I want to learn about Yahoo Internet Lottery. I've received an e-mail about I've won this lottery. Is it real?

Question

I didn't believe this e-mail. there is an e-mail address. It is [e-mail]. Please search this issue for me. I'm waiting for your answer.

Answer 1

Why can't you search it?? Don't have to research this to know it's a scam. Run as far away as you can!!!!!!!

Answer 2

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 '[e-mail]' or '[e-mail]' 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!)

Answer 3

Have you been on here long today?Do you read the questions?Do you look at the answers?It would not appear so as you are about the 50th person today with the same question and they all got the same answer.All these E mails are SCAM.You have won nil,zilch,zero nothing.It is a scam to rob you or steal your identity.Do not reply just delete the message.

Answer 4

Hi there this kind of thing happens to me every day, the way that I look at it if you have not entered anything then you can't win. The emails will normally contain words that we would not use in normal day to day life and also typing errors and strange pleasantry's like dear kind sir/madam and sorry for disturbing you on such a beautiful morning.

you can check the return email address for anything that looks fishy like if it says ([e-mail]) the lottery would never have a web address like this. this is only one example that has been sent to me but there are many variations to this. they will also ask you for things like as follows.
FULL NAMES..
: MAILING ADDRESS..
: CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE..
: TELEPHONE NUMBER..
: PRESENT JOB (IF ANY)..
: MODE OF IDENTIFICATION..
: EMAIL ADDRESS..
: DATE OF BIRTH..
: ECT

then they will try to back this up with something like:

WE WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING MORE THEN THAT, NO BANK NAMES, NO
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, ROUTING NUMBER, CREDIT CARD, PASSWORDS, SSN # ETC.
IF ANYONE ASKS FOR THOSE ON OUR BEHALF PLEASE DO NOT GIVE OUT THIS
INFO.

This is a classic scammer trick here trying to seem quite plausible, ask yourself this have you ever seen or filled out an application for a credit card or other form of credit.

Question: what details do you have to send to them to obtain credit

answer : all the above, whilst the scammers have not asked you directly for bank details so cannot tamper with your accounts, they can open new accounts and apply for credit and other things in your name and you will have a hard time trying to prove that it was not you who applied for those 10 credit cards and store cards and whatever else they may obtain with these details.

so as you see it is quite easy to get scammed if you don't really have much knowledge about these things, here are a few good tips.

1) always copy and paste the email address that the message was sent from into your blocked email addresses as this will help you take back control of your email account and stop further spam emails from these individuals.

2) do not ever reply to them or send abuse to the sender as this only confirms one thing to them that the email address is live. just by opening the email the scammers can put an attachment into the email that is only 1 pixel in size and they will know straight away that your email account is live. You will then be added to email lists around the world that are bought and sold by unscrupulous individuals and you will receive even more spam email than ever. you have been warned !!!!!!!
And don't think that when you click on the link at the bottom of the page to not receive any more emails from that company / individual that that you will not get anymore, that is also a way for fraudsters to validate as to weather your email address is live.
This is not true in all case as some are genuine like from your local supermarket or internet sites that you shop at if you subscribed to there mailing list then (you are added automatically in some cases) the link to unsubscribe from there email services will be genuine, but be very weary of any other sites that you don't know of it is sometimes best just to add them straight to the blocked list of email addresses then it is not a problem

remember stay safe online at all times and don't give out any details to anyone that contacts you out of the blue asking for personally identifiable information unless you have money to burn.............................

Answer 5

I get the same lottery email at least 3 times a month. Do not respond.


Francine

Answer 6

There are many, many scams out there trying to get your personal information. They will lure you in with all sorts of promises then they will need your:
Bank account numbers
Social security number
and other personal info.

If it seems to good to be true....it is!

Answer 7

Not another one. Did you enter any lottery ?

Well there you go , how the h**l could you have won.

Answer 8

it is real, but you have to send me $1000 for the facilitation fee to yahoo to put into your checking account. i'll need your name, address, social security number, banking account numbers, a back up visa or mastercard number with ID number and the names of all your next of kin.

BTW you can put all that information here, I'll make sure it's not shown to other users - just put the code "DUFUS2" on the first line.

Answer 9

How can you win something you didn't enter?
The law says, if you win something you don't have to pay. So anytime some one says you won!, just pay "X" for delivery or something....you didn't win; they did!

Answer 10

you never did it you never get it
if they sending to you, you are a lucky winner form internet email user. like that they are writing or what so ever writing to you
Trust me, don't reply them, make spam
one things,'you never did it you never get it'