2007-05-03 19:54:46 · 12 answers · asked by Angeli T 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
scam..
2007-05-07 17:08:25 · answer #1 · answered by Felix 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is scam. Yahoo (insert any company name here, this answer works for all!) do not run an email 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 haven ot bought a ticket. Anyone can set up an email account with Yahoo, they can use any combination of letters they choose. I could be 'thequeenmother@yahoo.com' or 'disneyfreeticketsgenuine@yahoo.com' That doesn't mean that I am either of these and is fine as long as I don't try to use the address to mislead people. Don't be fooled by legitimate looking email addresses which end the same way as any other free account, don't be fooled by fictitious titles such as 'Dr' or 'Executive Director of Winner Claims'.
(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!)
2007-05-03 23:14:33 · answer #2 · answered by 'H' 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you enter the Irish National Lottery? If not, its a scam.
They start off saying you won a large sum, but need you to send money to finalize the prize - you pay, and they don't. I had the same with a Spanish Lottery "Le Gourdo" and I live in Australia. The lottery may be legitimate, but not the people doing this. Contacted Consumer Affairs and its on their list of known scams. Take care and remember "If its sounds too good to be true, it probably IS too good to be true.
2007-05-03 20:03:43 · answer #3 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try going onto google or yahoo or aol and typing the irish national lottery into the search engine,,, it could be a hoax that has been generating the world, or maybe not. Did u give them your email address? hoaxers can get your account details from anyway... so maybe?
It is more likely the lottery will ring u up instead of email u. And the place where you bought it would be on the news too. Did you even buy a ticket... coz that would be a dead give away. Congrats anyway :0)
2007-05-03 20:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by jjpinklebum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rip-off a million - there is not any Irish Lottery contained in the united kingdom 2 - eire makes use of the Euro, no longer the pound, so no matter if this did exist, you may want to not in any respect acquire money in kilos 3 - eire and the united kingdom do no longer use the USD so no one would ask you to pay something in USD for any reason 4 - there is not any "freight" in case you win a lottery. the money is transferred right away into your economic organisation account 5 -that is a offender offense for any prize or lottery in ANY u . s . a . to make a winner pay to acquire the money Delete it - that is a lengthy operating rip-off in case you've been naive adequate to deliver those criminals your own information you should contact your close by police for suggestion as you're in risk of adjusting right into a sufferer of id robbery
2016-11-25 01:09:13 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. I always find it funny when I get e-mails from other countries saying I won their lottery when I live in America & would never enter a lottery I never heard of.
2007-05-03 19:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by Death Girl Am 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't buy a ticket to enter, it's a scam. I get about one of these a day.
2007-05-03 20:00:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It it's too good to be true than it probably isn't. Be aware of scams.
2007-05-03 19:59:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything that appears to good to be true probably is and I know for sure that this is as I received something very similar. Do not reply to any e-mails they send you though as they then know your e-mail address is legit.
2007-05-03 19:59:06 · answer #9 · answered by toymod 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scam, scam, scam.
I can't believe that there are people who still fall for this old chestnut.
2007-05-03 23:38:42 · answer #10 · answered by joncummins1968 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋