i received an email claiming that i won a lottery of the year from UK Yahoo!..and after reply to the email,they ask for my details like name,address,number phone,account bank number and others personal details of mine. is it one of the cheating on the net? i think that they want to suck my savings..need answer a.s.a.p
2007-04-24 04:54:48 · 11 answers · asked by kun j 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
i received an email claimed i won a lottery and ask detail information about me.as being suggested, how can i report this "crime" to fbi as exmple?
2007-04-24 14:16:03 · update #1
As I generally tell people:
If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is.
You can try verifying the info with UK Yahoo!, but chances are they will probably tell you what I am going to tell you.
It's a scam. Any time someone asks for your personal info while claiming that you have won something, you have a 99.99999% chance of them being full of sh*te.
Cheerio!
2007-04-24 04:59:50 · answer #1 · answered by Joe M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a scam. Don't reply to the message, not even to tell them where they can stick their so-called lottery (as fun as that may be). :-)
If you feel like giving them a bad day, you can report them by forwarding the message with full headers to the "abuse" address of the domain where it came from. Otherwise, just delete the message and forget about it.
2007-04-24 05:02:37 · answer #2 · answered by Navigator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a known internet abuse way called phising/pharming. They want to steal vital info like account numbers and others like name or whatever to use it to have access to your money. I suggest that you report it to a authority like fbi or visit antiphising.org. In any way do not reply or communicate with the senders again.
2007-04-24 07:03:34 · answer #3 · answered by e-pistimon@s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is false. Any email asking for your personal information is a scam.
The easiest way to check: visit google.com and copy the subject line or first line of text in the email and search for it.
2007-04-24 05:01:37 · answer #4 · answered by talis 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is and it will definitely rip off your account. Tell them you are generous enough to donate all the money to them, and that you will be depositing the money instead to their account and pay all their credit card bills. Don't forget to get their credit card numbers, including the CV2 at the back of the card, and their account number. If that works, share some to me, ok?
2007-04-24 06:05:22 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph Ian Macalino 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you dont like in the UK then you did not win
if you liv in the UK when did yahoo get its own lottery?
*Click deleat*
2007-04-24 04:59:32 · answer #6 · answered by zspace101 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scam they want to steal your identity then all your money.
2007-04-24 04:58:25 · answer #7 · answered by rwd420247 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just think really hard.
2007-04-24 04:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by rodjared 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
obviously not - its a scam
2007-04-24 04:58:43 · answer #9 · answered by vazsingh_soorma 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT REPLY TO ANY EMAIL THAT COMES FROM AN UNSOLICITED SOURCE!!! Especially one that asks for your email that asks for personal information!!! Oh PLEASE, oh PLEASE!!!!
2007-04-24 05:01:54 · answer #10 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋