what is the yahoo msn lottery?

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From The Desk of Regional Co-ordinator
Msn/Yahoo Lottery Promotion Award
John A. Ejekam (Mr)
Asia, Middle East & South Pacific Payment Centre
IT Building, 23 Silom Road Bangkok 10500 Thailand.

Sir,

We congratulate you once again for been among the 10 lucky winners. Kindly note to effect the swift transfer of your winning prize 800,000 (GBP) to your designated account in Sri Lanka, you are required to follow this instructions;

(1) Forward your passport copy (coloured)
(2) Hand fill the lottery and Bank form Attached below
(3) Your bank account information with full contact details and swift address.
(4) You will be required to send by western Union money transfer an equivalent of US$750 as our handling and processing fee. This is we are not a signatory to your winning amount and thereby has no authorisation to deduct any amount from your winning prize. As soon as the document and charges are received, we shall instruct our correspondent bank (BANGKOK BANK PCL) to commence the process of the transfer of #800,000.00(GBP) to your designated account in Sri Lanka.

For more Information and procedures kindly contact Mr. Chu chan [phone]

Yours faithfully,
John A. Ejekam (Mr)
(Regional Co-ordinator)
Tel: [phone]




thusitha sampath dissanayaka wrote:

Answer 1

SCAM-SCAM-SCAM dont click on it or give them any info,unless you want to loose your credit and $$$$$.

Answer 2

this is a scam dont reply, if follow along you will be giving somebody your money.

Hi
I received this e-mail yesterday from Yahoo Lottery Inc. informing me that I have won $100,000 US. The draw was on Sept 30 2005 and I have 30 days to claim my winnings. All I have to do is inform my claims adjuster "Tutu Brown" of my
1. full name
2. banking info
3. address
4. Phone number
5. marital status
6. occupation
7. date of birth

When i wrote back to Mr.Brown to ask him if this was a joke or a scam? He responded that Yahoo Lottery Inc was very popular and he is suprised that I have never heard of it. It seems that everyone who has a Yahoo account is entered in this lottery every month. He gave me this link to check things out. www.lottery.yahoo.com but guess what? the link does not work. I have forwarded these 2 e-mails to phonebusters. Yes I'm in Canada and the e-mails came from the UK.
Has anyone else received similar e-mails? I am trying to find someway to complain to Yahoo and inform them that someone is using their Yahoo Logo to try and defraud people but I am unsure as to how to contact Yahoo.




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#2 10-12-2005, 06:25 PM
sheepbyte
Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 27

Re: Yahoo Lottery Inc.

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What email address did this guy tell you to contact him through? I'll be happy to make sure he never uses that account again.


www.scam.com

if ever in doubt you can copy the e-mails post them on this site and they usually know if a scam or not

Answer 3

I have received a mail from " Mrs. Darryn Clarke, Online Coordinator Yahoo, that I have win about US$ 800,000.00
through YAHOO! Msn !on-line lottery.
Motto : Fighting Proverty Around The World and Mail is send from CUSTOMER SERVICE
< [e-mail]
Kindly inform about reality.
Dr.A.K.POI
mail ID :[e-mail] / [e-mail]

Answer 4

Anytime ANYONE asks for private and personal information in an e-mail it is a scam. We have all been warned of these types of Phishing scams, and this one is a good one as so many people are wanting something for nothing.

When you are told that in order to receive money, you have to send money, it is a scam. Anytime a person wants to send you a check for an amount over what is actually being charged for an item for sale, and then asks that you just send them back the overage amount, it is a scam. The check, money order, cashiers check, etc is not any good, is stolen etc, and when you send them the overage, the check, money order, cashiers check, etc does not clear at your bank and you have been had, stolen from, robbed, scammed.

Anytime somebody claims you have won money or an item but first must send an amount in order to receive the item or money it is a scam. When you send off the money, the item or monitary amount never arrives. You have then been suckered, scammed, robbed, stolen from, etc.

Recently, after placing one of our cars for sale, we received an e-mail from a perspective purchaser. This person said she was representing a client in Canada and the gentleman wanted the car, would pay our asking price, and all shipping charges to his country. He would only need to send a cashiers check for an amount of two thousand over what we were asking for as to cover those "shipping" costs, and did not want to send two checks out, so after we deposited his check, to send his representitive the two thousand and she would then pay all shipping costs out of that amount. She was not a licensed, bonded person and so could not cash his checks for him,

SCAM-SCAM-SCAM!!! NO we did not fall for it, and we reported both of them to the proper authorities.

Anytime something seems too good to be true, it usually is. There is no such thing as a free lunch, so to speak. While there are plenty of legitimate lotteries, if you have not entered it yourself it is not real. In order to be entered into a lottery, even a free lotterty, the individual HAS to do it themselves as private and personal information has to be sent in order to recieve the winnings IF they win.

No reputable institution EVER requests private, personal information via an e-mail, especially social security number, driver lisence, passwords, account number, etc.

This type of information is all an individual needs to impersonate the victem and steal him/her blind. Beware of wolves in sheeps clothing. Remember, most of the good scams have people, sometimes innocents who have no idea of the scams their "bosses" are carrying out, sitting at telephones waiting for phone calls to "verify" the truthfullness or identity of the person doing the scamming.

Trust your instints and do not fall for these cons and get scammed.

Good luck and have a very Merry Christmas!

Answer 5

Don't reply, it is a scam.
Watch out for anyone that asks you #3. Bank account information,
also watch out for #4. Anyone asking for money before they'll give you something.
Also if you didn't enter, you can't expect to win. Watch out for unsolicited contest winnings.