I have received an email regarding YAHOO LOTTO PROMOTION and wanna to know whether I have to respond to them

Question

Yahoo! Mail

YAHOO LOTTO PROMOTION

E.A.A.S HEADQUARTERS AMSTERDAM HOLLAND

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 FEBUARY 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!, Eight People Are Been selected All Over The World.

Our Winners Are Selected Through Electronic Balloting System Without The Winner Applying.We Are Congratulating You For Being One Of The People 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: ABDUL ABUBAKAR

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,

Dr.Austin Owchor Finance Director,

Barrister. Abdul Abubakar Fiduciary Agent,

Dr.Ronny Smith Head of Administration.

[YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR PRICE ON OR BEFORE 21 DAYS]

We have millions of pounds in unclaimed prizes

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Answer 1

No.  I did not respond either.

Answer 2

NO STOP it is a scam!  I ALWAYS delete this stuff!  Be safe!

Answer 3

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

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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 4

It's a total scam...Yahoo! does not have a Lotto promotion. Come on, don't fall for stupid stuff like this!