I keep getting these e mails about winning half a million dollars why doesn't yahoo stop this?

Question

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
MR.PAUL MARK.(TINAPA LOTTO INTERNATIONAL)
PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF NO: 12/0078/IPG
BATCH NO: EGS/ 20054117/08

ATTN: WINNER.

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our
RECENT LOTTERYDRAWS HELD ON THE 1st Oct 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:021-7276083-04 with serial number:31270-0 drew
lucky numbers:05-06-12-14-38 which consequently won in
the 5th category.

you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of
(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in cash credited
to file with REF: º.EGS/3662367114/13

Note that all participants in this lottery program
have been selected randomly through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 20,000 Officials and 30,000,000
individual email addresses from all search engines and
web sites,from Asia, Australia,
NewZealand,Europe,North
and South America, Middle East and Africa, as part of
our International Promotions Program.

This promotional program takes place every year,and is
promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like
the Sultan of Brunei and other corporate
organizations.

THIS IS TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION WORLDWIDE
AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS
WORLDWIDE.

Your fund is now deposited with Union Bank and insured
in your name For security purpose and clarity,we
advise that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims have been processed and
your money remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claims and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some
participants.

We look forward to your active participation in our
next 4 million dollars slot.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to
contact your claims agent through our accredited Prize
Transfer agents as stated below:

Name..Rev (Dr) Martin Johnson

TEL: [phone] CALL HIM IMMEDIATELY WITH HIS
ABOVE DIRECT PHONE NUMBER IF YOU ARE CALLING FROM
(USA) THIS IS HOW YOU DIAL 011-234-803-745-3377 BUT IF
YOU ARE CALLING FROM ANY OTHER COUNTRY,THIS
IS HOW TO DIAL [phone]

You are also advised to provide your claim agent with
the under listed information as soon as possible send
it to his two email addresses below,

YOUR CLAIM AGENT E-MAIL ADDRESSES BELOW,

E MAILS: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax
7. Batch Number
8. Serial Number

All winnings must be claimed not later than one month
After the date of this notice.Please note,in order to
avoid unnecessary delays and complications,remember to
quote your Batch number and Serial numbers in all
correspondence.

Furthermore,should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations!!!once more and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Bear in mind that 10% of your fund will be going to
the lottery organization that played the lottery with
peoples name and email addresses that should be after
you most have received the fund in your account,the
10% would have been given to them,just because the
fund has been insured and will not be deducted till
you receive the fund in your account.

Sincerely,
MR.PAUL MARK.
VICE PRESIDENT.
TINAPA LOTTO INT'L.

Answer 1

in any case dont reply, and also avoid opening such emails. I figure if you spam it once or twice,the spam shield will block all future attempts of the specific sender.

Answer 2

Do not give out any personal identification of yours involving numbers over the Internet especially if you have a laptop, wireless.

Don not give out your social security number, you PIN number, even your house number.

If you feel so inclined to open it and go through with any claim form, work the information in accordance with your states attorney generals office. Take a print out and call the attorney generals office, immediately. They will direct you accordingly.

Yahoo is not a police agency, nor have any direct violations been exercised by scam artists, to directly violate any form of censorship unless otherwise prover. They may be for real, even though it is very doubtful!

Wait'll you get the scam about the person who is stuck in Africa and needs money to pay her hotel bill and fly back to the United States. And, if you send to her/him some money, she/he will make it up to you when you meet.

YEAH, RIGHT...

Answer 3

Like any other email provider, Yahoo has security measures to prevent spam. The are not perfect. Sometimes they block out messages that are not spam and sometime spam gets through. Spammers change tactics and Yahoo has to adjust.

Just mark the message as spam and do not reply to it. The more message that are marked as spam, the better Yahoo will become at detecting in and weeding it out.

Answer 4

Check the box next to the e-mail and click the SPAM box at the top of the In Box.

If you do open it, chuck click the word SPAM at the top of the message.

Whatever you do, DO NOT reply to them. That simply confirms that your e-mail account is valid and active.

Answer 5

it isn't up to yahoo to stop those messages
it's up to you to stop signing up for sites
and if you do sign up - create a different email address for sites that require you to sign up / log in
and don't use your main email account to sign up for sites
another thing you can do is click the spam button and/or add that email address to your block / ignore list in the options section of your email account

Answer 6

some times yahoo dont do this it could be a vires or it could be an alduth that is try 2 get inform about people or it could be that something is wrong with yahoo....maby

Answer 7

i think yahoo makes money out of it
and thats why they even hav a folder called bulk
i get like 100 junk mails even sum in my inbox

Answer 8

man dont say i get the same :( so nerve racking i got like 250 mails in bulk folder :(