Dear Lady/Sir
I want to know if YAHOO had any lottery named “YEAR 2007 Lottery promotion which organized by YAHOO LOTTERY INC for YAHOO BETA MAIL” because I received an email that had congratulation subject that was written I had won the 500,000 us $
And it had three numbers (batch number – reff number – winning number) and it said I had to contact to Mr. BARR. CHRISTAIN O.KNOP with barristerchristiancham2007@yahoo.com email address and send him my numbers & personal information.
Would you please send me some information about the correctness of this email
Thank you so much.
Ali Tabarzad
2007-03-01 05:40:23 · 10 answers · asked by Ali tabar 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Never send out your personal information over e-mail. It is VERY unlikely that they would also use an email like "barristerchristiancham2007" it would be more authentic if it were "theteam" or "admin." Another clue that this is fake is the fact that there does not seem to be a link about the competition. If it was valid there would be a link to a site, (ON YAHOO) that would explain the terms and conditions etc. This email was spam and a con.
Have you got your profile set-up so others can email you? (like mine lol!!) This might be how they got your addressee
2007-03-01 05:47:55 · answer #1 · answered by Greg S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SCAM SCAM SCAM.....
This is called Phishing.
They troll for suckers to bite on the bait then they tell you (if you respond) that it will take a little bit of your cash to get the money transferred to you....get it? it's all total BS.
They want YOUR money, they have no intention of sending you ANY.
Yahoo does not run a Lottery.
NEVER respond to any email like this or one purporting to be your bank, your brokerage house, etc.
They are all attempts to dupe you into sending in your cold hard-earned cash, or to steal your identity, or to make a raid on your bank/brokerage house accounts and steal you blind.
Report such emails to Yahoo so they can try to source them out and block the senders.
2007-03-01 05:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by John N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i be responsive to they are frequently unsolicited mail yet there are some charity agencies that attempt to enhance funds that way with the aid of you clicking on the link the place there'll in all hazard be an commercial, and if that internet site gets various hits then the charity will acquire extra funds by utilising the advertisers and with a bit of luck they donate it.
2016-10-02 04:53:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear, just ignore this.. They will even receive all information about you like real ones. My friend too got similar one. He send his details , photo and so on.. All in a vain.
Just mark them as spam..
2007-03-01 06:18:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a big SCAM.
Don't even bother to open the e-mail, it might contain virus which will stick to the hard disk of your computer.
Just delete it.
2007-03-01 07:17:36 · answer #5 · answered by Red Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a big scam and all that will happen is they will ask you for your bank details and the scammers will clean out your bank account.
2007-03-01 05:43:59 · answer #6 · answered by Carella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pay that email no mind. It's a scam.
Delete the message.
2007-03-01 05:50:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! congrats ! I've been a member of yahoo since my childhood n I never received any. Give it a try. If it is true..then u r a millionaire.
2007-03-01 05:46:11 · answer #8 · answered by Smile- conquers the world 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Scam.
Did you enter any contest like this? No.
So how did they get your name, etc.
It's called phising.
Never give anyone any information about yourself.
Read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
2007-03-01 05:47:17 · answer #9 · answered by Stan W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are fictitious mail they approach you to join their site but these all kind's of site are fictitious avoid this kinds of mail
2007-03-01 17:37:36 · answer #10 · answered by ruchi s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋