I have recevied just now an e-mail from Uk lottary that they informed me about winning in e-mails draw, they gave me many improves like a serial no, phone no...etc. kindly could you advice me plz?
2007-06-06 10:23:34 · 11 answers · asked by fear dark 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
delete it
they are never real
dont be tempted
2007-06-06 10:26:25 · answer #1 · answered by imapirateaarr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't open unsolicted email from unknown sources. Often what happens is that when you open up spam, it sends back a trigger to the originating source indicating that a valid email address has been found thus subjecting you to even more spam down the road. Even using the preview pane in email products sends web beacons back to spammers.( http://helpdesk.gwu.edu/mailfilter/spam.html )
However, in this case since you have already opened up this email which is a probably a variant of the 419 Nigerian phishing scheme, display all headers and send it to Fraud Watch International. The email address is in the link to the webpage below.
http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/lottery/
There are a couple Yahoo pages dedicated to the 419 Fraud
Yahoo Lottery Fraud
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/abuse/abuse-63.html
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/abuse/abuse-110240.html
2007-06-06 17:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by MLM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scam, i got it also, they even sent me a check and well it was real, it looked real. chase put it in to my account and two weeks later they took the money back and i owned them money for dep. that check.
here is the deal. they send you a check and give you a dead line to pay for the fees and you mail that money back to them keeping the change and then they will mail you the big check later, they only give you so long to pay for the fees though but i waited to see if it would bounce it didn't but the owner of them checks called them in so i almost got rec. stolen property and embezzling until i could prove what it was. stay away from that.
2007-06-06 17:43:01 · answer #3 · answered by mandie82481 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spam it. How could you win something if you never submitted an entry form? People are getting very good at being scam artist.
2007-06-06 17:34:23 · answer #4 · answered by dumbblond 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also recieved a similar message a few days ago it is a spam delete it instantly
Regards
Gouthaman
2007-06-07 01:20:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a 419 scam.
Read more at http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
2007-06-06 18:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its clearly spam .foward ur e-mail to yahoo customer service and they will gladly confirm it spam for u !
2007-06-06 18:01:18 · answer #7 · answered by sweetgrl77777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a spammers hoax. Disregard and delete it if you are wise.
2007-06-06 17:31:49 · answer #8 · answered by Vanessa B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a few people are asking the same question i doubt very much that they real lotteries
2007-06-06 17:27:10 · answer #9 · answered by Tio 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol...you wont win anything...they jus want person info for "fraudulant" reasons..be careful
2007-06-06 17:27:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋