Why is my response to S. Africa?
2007-05-11 04:47:39 · 11 answers · asked by Larry 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
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!)
2007-05-12 08:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by 'H' 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
question do you remember entering this lottery? NO? do you have a ticket for this lottery NO you will never see any winning from this lottery and you might even ended up with a lower bank account balance as well IF YOU take part in their scheme -which is really to DRAIN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT they will tell you; you need send them money for "taxes or delivery fees or etc)
2016-05-20 22:09:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh please. Do you remember entering this lottery at all? I cannot believe that people fall for these scams. I have no sympathy with people who get fooled by these things!!! Its pretty fecking difficult to win the lotto when you actually enter it so how can you possibly have any chance of winning one that you didn't even know about until some idiot emailed you and told you about it...come on now!!!!
2007-05-11 05:26:15 · answer #3 · answered by kitkat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just for a laugh try this.Go into Google and type in Yahoo Lottery UK Ireland.Sit back and wait for the hits.Come back on tell us how many hits you got.I bet you £100 you get none.Why?It doesn't exist,its a scam.
2007-05-11 04:56:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information. Just google scam and see how many hits yoou get, there are millions of them and they are all aimed at taking your money.An excellent site giving advice on how to recognise and avoid scams is at www.rz-berlin.mpg.de/~wm/wm-lotto.html Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
2007-05-11 08:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well yahoo are an established network but I would give it a miss since its linked or mentions s. africa.
2007-05-11 08:18:55 · answer #6 · answered by Hoodoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you enter a lottery?
No
Then you can't win it.
some form of phising perhaps.
Don't respond or send it to Yahoo and ask then to tell you what they know.
2007-05-11 05:02:01 · answer #7 · answered by noeusuperstate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam....
TWO red flags are right there in your question...
Yahoo Lottery and S.Africa....
Scam, Scam, Scam....
2007-05-11 04:56:08 · answer #8 · answered by Toots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had two of them this week, and loads more from different "companies"!!! if i had won them all, i would be a multi-millionare!!!!, just delete them
2007-05-11 07:38:30 · answer #9 · answered by captain jack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam,scam and more scam
2007-05-11 06:44:36 · answer #10 · answered by paul s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋