posted that I'am a winner of a lotto in united kingdom [england] at yahoo there, is this real or what.
2007-08-02 03:28:59 · 6 answers · asked by blktan4 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
SPAM! SCAM!
If you received an email impersonating Yahoo! and would like to report it please forward the email to:
mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com. If you have already been tricked into giving your password, please visit http://security.yahoo.com/article.html?aid=2006102506
and follow the instructions there. Also:
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lotteryscam_Yahoo2.php
2007-08-02 03:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Big time scam! That is where most of the scam operations are ran from. It is to avoid the U.S. Laws. A person would actually have to fly to the U.K. and give someone a "Down Payment" or a "Percentage" in order to receive their winnings. Obviously, they would never see that money again. Chris Hanson did an investigation on Dateline NBC.
2007-08-02 10:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by BigWashSr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's fake.. you didnt picked a number, how will you be a winner?.. and when you reply to it and ask them to just debit the amount that they will use to spend for the money transfer from the prize you won, they will not agree to it., they will ask for your account number and ask for a hefty sum of money for the courier.. tsk tsk,.. scammers..besides, they will call you if you really won,.. i received the same notification last month,. i didnt even play lotto online.. hahaha... they are scammers.. don't be fooled..
goodluck
by concerned citizen :)
2007-08-02 10:37:01 · answer #3 · answered by sandyqt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, did you play the lotto? probably not, right? how can you win if you never played? SCAM
2007-08-02 10:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by Happy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a typical lottery scam.
http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/lotterywin.html
Yahoo doesn't run a lottery.
2007-08-02 10:31:43 · answer #5 · answered by David D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get em all the time -from uk-spain -greece -ireland etc -big time scam
2007-08-02 10:37:31 · answer #6 · answered by seawolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋