I have been notified that i am a yahoo lottery winner in the UK, please verify this 4 me?

Question

I have been notified that i am a yahoo lottery winner in the UK, please verify this 4 me?

Answer 1

Have you been to the UK?  Please do not give them any information it is a total scam.  

Answer 2

scam--  I've won also 3 times this month

Answer 3

hey, me too. we won one million british pounds. what are the odds of both of us winning without even entering? i'd say it's a scam. i'm not giving them my info.

Answer 4

Definitely a scam

Answer 5

Yahoo! don't have a lottery in the UK or anywhere else.  You didn't win anything.  It's a common online scam.

Answer 6

It's a scam.  Mark it as SPAM and don't respond to it.  All they want is money from you or your ID so they can commit identity theft.

I get them all the time and I'm getting tired of it.

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

There is no such thing as Yahoo lottery.  This is a SCAM.  The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet. There is also an online form for the reporting of such - (with links for your own country.)

http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/id...

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

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.

Check out these sites for further information :

http://www.scambusters.com

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

Answer 9

<Insert standard response about stupid lottery scams here>