I have been notified that i have won a yahoo lottery in the amount of 250.000 pounds sterling. is this true?

Question

I have been notified that i have won a yahoo lottery in the amount of 250.000 pounds sterling. is this true?

Answer 1

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 2

no its fake its allways fake. never click on any links. thats how you get viruses

Answer 3

This is a SCAM.  The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them - (with links for your own country.) :

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 4

If it comes as a suprise to you, then no.

Answer 5

Yahoo Lottery?  If you believe that, then maybe you can help me recover some money I have in a bank account in Nigeria.

If you didn't enter any contest, then you can't win one.  It's obviously a scam.

Answer 6

Let's put it this way... do you remember entering the "Yahoo Lottery?"