maildetail as follow:
The Msn/Yahoo Lottery Incoperation
PO Box 1010,Liverpool
L70 1NL,United Kingdom .
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPD
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Five hundred thousand, Great Britain Pounds Sterling(£500,000.00) for the month of November 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by MSN/YAHOO LOTTERY
INC LIVE.
MSN/YAHOO WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and
Hotmail, we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying.
Msn/Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 20 days from the date of this Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won.
Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
2007-12-04 15:30:14 · 20 answers · asked by shreekant h 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ MSN
No. I get emails like this all the time, they are after personal information. Don't respond and mark it as spam.
2007-12-04 15:33:01 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff S. 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ask yourself, did I enter this lottery? Since you are askingthis question you probably didn't.
Have you heard of a company YAHOO/MSN INC who is running a lottery ? Evidently not.
Ask yourself would a lottery with a prize of half a million pounds be unheard of? Probably not.
It is probably phishing. They'll probably ask for your bank details and your personal details to allow them to pay you and you'll probably get your bank account stripped. Don't fall for it!
Of course if there really is a lottery like this then I apologise wholeheartedly, no offence meant! I recommend they publicise themselves better. For example a 3" banner on every Yahoo page!
2007-12-04 16:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by Babs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got one of these this morning telling me that I had won 700,000 euros. It said that I had to pay to receive my winnings. Sounds a bit suspect don't you think? Anything like this that sounds too good to be true probably is just that, a scam to get your personal information. Just delete the email and forget about it.
2007-12-04 19:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by naturist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam
2007-12-04 15:52:16 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Scottish♥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥Fairy♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam to get personal information,such as bank and credit details,home addresses,mothers unmarried name and even better,a birth certificate.Report it ,mark as spam and delete.Well done for asking,when in doubt.
2007-12-04 15:49:12 · answer #5 · answered by shane c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a scam. They will want your bank details so that they can empty your bank account or they will ask for a few thousand pound to process your "win".
You will end up poorer, they will end op richer.
2007-12-04 16:57:31 · answer #6 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you've won?
You might want to email Yahoo customer service to verify this. Don't email the person that sent you this message. Look for it on the website.
2007-12-04 15:34:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
omfg that is a scam/spam i get those a lot in my yahoo and msn report em thats all i do even though i still receive them which sux but i mean if ure gonna go for it go for it i guess but i think its spam
2007-12-04 15:33:40 · answer #8 · answered by Im So Rad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is big scam. People do this for getting personal information. Never get in to such type of trap and!!!
2007-12-04 16:20:22 · answer #9 · answered by Swoms8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good rule of thumb..
If you didn't enter the lottery, Then you clearly didn't win it.
It's a scam
2007-12-04 15:37:29 · answer #10 · answered by emanon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋