I got an e-mail quoting Yahoo Lotto Inc.of winning lottery of 800,000 pound,tell me its unthenticity?

Question

As company has used name Yahoo Lotto Inc and they have asked me to contact courier company to deliver the prize money to me . The courier has sked some amout to deliver it to me .I want to know its authenticity, whether it is spam?

Answer 1

I'd be careful about it. I've received at least two emails in the last few days claiming to from a yahoo service, it looked exactly like a yahoo mail notice too, but they were spammers. Go to the yahoo help section and look it up.

edit: just found this article on the web. It is a scam.

Answer 2

lotteries do not give away money for free, so if you have not participated in a lottery and you receive an email telling you to contact this or that in order to collect your prize money it's spam.( they will collect the delivery fee from you and you will collect nothing)

Answer 3

Of course it's a spam. There is no such thing as Yahoo Lotto. Don't you remember NOT playing it?!?!?!?

Answer 4

This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams. There is also an online form for the reporting of such. (with links for your own country.) This site also gives excellent advice on what steps you can take to achieve a spam free inbox :

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

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. Please 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/

Answer 5

The lottery...inheritance...whatever scams through email are just that...scams. They are looking for enough personal data from you to strip your bank account clean and take your identity. Nothing more. Be careful with anyone asking you for your personal information to do/receive tons of $$$ for nothing.

After receiving several spam emails from some woman claiming she was NY City...I figured that one I would play with (keeping my personal stuff secret of course) and offered to meet the "generous contributor" to my well-being. Said I could meet in the city whenever she wanted and I would be more then happy to assist her in the "donations"...when would be the best date/time... As you can guess, I received no response...

Answer 6

Scamming, phishing, and virus spreaders are all that these emails are.

Answer 7

it's a scam. did you enter your name to the yahoo lotto? probably not. stay away from that stuff.

Answer 8

Sorry friend but there is no Microsoft, Yahoo or other e-mail lottery, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...

http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showt...

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...

.Also If you go to the following site you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful