this email says that i have won in the draw for a 500 thousand & microsoft windows .... its fot the month of june and even advise me to contact their security courier excellent and they called me up twice to ask me make payment for my parcel to me delivered soon.
2007-06-26 22:54:32 · 10 answers · asked by yin_soh 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ MSN
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
2007-06-26 23:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by MLM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I received email from yahoo/msn microsoft saying that i have won in the draw for a cash prize 1000,000.
Its all spam do not take it as serious ok.
2007-06-27 06:00:54 · answer #2 · answered by Hariharan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have $1,000,000.00 I will send you if you send me 1,200,000.00 in (5) easy payments of $300,000.00 plus $500.00 shipping and handling. No monies will be dis-pursed until all payments from you have been received.
It is just a scam do not open any e-mail from people you do not know. They could be sending you a virus or spyware and be able to get your bank account information and withdraw all your money from your account. Just delete any e-mail that you do not know the sender.
2007-06-27 06:08:18 · answer #3 · answered by Roy C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Just send them $38 for shipping and they will deliver your $500,000 prize. Use some common sense.
2007-06-27 05:57:32 · answer #4 · answered by Lloyd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fake, fake, fake. How much do they want?? Don't give them money or personal information. Oh, yah, if you do send money, it will be "lost" or not enough, and they will want more or use the info off the check or transfer to attack your account.
Look here
http://scamdex.com/
for a start.
2007-06-27 06:00:27 · answer #5 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that is fake one. Contact your nearest police station and trap them down.
2007-06-27 07:55:34 · answer #6 · answered by code i 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
con
if it sounds to good to be true it usually isnt.
Why do you have to pay for them to send you the parcel.
You pay for the delivery and then proberbly hear no more
2007-06-27 05:58:33 · answer #7 · answered by tommy d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fake just ask them to fuckoff
2007-06-27 06:00:42 · answer #8 · answered by ameeth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude its fake
2007-06-27 05:59:03 · answer #9 · answered by u don't kno me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
durr, it's a scam.
2007-06-27 05:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋