And the other thing is they asking money from me for further processing, please tell me what should i do? I give money to them or not.
2007-06-07 03:18:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Phishing Attempt
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
2007-06-07 03:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by MLM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For god`s sake, no!!! I fell for the same thing and lost 530€. I felt like a complete idiot and lost a whole week on that crap. Believe me, it`s a fraud. No lottery will send you announcements by e-mail
2007-06-07 10:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by the philosopher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its totally as scam, please dont give ur money away, have u been playing lottery?? if yes then why not go to the office and ask if its true dont give away ur money in a scam like that, i have bunch of emails which i know its a scam, and they always resend it to me.. i just delete them and dont waste times reading those stuffs.
2007-06-07 10:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by hotchixxxz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
youve got to be kidding me
you will never get an email like that
delete them
dont even open them
2007-06-07 10:25:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. Throw it in the trash.
2007-06-07 10:25:58 · answer #5 · answered by Maquis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are asking you for money when they say you've won then it is a fraud. Good Luck HTH.
2007-06-07 10:21:16 · answer #6 · answered by Joe K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you join on that lottery? IF you did not join then DON'T GIVE MONEY.
2007-06-07 10:28:24 · answer #7 · answered by blue_flame 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a scam.
anything that asks you for money in advance is the same.
2007-06-07 10:20:58 · answer #8 · answered by AF 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam..
You are a winner, now please pay us........how is it winning if you have to pay them (even with faulse promises of more money)
2007-06-07 10:22:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM alert...Delete it immediately
2007-06-07 10:23:00 · answer #10 · answered by steven25t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋