Dear admin YAHOO
im from Vietnam . I have 2 acc which are: bmw_x112@yahoo.com and bmw_x18@yahoo.co.uk
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:32:03 -0500 I received a letter from "Yahoo! Mail"
" Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account has been selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. Please click the link below and follow instructions on our web site. Your money will be paid directly to your e-gold, PayPal, StormPay or MoneyBookers account.
Click here to get your prize:
http://rds.yahoo.com/members/prizes.php?sid=a3n92dj2d3&rd=us&id=23018392384378&uid=2e5a4h43u2r3u5y1c3&id=28403934224345345
Sincerely,
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com"
but it's in bulk , I don't understand
this letter is a joke , isn't this?
Please help me . Thank you very much
2006-10-22 21:26:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I already responded to your question. If it is valid congrats, if not, dont give out any perosonal information or account information unless its from a valid source.
2006-10-22 21:27:58 · answer #1 · answered by djskeets 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can tell by the fact that you got your message in the bulk folder that it is spam.
Any mail that is not directly addressed to you is put in your bulk folder. For example, if your email name is hello@myisp.com, then any mail sent to your e-mail address WITHOUT that name is put in your bulk folder. Look at the 'To:' field of your e-mail. You will see that the name there doesn't match yours.
If the message was real, then the message would be in your In box because Yahoo! knows your e-mail name.
Also, Yahoo! does not hold contests or give-aways without advertising them. Of course, for all we know, YOUR question here could be spam.....Why did you provide the link?
2006-10-23 05:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by Balk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like crap to me. if yahoo was giving away money then it would be in the news and I havent heard anything about it. I would think that it would also be posted on their homepage somewhere. dont give out your information. You could contact Yahoo and ask them about it also just to make sure. Here's the link to where you can find the number: http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/contact.cfm
and here is the number I think you should call:
Yahoo! Media Relations hotline at 415-345-4793
Good Luck!
2006-10-23 04:36:37 · answer #3 · answered by BJTD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are business scams. I don't know if they actually pay up the $500. or give you the new laptop or whatever else they offer or not but I would bet the end letter says you might be picked. In any case, they have managed to get you to give them your address and phone number and email address and who knows what else? Better to avoid them.
2006-10-23 04:35:30 · answer #4 · answered by casey54 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly a scam to get your pay pal info. i haven't heard anything about yahoo giving cash prizes but There is a scam going round trying to get pay pal info.
2006-10-23 04:32:13 · answer #5 · answered by Jo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo doesn't randomly give out money. Nobody but crooks send message like that.
2006-10-23 04:33:51 · answer #6 · answered by Marissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi:) i also got something like that.it says that iam on of the luckiest person who was choosen for the lottery in every month.they say taht they choose five people in every month.the price is around 500.000€.i also wonder if it is a joke or not.please keep in touch.
2006-10-23 04:35:31 · answer #7 · answered by rainbow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo knows about this and knows who sends them. They will not do anything to stop him because it give the publicity. It a bogus. Please do some research as Snopes.com, Hoax Busters.com and others.
2006-10-23 04:31:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a scam. Delete it and do not click the link or reply.
2006-10-23 04:28:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm almost 99% sure it's a joke, but not completely positive. I think it is a joke, though.
2006-10-23 04:29:04 · answer #10 · answered by Persia Prince 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋