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from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international
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This is the massage i got.it is in short tell me how to claim or is it true or false. it was sent by mobile alert yahoo.com
2006-11-09 21:06:39 · 7 answers · asked by AMAN Singh chauhan 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
you don't ...don't be an easy PREY for this scam...in the end you will end up BROKE and in DEBT...so do yourself a favor and delete the email before i read a question from you that wants to know how to get all the money you lost back!!!!
2006-11-09 21:11:36 · answer #1 · answered by joy ride 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to inform you but that's completely false.
It is the first time I've heard anyone "winning" any money (especially $800,000) from Yahoo. IF and only IF it was true, I am positive Yahoo would have already advertised this. Plus, I doubt they'd give away that much every week, no? Common sense. So, delete and ignore, you have a better chance winning a few bucks playing the lotto, he he.
2006-11-10 05:21:14 · answer #2 · answered by GlitzNGlam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is bogus, if they are giving you money then don't give them anything more than your home address. They can send the cheque to your house. Fat chance of that happening, make sure you do not give them any bank account numbers or anything like that. Have a great day, and do not go out and buy that Corvette until the cheque has been deposited into your account for at least one month.
2006-11-10 05:17:04 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. PDQ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. Yahoo is not running any such contest. Whoever really sent this was hoping you would answer and then try to get credit card numbers or bank account numbers to "verify your identity" or to "transfer the funds". Once you give them that info, you're screwed. Best site in the world for scams and hoaxes is www.snopes.com.
2006-11-10 05:19:52 · answer #4 · answered by Beatpuppet 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't try to contact anyone as this is a SCAM.....
For more details, Google "yahoo lotto scam"
2006-11-10 10:46:16 · answer #5 · answered by Microstorm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam spam
if yahoo was giving that amount away - they would REALLY be promoting it to get the FULL effect of their advertising dollar
sorry - we are still poor - you and me
but we are happy !
2006-11-10 05:11:02 · answer #6 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you buy a lottery ticket?
If not this is a scam. I get about five per day.
Just delete it and ignore it..
www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpam/Lottery/lottery_scam_names.htm www.scambuster419.co.uk/lottery.htm
antivirus.about.com/cs/hoaxes/p/lottery.htm
www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/lotterywin.htm
please forward it to mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com.
2006-11-10 20:52:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋