They have sent me constant E mails with a Yahoo address to reply to in the UK
2007-05-14 04:55:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Its called spam. Just ignore it and add them to your blocked senders list.
2007-05-14 04:57:42 · answer #1 · answered by OriginalBubble 6 · 1⤊ 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!)
2007-05-14 11:54:37 · answer #2 · answered by 'H' 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hoax. Answer the ad and they'll ask for your personal info, maybe your Bank account number so they can get into it and clean you out. Or they will charge you by the month, and maybe you'll win something, but not sure.
Rule of thumb: Nobody gives anything away on internet for free. If you want to play a real lottery, go to the convenience store like everyone else and buy a ticket
2007-05-14 05:00:38 · answer #3 · 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.
2007-05-14 05:13:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It`s a scam Ruby you cannot buy lotto tickets for any lotto drawing on the net and you cannot win lotto drawing there is no yahoo drawing
2007-05-14 05:03:14 · answer #5 · answered by railway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scams like this are common delete them. If something seems too good to be true it usually is
2007-05-14 05:06:30 · answer #6 · answered by Quizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you did not play this lottery and/or they ask for $ before they will send you your winnings, it is a scam! Report it as spam!
2007-05-14 04:58:58 · answer #7 · answered by gardenerswv 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best advice ruby is to ignore all of them because they are scam mail sent to in order to try and get you to send money or bank details to them.. PLEASE just delete emm! don't become another victim!.
2007-05-14 05:05:51 · answer #8 · answered by robert x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get them too. I ignore them. I think it's some kind of scam to get money from you or steal your personal info.
2007-05-14 15:13:01 · answer #9 · answered by Athena 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its just some spam or scam that either gives u a virus or makes u pay
2007-05-14 05:04:31 · answer #10 · answered by wei 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋