I received an e-mail from someone claiming to ba an attorney with the Yahoo Lotto Draw Board notifing me of a very large amount of money I have won. They are claiming that there was an online random drawing done from members of Yahoo, Aol, MSN etc... and that I won. That I was to contact this person to make arrangements for my money to be sent to me. I've been tole by several people that it's a SCAM!!! Could someone please tell me who to contact to find out wether or not there is such a thing! Thank you for any kind of help I could get or someone I can contact to check this out. Sincerely, Dawn Merrill My e-mail address is pdmserenity@yahoo.com
2006-09-28 06:50:11 · 15 answers · asked by pdmserenity 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Its a scam they are counting on your greed to make you stupid enough to give them your personal information.
Try snopes.com.
It sounds like another Nigerian scam.
2006-09-28 06:58:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a scam. I received something similiar stating I had won 1 million pounds in a Euro lottery draw. But the long and the short of it is this. You wont win nothing unless you enter into it by buying a ticket. You can not be entered by randomly generated tickets or your email has been picked from a list of hunderds. Trust me, I have researced this with Chamelot. the main organisers over here in the UK. So bin it or spam it.
2006-09-28 07:13:14 · answer #2 · answered by johno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam if it wasn't one. If yahoo had a draw going on they would announce it. If you respond they will respond back saying that you ahve to send an exorbantly large shipping fee sum to them for them to send you the cheque (which will never come) and through a little known shipping company. My faince got one of those and stopped when he got that e-mail (he knew it was a scam but wanted to see how they played it). If they are so rich to give you a great prize, why do they have to ask you to pay delivery? Delete it. Never turst a lotto you never singed up for.
2006-09-28 07:01:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assure you, if you played no numbers, did not purchase a ticket in some way, THIS IS A SCAM. I have recieved many of these emails and if they were for real, I would be near Oprah stature!
2006-09-28 06:52:41 · answer #4 · answered by jon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam. If you have not entered a competition you cannot win, and if you are asked for money up front it is definitely a scam.
2006-09-28 07:02:42 · answer #5 · answered by gilly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are always people out there who's main aim is to trick the vulnerable by any means they can this sounds like yet another opportunist.
2006-09-28 07:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by LondonNick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DON'T REPLY, JUST DELETE THE MESSAGE. THAT IS DEFINATELY A SCAM. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE "YAHOO LOTTO DRAW".
2006-09-28 07:01:26 · answer #7 · answered by Red Knight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spam,Scam!!
2006-09-28 06:52:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Screams SCAM to me
2006-09-28 06:51:41 · answer #9 · answered by to_sassy4_u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a lie i had one two a while back its scam they will want all your details and money!!
2006-09-28 06:53:20 · answer #10 · answered by happyslappy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋