

[jtrikster]

K thanks guys. It seemed a little too good to be true and I thought about the identity theft. I definitely don't want to get into that mess.

[MrBig]

Originally Posted by jtrikster

All I know is I think it might be a sign from the Uni telling me yes it's received my intention and yes it's working towards it.

Um, that may be, but this is well known scam. You may also receive emails saying something about transferring money to your account from another country , etc. Never answer those emails and don't click on any links in them.

[Blueskied]

On TV i saw the story of a guy who believed in one of the lottery emails.
He was asked to send fees to receive the winning prize which he did.
The fees got higher and higher, ten thousands of dollars.
Of course he never receive the prize.
Most surprising to me: The victim was a master of business science.

[jtrikster]

I did a little bit of research on the email. It said that the UK National Lottery sent me that email, well I looked it up online to see if I could send an email asking about whether or not it was legit.
I read their fraud page and just about everything the email had on it was an indication of fraud, like you all said.
It's kind of disappointing to see it be a fraud because it was a nice chunk of change I could use to pay off college.
Well better luck next time I guess.

I still think maybe it's a sign that I'm getting closer to my intention. Let's hope for that guys.

[MrBig]

Originally Posted by jtrikster

It's kind of disappointing to see it be a fraud because it was a nice chunk of change I could use to pay off college.
Well better luck next time I guess. I still think maybe it's a sign that I'm getting closer to my intention.

There’s no “better luck next time,” the next time is now. It is a sign which says, “Try to find a positive in every experience you perceive as not so positive or negative.”

So instead of saying and thinking “It's kind of disappointing to see it be a fraud because it was a nice chunk of change I could use to pay off college.”

Say and think something like, “Wow, I’m happy that I found out it to be a fraud. If I would have acted on this email, I would have lost money and then would feel terrible about it. I choose to think about this experience as ‘found money,' because I came very close to actually losing money.”

[jtrikster]

ya you're right. i like that mindset better