I am Shabir Memon From Pakistan, I received an email message that I'm winner of yahoo promtion programme YAHOO LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
lottery held on Nov 2007. There are no serila no. , tickit no. and refrence no. and my prize is 800,000.00 dollors , they wrote that I send them my personal inf. in order to claim 800,000.00 dollors. What I should do?
2007-11-30 00:56:23 · 4 answers · asked by shabir m 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United Kingdom
No, it's a scam, there isn't a Yahoo lottery. People get these emails all the time. Just delete it, you didn't win anything.
If you reply, they'll tell you to send them some money for various fees to collect your "prize". That's where the scam comes in. There is no prize.
2007-11-30 01:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello.
No, it is a scam. They will ask for your personal information and try to get your checking account information, then clean you out. Or they will send a check and ask part of it to be returned as a proceccing fee. You send the money, then the check is rejected because it is fake.
You can get more information about these lotto scams here:
http://www.scambusters.org/microsoftlottery.html
Or check out the home page for more information on scams
http://www.scambusters.org/
Hope this helps you.
Robbie
2007-11-30 01:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by rckid1960 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Delete it! It's a scam.
If Yahoo or Microsoft was participating in a Lottery you and millions of others would know it.
If you didn't enter, you can't win.
When you enter a lottery, noone not even the lottery office, knows who won until the winner turns in the ticket.
Besides, international lotteries are illegal.
2007-11-30 01:11:28 · answer #3 · answered by Celeste 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, its not real.
2007-11-30 01:11:02 · answer #4 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋