do you have a yahoo lottery from uniited kingdom they say that I have won 500,000.00
2007-05-14 11:25:50 · 8 answers · asked by ? 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!)
2007-05-14 11:53:22 · answer #1 · answered by 'H' 6 · 2⤊ 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.
2007-05-15 07:33:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo on no account completed any Lottery, a million. you will desire to bypass to Police for it and disclose those spammers... 2. call a information channel and advised all of them approximately this mail, media immediately disclose those spammers. 3. call any information paper place of work and advised approximately this.
2016-12-29 04:26:49 · answer #3 · answered by harpal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo does not have a lottery, it is a scam
2007-05-17 18:25:20 · answer #4 · answered by paul s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well done you are the 500,000.00 to ask
500,000.00 to be scammed
2007-05-16 13:39:07 · answer #5 · answered by McGyver06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must be new to the Internet. That is an old scam.
LOL, "H"... hey, can I bookmark your answer so I can do the same cut and paste? :)
2007-05-14 11:30:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam.
2007-05-14 11:36:24 · answer #7 · answered by nic nac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.Next question?
2007-05-14 11:30:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋