it is a lottery from microsoft with foreign manager john brown a reallottery i wo it and i dont wat to send my info to it if it isnt a real lottery?
2007-11-19 04:15:19 · 11 answers · asked by ms_chpinkston7 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various scams, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them.
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lotteryscam_Yahoo2.php
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. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
2007-11-20 03:05:36 · answer #1 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is scam. Yahoo (insert any company name here, this answer works for all!) do not run an email lottery, if they did you could guarantee it would be advertised all over their home page. Check out these links and search answers to see how many people 'win' the exact same lottery every day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lottery_sca...
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery-scams.html
Do not click on any links, the page you will be taken to will look authentic but is not
Do not send them a 'courier fee' or any other money
Do not hand over any bank details or passwords
Do report spam
Do delete
Remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. You cannot win a lottery if you haven ot bought a ticket. Anyone can set up an email account with Yahoo, they can use any combination of letters they choose. I could be 'thequeenmother@yahoo.com' or 'disneyfreeticketsgenuine@yahoo.com' That doesn't mean that I am either of these and is fine as long as I don't try to use the address to mislead people. Don't be fooled by legitimate looking email addresses which end the same way as any other free account, don't be fooled by fictitious titles such as 'Dr' or 'Executive Director of Winner Claims'.
(I've answered this question so many times that I now keep this answer on my desktop and just copy and paste....that should give you a clue!)
2007-11-20 20:38:33 · answer #2 · answered by 'H' 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically it works like this.
You send them all the info they ask for and they then empty your bank account and steal your identity.
All lotteries, anywhere in the world, require you to buy a ticket FIRST.
2007-11-19 04:24:59 · answer #3 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The song goes, "John Brown's Bones lie formenting in the grave." Send no info, Don't respond to the email address. If you notice the email is different from the one they sent the sucker note from.
2007-11-19 09:30:23 · answer #4 · answered by Wylie Coyote 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry friend. If you did not buy a ticket remember this.You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.f you look for scams there are many sites giving more information. The iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
2007-11-19 07:50:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it's a dodgy email..
Go here for more details about this kind of thing
http://www.joewein.net/419/emails/2006-06/30/596553.39.htm
But just ignore it, and if possible turn off HTML emails so the scammers don't realise that you have read the email.
2007-11-19 04:24:34 · answer #6 · answered by twublenz 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a scam theres 1 born every second
2007-11-19 10:50:40 · answer #7 · answered by in love and its great 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam.
2007-11-19 05:53:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no.
it's a scam.
don't fall for it.
just delete & ignore.
2007-11-19 04:20:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT SEND YOUR PERSONAL INFO !!
2007-11-19 04:26:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋