The email address is unclaims agent officer 07@yahoo.co.uk
2007-07-28 10:27:47 · 25 answers · asked by sweet c 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United Kingdom
SCAM, SCAM, SCAM. Yahoo do not operate a lottery. This is a scam. Here is some further information about these scam emails:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya... Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/internet-scams.html
http://www.police.west-tisbury.ma.us/internet_scams.htm
2007-07-28 10:30:53 · answer #1 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It's as well that you can't email them back. This is a scam - just about everyone with an email address gets some of these phony emails.
If you do respond, they'll tell you that you have to send them a "delivery fee" or "courier fee" so they can send you your prize. If you send them money, guess what happens? Or rather, doesn't happen.
Just delete the email. You didn't really win anything.
2007-07-28 19:07:48 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You receive one of the OLDEST scams on the Internet. don't bother trying to contact them. The e-mail address was probably never legitimate.
Think about this. Even if you had won, how would they know your e-mail address. Answer: you are one of about a million people that received the same e-mail. I have an e-mail account with 4 'aliases'. I often receive 5 identical e-mails from these scam operators.
2007-07-28 20:20:27 · answer #3 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't ever give out personal details to any of these emails especially bank details! They are all a scam - I get about 6 of them every day - one of them even ask me to send my passport to claim the money - as if!!
2007-07-28 17:37:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
think about it.. it says its from UK lotto or something or some other rubbish name....
why would such a major company be using a free webmail address?
do you remember entering any lottery?
if you won, they surely would take the claim cost out of your winnings..
http://www.419eater.com/
read and enjoy
or perhaps even enjoy the new sport of scam baiting.. i think it's time to turn the tables on the losers =)
2007-07-28 17:38:28 · answer #5 · answered by junglejungle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm so soryy to burst your bubble, but it is most definetely a scam. You did not win a million dollars. These people just want to try and steal your identity. There is definetely a catch. Once you give them what they want, you still won't get your million. Sorry!
2007-07-28 17:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by kk 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As you have no idea what this is don't go anywhere near it or try to reply - people don't win that kind of money without knowing they entered a competition!
It is almost 100% definitely a scam, perhaps a computer virus. Get your computer checked for viruses etc.
2007-07-28 17:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by Marie-E 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
send me £200 and ill tell you their real address so you can claim the rest of your 'winnings'
2007-07-28 17:32:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Send me £5000 and i will get it for u
2007-07-28 17:32:14 · answer #9 · answered by james845257 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have had emails similar to that. Ide wipe them off
2007-07-28 17:30:30 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋