Simple answer. If they ask you to send ANY money to them upfront (Western Union, GreenDot), or ask for ANY personal, or financial information. It's a fake. This applies for just about anything. (IE: You won a prize, pay for shipping. You got a loan, send us $500. first., etc.). Also if you get a phone call like this from area code 876, it's Jamaica.
I just got several calls about winning an online sweepstakes of 5.5 million and have talked to 3 seperate people about it. What do I do? Is it real or bull [***]? Can anyone help
It's a scam. You didn't win anything and they will ask you to pay them monies to receive your big win. If you have to pay to receive something you've won, then you haven't won anything. These people pray on the idea you will send monies and you will never collect anything and you be out of money because you believed them. Believe me they laugh at you all the way to the bank with their winnings they got from you.