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To: "Yahoo! Winners"
Subject: YOU WON $500! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
From: "Yahoo! Mail"
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:07:03 -0600
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You won $500! Yahoo!® Mail congratulates you!
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $500!
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
Yah
2007-02-11 20:23:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Yahoo doesn't have a lottery. This is a scam. They'll ask you to send them a "small fee" before they give you the lottery money. You pay the fee and get no money... you just get ripped off. Delete the message.....
2007-02-11 20:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by Answer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You contact yahoo. It is fake but how the mail was generated is very suspicious. You must check your mail & see from field and if their is a IP address (Like 12 134 55 90) note that down. Go to networksolutions.com. Click on WHOIS. In next a page will open up their search click or tick by IP. Than just above in the field type IP address you noted from mail. click search. You will know who has sent it to you. Take necessary action.
2007-02-11 20:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. Arun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is probably a scam. You can forward it to abuse@yahoo.com for more information. They can tell you if it is real or fake.
I have gotten these scams claiming to be all sorts of known businesses including MSN, Coca-Cola, Pay Pal, and Guinness. When you contact them, they ask for the info they need to get into your bank account supposedly to transfer the money you won. As soon as they have the information they steal all of your money. Do not contact these people or give them any information until you have checked with the address I gave you.
2007-02-11 20:38:57 · answer #3 · answered by Virginia S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to bust your bubble but it is most likely a fake. Dont give them any information. If you are a winner then they should be paying you and would not need any credit card or bank information. Foward the email to spoof@yahoo.com and they will let you know if it is real or fake.
2007-02-11 20:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by maxroth@pacbell.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not from Yahoo, but from someone using a Yahoo email address. It's phishing for your Pay-pal etc information. Don't respond to it and report it to Yahoo customer service NOW!
2007-02-11 20:31:02 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, yet your first clue would desire to have been that they needed you to deliver them money first to get your $500. a lot of human beings fall for considered one of those scam and because they're purely soliciting for a small volume, they no longer purely get your money, they now have your financial corporation account numbers (mastercard) and the different training you gave them. those scams are available all varieties of techniques, to get you to grant them money, and so on. call your financial corporation and tell them which you have given you card # to what you think to be a scam and to cancel it and characteristic them deliver you a sparkling card. you would be able to would desire to close that financial corporation account additionally in case you detect unauthorized withdrawls. Pay close interest. do no longer EVER deliver money TO everyone which you do no longer comprehend! whether you think of they're solid. i'd additionally touch Yahoo, to tell them that this scam is happening.
2016-11-03 05:31:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called a "Phishing Scam".
2007-02-11 20:35:10 · answer #7 · answered by justin j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds fishy to me
2007-02-11 20:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by Jason Bourne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋