I also received a letter stating I won 87,000 pounds from
Yahoo Uk. Is this a scam. Please let me know. I answered
back to my agent waiting for an answer.
Please advise.
thank you
2007-04-27 12:26:16 · 6 answers · asked by betterichman 1 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
Yahoo UK is genuine (http://uk.yahoo.com/ ) but the letter you received isn't.
There's a large number of similar scams that often use the names of established and trusted companies including Yahoo, Microsoft, Dell, Coca Cola etc. They're after one of two things - your money and / or your identity.
You will be asked to provide personal information about yourself and your bank account. When you replied back if you provided this information then get in touch with your bank and the police immediately.
Don't reply to any further e-mails you receive. If you provided a phone number and anyone rings you then hang up.
http://www.svbizlaw.com/lottery.yahoomsn.htm
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=6303
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
http://security.yahoo.com/
2007-04-28 00:19:52 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is most definitely a scam...Yahoo anywhere in the world do not do anything where you will win that amount of money. If you are unsure about anything like this ALWAYS check before you answer any letter or email saying you have won some money. The people sending these letters out are con artists and besides stealing your identity, if you give them any bank details they will take all your money as well.
I can assure you that if any of these types of letters and emails were genuine, then myself and a lot of other people would be multi-millionaires by now because of the amount of times we are supposed to have "won" some money or "inherited" some money too....or even been invited to help someone get some money out of a foreign country for a share of the millions just sitting in a bank vault waiting for someone with a different bank account to help release it....these are all SCAMS.
2007-04-27 21:21:23 · answer #2 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a yahoo uk, I,m from uk,don't know of any scam be interesting to find out though,will keep eye on the answers.
jo
2007-04-27 12:36:09 · answer #3 · answered by joanne a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uk is england. And how could you win 87,000 pounds. It is totally a type of joke or something.
2007-04-27 12:34:30 · answer #4 · answered by Country Girl 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well England is in the UK and we have Yahoo. I'm typing this now from England and it is yahoo soooooooo
For the lady below -
UK is not England! England is in the UK big difference!
Would you say -
USA is in California or would you say California is in the USA?
2007-04-27 12:34:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes yahoo Uk is England
And yes it is a scam
2007-04-27 12:34:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋