I have got an email from yahoo national lottery, is it legal or not?

Question

i got an email the date of 25/9/2007 from yahoo national lottery

addressed liverpool won

Answer 1

its a scam man...just ignore it.......ok.or else ur gonna get into trouble...

Answer 2

This is a very dangerous scam. Daily I receive so many lottery emails same as you. You wrote a email same as follows.

"If It is real, You send a cheque or amount in my address and also I have not spend a single cent for collect the cheque or amount."

After send this email, If contact you, It may be true.

Answer 3

I contacted  yahoo.com  and they said no scam

If something is to good to be true it generally is  and another thing if you have won any thing that is your they will never ask you to send them  money

This is the big tip off. exstorting money from you  and you will never see  your  lottery  from were ever or what ever money they are promising  you.

Answer 4

i think it is fake, as i had received a similar mail but did not get any money

Answer 5

these are totally fake. dont trust it. if u give reply to the mail,then u'll asked to give some of ur personal info like credit card no. account no. etc. After getting ur personal info,they will take money frm u for some registrations. but they will give u nothing........ just forgot it.

Answer 6

TRUST BUT VERIFY

Answer 7

ALL FAKE.FOR UR ASSURANCE VERIFY IT BY SENDING THEM A MAIL STATING TO TRANSFER 100 BUCKS TO UR DUMMY AMOUNT AND LET THEIR RESPONSE COME IN..OR GIVE ONE PHONE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICER IN UR PLACE DISGUISING AS UR OWN..

OTHER WAY TO VERIFY IS TO CHECK CASES AT FBI SITE 911 NIGERIAN FRAUD CASES..MAY BE U WILL FIND SIMILAR MAIL ADRESSED TO OTHER PERSON .

DONT BELIVE IN SHORTCUTS ..ITS ALL FAKE.

Answer 8

Yahoo! does not operate any lottery. The e-mail you have received is a spam and a trick to cheat you. Hence, do not fall for it and end up repenting if you respond. These cheats offer large amounts of money as "business promotion" without your actual participation and  will ask you to pay a small amount as "processing fee" and ffurnish your bank details for crediting the prize money to your account. Finally, you will find that your Bank accuont has been simply cleaned!

Answer 9

have u written to their liverpool adress, if not why. what r u waiting for. u won a huge sum go and encash it, chum

best of luck.

Answer 10

you know, i receive lots of that, i believe, the first time, but later, they ask me to send  200usd to them thru western union, i searched for the bank, it is unscrupolous.

i suggest, ignore it

Answer 11

i am from Liverpool. it is the pay point for lottery winners, but sorry to say you got to buy the ticket to win. its a sham/fake email. i get them from India and other countries, their only after your bank details, promising to deposit your winnings, then they will clean out your account, just delete and spam them

Answer 12

there is no such thing as yahoo lottery.they will ask  your bank & credit card details and wipe off all your hard earned money.never reply to these kind of mails.just delete it.