Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won Ј800.000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw held on the 1st of January, 2007.
All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of Ј800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ).
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of Ј800,000.00
2007-03-14 08:25:16 · 8 answers · asked by bono_jeans 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
The message is phish
phish:
Phish is an Internet scam designed to trick the recipient into revealing credit card, passwords, social security numbers and other personal information to individuals who intend to use them for fraudulent purposes. The scam is known as "phishing" and the communications are sent to appear to look as if they come from reputable companies. The e-mails often instruct the recipient to verify or update account information by requesting a reply to his e-mail with updated information, or by providing the recipient with a link to a website where the new information may be entered. Anyone who receives such an email should not respond to it, or click on any links provided, but should contact the company who purportedly sent the notice, to inform them of the scam.
Don't answer the email. Just delete it. If you 'spam' it that will do no good because the message is made up at random.
2007-03-14 08:32:13 · answer #1 · answered by Double O 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scam!
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2007-03-14 08:29:02 · answer #2 · answered by leavemealonestalker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam. Scamalicious. Extra scammy.
Ignore it.
2007-03-14 08:33:27 · answer #3 · answered by David V 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in regards to that email you received, it would be considered as a scam. best to delete it straight away. as for the guy from Yahoo in UK, i don't quite know who you would be talking about, but i think if you are thinking of replying to him, reply to him on this site and nowhere else.
2016-03-28 23:06:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've gotten that one too, (and many, many more similar). It's absolutely a scam! Do NOT reply... you'll be sorry if you do!
You've been warned!
2007-03-14 08:28:58 · answer #5 · answered by love_2b_curious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam.
2007-03-14 08:34:38 · answer #6 · answered by Marcus P. Cato 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam and spam!
2007-03-14 08:32:50 · answer #7 · answered by Tracy S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its proboly a virus.
2007-03-14 08:28:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋