I have received an email from EAAS Headquarters Amsterdam Holland that I won $250,000.00. Is this for real?

Question

Dear Sir/Madam

We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two Hundred and Fifty thousand Us Dollar ($250,000.00) for the month of APR lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO!.

Annually YAHOO! collects all the E-mail id's of the people that are online on yahoo amongs the Millions that subscribe to YAHOO!, YOUR YAHOO E MAIL HAS WON.

CONGRATULATION.

Our Winners Are Selected Through Electronic Balloting System Without The Winner Applying.We Are Congratulating You For Being OUR WINNER Selected For This Second Random For The Year 2008.

These Are Your Winning Identification Numbers.....

Dream number..................................... 8892428

Ticket/Lotto number.......................Lwh 27 522 465 896 6453,

Lotto number.............................Lwh 03 19 31 32 36 40 43

Serial number..................................... 3/772/554

Category...................................

To Begin Your Claims, Kindly Contact The Fiduciary Agent For Your Prize Barrister: Azim mohd Ngan.

EMail: [e-mail] ; Mobile: [phone]) Without Any Further Delay. Otherwise Your Prize Will Be Returned Unclaimed To Our National Headquarters In Holland And Will Be Donated To Charity Homes.

You Are Required To Forward To Your Agent With The Following Details:

1.FULL NAMES...............

2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN............

3.DATE OF BIRTH...............

4.OCCUPATION.............

5.TELEPHONE NUMBERS............

6. TICKET AND LOTTO NUMBER ...........

7. SERIAL NUMBER .....

As soon as you contact Him He Will Advise you on the Procedure to claim your Won Prize Money Immediately.

NOTE: YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO KEEP ALL YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL TILL CLAIM IS MADE TO AVOID WRONG OR DOUBLE CLAIMING.ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIAL DISQUALIFIES YOU FROM GETTING YOUR PRIZE.

YOUR ADDRESS HAS WON

Congratulations Once More!!

Yours Faithfully,

mrs,J.MELLY.... LOTTERY co ORDINATOR.

[YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR PRICE ON OR BEFORE 10 DAYS]

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GANBARE! NIPPON! Win your ticket to Olympic Games 2008.

Answer 1

Forget it its just a scam. i have fallen foul of this type of email. why are they asking you to keep it secret. so they can catch other gullible people. if it sounds too good to be true it is. once you send all the details they require they will eventually ask you to send money for the release of the prize winnings and hey presto thats the last you will hear it is they who wil make loads of money not you. Sorry to disappoint you but think about it how can you win a lottery prize you have not entered. once you respond to one of these scams you will get more of the same. spam it and spam it now.

Answer 2

spam,scam 101 should be adopted buy someone outthere to provide protection for the innocense!

youngster geeks, here is a winning idea for you...ASAP

Answer 3

What ever you do don't give out your social security number or credit card number.

I would call over the phone first and get as much information as possible, and then report them to the police for internet fraud. If they aren't con artists you can collect your money!

Answer 4

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 5

i can't tell, iwouldn't do it if you have to pay a price to get the winings, thats how you usually can see a scam coming is when there are upfront costs or procedures to getting prize for example, getting a free computer from a rewards program is a scam becuase you have to get memberships and high interest credit cards. i wouldn't giv away your social security or anything important like that most definatly.

Answer 6

no its real get yo money

Answer 7

Do not open it or send any details. If it came thru yahoo report it as spam as soon as possible

Answer 8

No.

Answer 9

If you didn't sign up for anything, I would try to figure out what is going on.  There are all kinds of scams out there for sure.  I got a check once for 35K.  At first I was stoked and then realized that I don't know anyone in Maine that would send me that kind of money.  I called the bank and they said that the account was legit but I ended up tossing it because I knew that it wasn't actually intended to go to me.  I never really found out what the deal was but it seemed as if that 35 grand could've earned me about 5 years behind bars for larceny or something like that.  I could've used that money for sure but I will just be broke and not locked up.

Answer 10

I've recieved similar messages in the past. I never responded to any. So I guess I would have to say I don't know, keep us posted on what happens.

Answer 11

I think you already know you haven't won anything.

Answer 12

Your safest bet is to not answer it.  They will want all your other information, and then somehow scam you.  Ask YAHOO if they really sent any email like that.

Answer 13

Ok my friend put it like this, if whoever ask u to pay some amount of money as processing fee or whatever reason before u can claim the cash prize you won. Then u jz ignore, forget and delete that email. Good luck.

Answer 14

if you didnt enter for anything they are just trying to get you on a contract or somethin so they can scab money from you

Answer 15

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.) 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 16

Fake as can be.

Answer 17

if I collected all the money that I have supposedly one I would not be on a puter  I would be on a worldwide cruise with all my friends and family and I would foot the bill BUT as they are all scams all I can o is dream