I got the following mails--------
WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are please to announce you as one of the eight lucky winners in the 4th- category of the Yahoo!!! Free-Lotto draw held on the 12th of MAY 2007. All Eight winning addresses were selected through Computer ballot system drawn which is fully based on an electronic selection from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses of all the Yahoo Mail/Hotmail/Aol etc Subscribers from all over the world which consequently won you the huge sum of GBP£500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS). Your email address emerged along side Seven others as a category to winner in this year's Annual.
The Yahoo!!! Lottery 2007 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, Coca Cola, Nokia, IBM, the Intel Group, Toyota, Toshiba, Dell computers,
2007-05-27 20:49:36 · 6 answers · asked by Firoza A 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
This is spam. Yahoo doesn't have a lottery of its own, the only thing they offer is the winning lottery numbers of common lotteries by state (check http://lottery.yahoo.com/)
Also - mark it as spam. You don't want to click on a link or open anything... otherwise they'll know they reached a legitimate email and they'll sell that info to other companies. In other words - you'll end up w/ even more spam.
2007-05-27 21:03:27 · answer #1 · answered by BB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get an email saying you won a competition that you never entered then its a Scam.
I know having Yahoo attached to it makes it more credible but this one is a scam.
Also look out for the EBay and paypal scams..
2007-05-28 04:00:24 · answer #2 · answered by deburca98 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was phising email .. they may ask about your password or your card number. that was totally fake email.
2007-05-28 03:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by ican_blue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAMMMMM!! Don't believe it!! Do not give them any of your information under ANY circumstances!!! Hope this helps!!!!
2007-05-28 03:58:52 · answer #4 · answered by roritr2005 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its fake... just junk mail
2007-05-28 03:57:40 · answer #5 · answered by Mon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam
2007-05-28 21:35:51 · answer #6 · answered by paul s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋