If I told you that you had won $5,000 would you send me $10 as a processing fee to claim your money?

elysialaw

Sure but only if you accept the fact that I have told you that you have won $10,000,000.00 and you give me a certified cheque for $10,000.00 to cover the processing costs.

I'll send you the $10.00 and your $10,000,000.00 once I have cashed your $10,000.00.

dgreer58

no, I would not. Just deduct the $10.00 from my winnings.

Iluvhim

hell no a processing fee for what? that's a scam!

DT4

No never. Have them take it from the 5 grand. You should never have to pay to claim money. Processing fees could always be taken straight from the winnings if its legitimate...but if your being asked for 10 dollars I assure you its not.

Emily Dew

Nope. I have won legitimate sweepstakes before for more money than that and it never worked that way.

josh03

No I'd tell you to deduct it from the 5000, and if you don't send me my 4990 dollars I'm gonna track you down and do unspeakable things to you.

William E

Nope first off this is the pattern of a classic scam.

Second, think about it, if they are giving you $5,000 and there is a cost to process it, why not just give you $4,990 and deduct the processing fee from the prize?

Third, a prize is a winning, do you pay for what you win? No, usually any payment or consideration for the prize is paid in advance in the form of purchasing a chance or filling out an entry form. A prize you have to pay for is not a prize.

So the answer is no, no, no. If it smells like a scam (and it does) it probably IS a scam.

Shelly t

no I have some intelligence. not a lot but some

christmas382000

No, that is a sign of a scam. You should never have to pay to get your winnings.

Chris K

not a chance

Leo B

Well lets analyse it mathematically shall we...

I would say that investing ten dollars to make 5000 is a wise investment. That is like a 25000 percent return on my investment.

Now the likelihood of this being a scam is 99.9 %. So a .1 % chance of getting a 25000% return means I would rather invest those 10 bucks in the interstate lotto which gives me about a 1 in 165,000,000 chance of winning.

I take those lotto odds, they are more likely errr probable of occuring then your proposition...........

KrazyKyngeKorny

When pigs fly! However, there are enough morons who would to make it a profitable scam. That's why I get so many emails telling me to send processing fees to the "lottery" administration.

If any one is fool enough to do so, they loose.

discostu

You could withhold from the check you send me

chmar11

No!!

Jellybean

That is a big scam and if you have receive something like that, do not listen.

BigD

only after getting the 5 gs

NO! Only an idiot would.

Union Jack

No, it would considered a scam.

wrtrchk

Not at all! If I won something, the only money I would expect to give is to the IRS when they come to claim part of it for taxes.

freebird

No, because it would be an obvious scam.

Renae L

Cuteness

Nope! You should just deduct the processing fee from my prize money and owe me $4,990

tardis_mom

No, I would think it's a scam.

Chrissy

um...NO.
Thats about as insane as those Make your million infomercials. Of course those people are rich, people keep sending them money so they can tell them thats how they make money, lol.

Kikyo

No.

plhudson01

LA Law

I just won $370 million in the Mega Millions game for my state, why would I send you anything?

cassiepiehoney

no..I get those "thousand dollar" emails where someone from timbucktu died in a plane crash an wants me to have the money if I send enough of my own...who falls for that? Being from jersey-teaches you who not to trust (as 80% of the people here really are out to screw you)

Carp

Only if the transaction was handled via an escrow account.

F T

Heck no! I didn't fall off of the turnip truck yesterday.

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