draw of the Yahoo Lottery Intl Inc programs held on the 22th of March 2007 in Londonticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-2613357, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($450,000) for the month of March 22th 2007 lottery win promotion which is organized by MSN & YAHOO LOTTORY INTL INC
2007-03-23 22:37:35 · 17 answers · asked by amar 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
It is scam. Yahoo (insert any company name here, this answer works for all!) do not run a lottery, if they did you could guarantee it would be advertised all over their home page. Check out these links and search answers to see how many people 'win' the exact same lottery every day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lottery_sca...
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery-scams.html
Do not click on any links, the page you will be taken to will look authentic but is not
Do not send them a 'courier fee' or any other money
Do not hand over any bank details or passwords
Do report spam
Do delete
Remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. You cannot win a lottery if you havenot bought a ticket.
(I've answered this question so many times that I now keep this answer on my desktop and just copy and paste....that should give you a clue!)
2007-03-24 02:29:27 · answer #1 · answered by 'H' 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Do you think MSN and Yahoo would have a combined company? They are competitors.
2. Did you enter this contest?
3. Ever hear of the phrase, too good to be true?
4. There are very strict laws governing lotteries in the states, I can't imagine an international lottery is legal here.
5. Don't fall for the spam and report it to yahoo! and mark it so the address is ignored in the future.
2007-03-24 08:34:28 · answer #2 · answered by Christopher L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please use a bit of common sense, if it is to good to be true delete it. Did you enter a competition? Why would a lottery ticket be drawn in London and pay out in dollars.
Try and get in touch with the organisers via e - mail
Good luck.
2007-03-24 06:09:07 · answer #3 · answered by kh120159 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. I'd be very wary of any such notifications online or through the telephone. Especially if you did not enter one. Most of them are scams looking for personal information to get access into your accounts.
2007-03-24 05:41:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam. Destroy and any further notifications of this type. There are hundreds going the rounds under different titles and all of them are after one thing and that is money FROM YOU.
2007-03-24 05:42:04 · answer #5 · answered by SYJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask yourself one question , how would they know you or were you live, if you were in the yahoo lottery and bought on line then OK, nice dream if you can get it
2007-03-24 05:56:47 · answer #6 · answered by ufo18 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
I have the same message in my email. and I think that is totally false notification.
2007-03-26 22:00:54 · answer #7 · answered by shewa30 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I received some similar, do you know if it is true?
Thanks a lot
2007-03-27 16:32:43 · answer #8 · answered by l_villalo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im affraid all your answers are going to be NO its a scam
2007-03-24 05:41:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
common sense: you can't win a contest that you didn't enter. trust your common sense.
2007-03-24 05:42:40 · answer #10 · answered by dylan k 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋